Petrucci: ‘I couldn’t even imagine a Hitchcock movie this year’

Italian Danilo Petrucci He returned to the MotoGP World Championship less than a year later, after participating in the same year. Dakar Rally at KTMa pilot in the United States Ducati return to MotoGP When Suzuki.

“Even the story that Alfred Hitchcock conceived could not think of running the Dakar in a KTM, going to America in a Ducati and finally coming here in a Suzuki.I don’t think anyone has done it before. ”

“And I am very happy. I have to say this is one of the best gifts I have received in my life. Because what the motorcycle world has given me is a gift. That all these factories, from KTM to Ducati to Suzuki, have been so kind to me shows that outside the brands this paddock is made of people and sporting achievements aside, all these I love building good relationships with people.The best I take.”

“I already had this feeling when I left Valencia and when I went to Austin for the AMA[American Championship]I loved meeting all the MotoGP people. Now I’m walking through the paddock and I can’t stop shaking hands with people.It makes me feel very proudPetrucci continued.

The Italian rider explained how everything went. ”They called me before last Sunday’s race in Alabama, when I was still in contention for the title, I said ‘Okay, let me think about it’ because I was retired and racing in Thailand was tough. Old man…” (laughs).

“I sincerely hoped that time would help me out a bit… After the last race I had some trouble with the media and didn’t come back until 6pm, when the person in charge told me: ‘We have to make a decision now. , because I don’t have time to go to Thailand ‘from America.

“I put down the washing machine from there and came here. I was in America with my brother and was supposed to stay there on vacation., in New York, I said to him, “No, we have to go back to Italy and get some monkeys from Suzuki and then bring them to Thailand.” I owe his brother and his girlfriend a vacation,” said the Italian driver.

“I was in Alabama at 6am on Monday and I got here yesterday afternoon. It’s my first time crossing the Pacific. I was going from Italy, I’m going back there, so I’m going to ride.”Earth . But I can’t explain how excited I am“, he added.

Petrucci admitted that he expects rain all weekend as it “makes the race less physical”.I haven’t ridden the bike yet, but I was shown it All devices are in different positions and you cannot change them. I have a thumb brake, so I have to adjust my thumb…but yeah, I hope it rains. ”

“When I came to MotoGP it was very hot and I was scared. It was one of the worst feelings anyone could ever feel.Finishing in a non-last position. Maybe the bike is so good that I can find my way and get closer to other people,” commented “Petrukes.”

‘I want to do my best, but I don’t care about the result’, I want to go fast as always, but I have the same motivation as when I went to Dakar and I didn’t expect to win a stage there. My plan was to have fun, and this weekend it will be the same, to have fun,” insisted the Italian driver.

Regarding the difficulty of his recent challenge, Danilo Petrucci recalled: ”At least in Dakar we had the chance to test the bikeI got injured a few days later (laughs), but I was supposed to try for three weeks, but I was only able to use it for one week, so when I got to Dakar, I was a little scared. ”

“No chance to test the bike this time, came to the end of the championship Everyone is at a very high level with their bikes and for me last year was the worst year in MotoGP. At the end I already knew that I was going directly to Dubai to train for Dakar. I went to America, so it was tough to finish this season because he was 2-1, but I can’t turn down an offer like this. You would have come swimming to be able to ride this bike,” Petrucci said with a smile.

In any case, Danilo Petrucci admitted that riding Suzuki is very difficult. “I have always flown V4 engines, this one online and the last time I flew one of them was in 2013. With Ioda and Suter BMW. Nearly ten years ago. ”

“Then the bike, the position, the ergonomics, everything is very different. I’ve seen some telemetry and everything looks very different so we need to test the bike and see how it goes. Because at my size you always need to go step by step to figure things out, you need something different and they work differently, but I’m happy to be here and tomorrow I’ll try to understand how difficult it is.“, recognized the Italian pilot.