Danilo Petrucci

Danilo Petrucci

Petrucci at the 2017 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 31) Terni, Italy
Current team	Tech 3
Bike number	9
Website	DaniloPetrucci.it
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2012–2021 Manufacturers Ioda (2012) Ioda-Suter (2012–2013) ART (2014) Ducati (2015–2020) KTM (2021) Championships 0 2021 championship position 21st (37 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 169 2 10 0 2 817
Sport
Club	Fiamme Oro[1]

Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian rally raid biker and former Grand Prix motorcycle racer, scheduled to compete in the 2022 Dakar Rally with Tech3.^[2] He is most notable for winning two races in the MotoGP World Championship, and also winning the Italia Superbike Championship (CIV) in 2011.^[3]

Career[]

Early career[]

Born in Terni, Petrucci began racing in 1998 with mini-trial and mini-cross bikes, achieving some national trophies. In 2006 he switched to road racing entering the CBR600 Cup where he emerged as the best rookie. In 2007 Petrucci competed in the Yamaha R6 Cup and made some appearances in the European Superstock 600 Championship. His runner-up position in the R6 Cup granted him official support from Yamaha Motor Italia for the following seasons. In 2008 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. In 2009 he won three races and earned fourth place overall in the European championship; in the same season he became runner-up in the Italian Superstock 1000 championship and won the Under-23 class. In 2010 Petrucci entered the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship riding for Team Pedercini, while competing also for the Italian Superbike Championship. In the latter championship, he finished in third place overall and won the Under-25 title. In 2011 he again competed in the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, riding a Ducati 1098R entered by the Barni Racing Team. With four victories and six poles, he ended the season as runner-up behind Davide Giugliano. He also contested the Italian Superstock 1000 championship, winning the championship title.

MotoGP World Championship[]

Came IodaRacing Project (2012–2014)[]

2012[]

Petrucci joined the Ioda team in the MotoGP class in 2012,^[4] riding a Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) motorcycle with an in-house Ioda chassis and an Aprilia RSV4 engine.^[5] The team switched to using a Suter chassis and BMW engines midway through the season.^[6] Petrucci finished 19th overall in the championship and 7th in the CRT class with 27 points.

2013[]

Ioda continued with Suter/BMW machinery and expanded their MotoGP team to field two bikes in 2013, with Lukáš Pešek as the second rider.^[7] Petrucci finished 17th overall in the championship and 5th in the CRT class with 26 points.

2014[]

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. Petrucci suffered a fractured wrist from a crash during the warm-up session for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.^[8] Michel Fabrizio replaced Petrucci for rounds 6 and 7. Petrucci returned for the Dutch TT at Assen. Petrucci eventually finished 20th overall in the championship and 5th in the Open class with 17 points.

Pramac Racing (2015–2018)[]

2015[]

On 1 October 2014, it was announced that Petrucci would leave the Ioda team and move to Pramac Racing with a two-year contract, starting with the 2015 season. He replaced Andrea Iannone, who moved to the factory Ducati Team.^[9] Petrucci took his first podium finish at the British Grand Prix in August. After starting 18th on the grid, Petrucci moved through the order in wet conditions, and ultimately finished second behind Valentino Rossi.^[10]

2016[]

He missed the first four races after suffering a broken hand in a pre-season testing crash at Phillip Island. Upon return he once again excelled in wet conditions during Dutch TT where he set the fastest lap and briefly led before the race was stopped (he ultimately retired with an electrical failure).

2017[]

He starts his sixth consecutive season in Motogp for the same team, but riding a factory spec bike and with the same teammate from 2016. On 4 June 2017 he climbs on the third step of the podium at the Italian Grand Prix,in Assen he manages to get on the podium again, finishing second. He finished second in the San Marino Grand Prix. In Japan he finished third. He ended the season in 8th place with 124 points.

2018[]

In 2018 he was in the same team, with teammate Jack Miller. In France, he finished in second place. He ended the season in 8th place with 144 points.

Ducati Team (2019–2020)[]

2019[]

In 2019, he moved to the Ducati factory team to pair with Andrea Dovizioso. He finished in third place in France. He achieved his first victory in MotoGP at the next race at Italy. He finished in third place at Catalonia. He ended the season in 6th place with 176 points.

2020[]

In 2020 he remained with the same team. He won in France in wet race conditions after being in the lead since the start of the race. He ends the season in twelfth place with 78 points.

