Danilo Petrucci
Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer who has competed in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York. After losing his KTM ride in MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season, he entered the 2022 Dakar Rally with a Tech3 KTM rally raid 450 cc machine in January 2022.
Petrucci at Donington World Superbike, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 October 1990 Terni, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Barni Spark Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | DaniloPetrucci.it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For most of 2022, Petrucci was based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., riding a Ducati Panigale V4R in the AMA Superbike Championship series, finishing second at the last event in September. In November of that same year it was announced that Petrucci would return to the Barni Ducati team, this time in the Superbike World Championship.
He won two races in the MotoGP World Championship, and also won the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) in 2011.