32 Facts About Danilo Petrucci

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For most of 2022, Petrucci was based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, US, riding a Ducati Panigale V4R in the AMA Superbike Championship series, finishing second at the last event in September.

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Danilo Petrucci won two races in the MotoGP World Championship, and won the Italian Superbike Championship in 2011.

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In 2007 Danilo Petrucci competed in the Yamaha R6 Cup and made some appearances in the European Superstock 600 Championship.

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In 2008 Danilo Petrucci contested his first full international season in the European Superstock 600 championship, scoring two poles and earning seventh place overall in the final championships standings.

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In 2010 Danilo Petrucci entered the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship riding for Team Pedercini, while competing for the Italian Superbike Championship.

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Danilo Petrucci contested the Italian Superstock 1000 championship, winning the championship title.

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Danilo Petrucci joined the Ioda team in the MotoGP class in 2012, riding a Claiming Rule Teams motorcycle with an in-house Ioda chassis and an Aprilia RSV4 engine.

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Danilo Petrucci finished 19th overall in the championship and 7th in the CRT class with 27 points.

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Danilo Petrucci finished 17th overall in the championship and 5th in the CRT class with 26 points.

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Danilo Petrucci remained with Ioda for the 2014 season, however the team dropped back to a single entry in the championship and returned to Aprilia machinery.

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Danilo Petrucci suffered a fractured wrist from a crash during the warm-up session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.

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Danilo Petrucci eventually finished 20th overall in the championship and 5th in the Open class with 17 points.

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On 1 October 2014, it was announced that Danilo Petrucci would leave the Ioda team and move to Pramac Racing with a two-year contract, starting with the 2015 season.

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Danilo Petrucci replaced Andrea Iannone, who moved to the factory Ducati Team.

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Danilo Petrucci starts his sixth consecutive season in Motogp for the same team, but riding a factory spec bike and with the same teammate from 2016.

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Danilo Petrucci finished second in the San Marino Grand Prix.

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Danilo Petrucci ended the season in 8th place with 124 points.

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Danilo Petrucci ended the season in 8th place with 144 points.

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Danilo Petrucci achieved his first victory in MotoGP in the following race at Mugello.

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Danilo Petrucci ended the season in 6th place with 176 points.

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Danilo Petrucci won at Le Mans in wet race conditions after being in the lead from start to finish.

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Danilo Petrucci ended the season in twelfth place with 78 points.

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Danilo Petrucci had a best result of 5th place throughout the season and finished 21st in the standings with 37 points.

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On 26 September 2022, it was announced that Danilo Petrucci would replace the injured Joan Mir for the Thailand Grand Prix in Buriram, after the US Superbike season had ended.

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Danilo Petrucci finished in position 20, in front of one regular rider and one replacement, and later confirmed he had no team arrangements for 2023.

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Danilo Petrucci retired from the second stage with machine failure after 117 kilometres, and had to be rescued by helicopter.

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Danilo Petrucci continued on in the rally after a nearly 12-hour time penalty for his failure to finish the stage.

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On stage five, Danilo Petrucci took his first Dakar stage victory after fellow KTM rider Toby Price received a time penalty.

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Danilo Petrucci won both legs of his inaugural race in the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at COTA, near Austin, Texas, on the weekend of 9 and 10 April.

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Danilo Petrucci's Ducati suffered an engine failure in the second leg.

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Danilo Petrucci finished the season and AMA championship in second place to Jake Gagne in September 2022.

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Danilo Petrucci will compete for the Barni Ducati Team from 2023 Superbike World Championship season.