The Italian pilot’s nightmare never ends Enea Bastianini in what should be his first MotoGP campaign with the official Ducati Lenovo team. A shoulder scapula injury sustained after an accidental racing incident courtesy of Luca Marini in the first laps of the first Portimao Sprint will keep him out of another GP, the next at Le Mans (12-14 December) . Mayo), and his position is covered by the team’s former driver, the Italian Danilo Petrucci who this year is a World Superbike rider.
Bastianini insisted on returning to Jerez and participated in two practices on Friday, but from Saturday he decided to withdraw from the Grand Prix due to illness and lack of strength to drive the Desmosedici GP23.
Marco Barnabò, Team Director of the Barni Spark Racing Team, commented from Montmeló where the fourth round of the Superbike World Championship is underway that “Ducati asked us about Petrucci’s willingness to replace Bastianini in MotoGP and we are happy to give him this time. As Barni Spark Racing Team we are always proud to work with the factory. I wish the Ducati MotoGP team and Danilo the best of luck in this adventure.” Barnabò’s OK is not important because Petrucci has been summoned by his team for a test in Misano next Thursday and Friday.
Ducati turned to an old acquaintance from its ranks and from the paddock, Danilo Petrucci, a regular in MotoGP between 2012 and 2021 and then ventured into the Dakar in 2022, where he won a special, and the MotoAmerica where he was runner-up . This 2023 in a pilot of the Superbike competition grid where he is classified seventh.
Petrux last year made a substitution for Suzuki at the Thai GP, covering the absence of Joan Mir. On his record he has 10 MotoGP podiums, two of them victories in his two years with the official Ducati team, in Mugello 2019 and certainly in Le Mans 2020. In addition, in the French event he was second in 2018 riding for Pramac and third. in 2019.
“I’m happy to race again in MotoGP, although I’m sorry that Enea has to miss another race. At Le Mans, with the Desmosedici GP, I won my last race in MotoGP. It’s an honor to test the World Champion bike and wear the suit in which I won before. It’s an indescribable emotion, and I can’t wait to get back on track with the Ducati Lenovo team. Thanks to Barni for letting me take this opportunity and to Ducati for thinking of me “, said the big guy from Terni.
In the absence of a new test next Tuesday and the doctors give the OK or not to Marc Márquez for Le Mans the some losses by Bastianini and Miguel Oliveira that neither eats nor drinks and because of other people’s mistakes, he has already lost the GP of Argentina and France. Lorenzo Savadori, the Aprilia tester, was called to replace the Portuguese rider.
Source: La Verdad
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