Career statistics[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Bike	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
2007	European Superstock 600 Championship	Imperiale Moto	Yamaha	3	0	0	8	27th
2008	European Superstock 600 Championship	Team Trasimeno	Yamaha	9	2	0	83	7th
2009	European Superstock 600 Championship	Yamaha Italia Jr. Trasimeno	Yamaha	10	4	3	146	4th
2010	Superstock 1000 Cup	Team Pedercini	Kawasaki	10	0	0	63	9th
2011	Superstock 1000 Cup	Barni Racing Team	Ducati	10	6	4	169	2nd
2012	MotoGP	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda	12	0	0	9	19th
			Ioda-Suter	6	0	0	18
2013	MotoGP	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda-Suter	18	0	0	26	17th
2014	MotoGP	IodaRacing Project	ART	14	0	0	17	20th
2015	MotoGP	Pramac Racing	Ducati	18	0	0	113	10th
2016	MotoGP	Pramac Racing	Ducati	14	0	0	75	14th
2017	MotoGP	Pramac Racing	Ducati	18	0	0	124	8th
2018	MotoGP	Pramac Racing	Ducati	18	0	0	144	8th
2019	MotoGP	Ducati Team	Ducati	19	0	1	176	6th
2020	MotoGP	Ducati Team	Ducati	14	0	1	78	12th
2021	MotoGP	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	18	0	0	37	21st

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup[]

Races by year[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Pts
2010	Kawasaki	POR 9	SPA 13	NED 7	ITA 5	SMR 10	CZE Ret	GBR 9	GER 13	ITA 7	FRA 8	9th	63
2011	Ducati	NED 2	ITA 4	SMR 2	SPA 3	CZE Ret	GBR 1	GER Ret	ITA 1	FRA 1	POR 1	2nd	169

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]

By season[]

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2012	MotoGP	Ioda	Came IodaRacing Project	9	12	0	0	0	0	9	19th
		Ioda-Suter			6	0	0	0	0	18
2013	MotoGP	Ioda-Suter	Came IodaRacing Project	9	18	0	0	0	0	26	17th
2014	MotoGP	ART	Octo IodaRacing Team	9	14	0	0	0	0	17	20th
2015	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	Octo Pramac Racing	9	18	0	1	0	0	113	10th
2016	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	9	14	0	0	0	1	75	14th
2017	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP17	Octo Pramac Racing	9	18	0	4	0	0	124	8th
2018	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP18	Alma Pramac Racing	9	18	0	1	0	1	144	8th
2019	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP19	Ducati Team	9	19	1	3	0	0	176	6th
2020	MotoGP	Ducati Desmosedici GP20	Ducati Team	9	14	1	1	0	0	78	12th
2021	MotoGP	KTM RC16	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	9	18	0	0	0	0	37	21st
Total					169	2	10	0	2	817

By class[]

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
MotoGP	2012–2021	2012 Qatar	2015 Great Britain	2019 Italy	169	2	10	0	2	817	0
Total	2012–2021				169	2	10	0	2	817	0

Races by year[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2012	MotoGP	Ioda	QAT Ret	SPA 13	POR 15	FRA Ret	CAT 19	GBR 17	NED 11	GER 17	ITA Ret	USA Ret	IND Ret	CZE 17								19th	27
		Ioda-Suter													RSM 14	ARA 17	JPN Ret	MAL 11	AUS 13	VAL 8
2013	MotoGP	Ioda-Suter	QAT Ret	AME Ret	SPA 14	FRA 14	ITA 12	CAT 11	NED 16	GER 14	USA 13	IND 17	CZE 13	GBR 15	RSM 15	ARA Ret	MAL 16	AUS 15	JPN 18	VAL 14		17th	26
2014	MotoGP	ART	QAT 14	AME 17	ARG Ret	SPA DNS	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED 15	GER 15	IND Ret	CZE Ret	GBR 18	RSM Ret	ARA 11	JPN Ret	AUS 12	MAL Ret	VAL 12		20th	17
2015	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 12	AME 10	ARG 11	SPA 12	FRA 10	ITA 9	CAT 9	NED 11	GER 9	IND 10	CZE 10	GBR 2	RSM 6	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 12	MAL 6	VAL 10		10th	113
2016	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT DNS	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA 7	ITA 8	CAT 9	NED Ret	GER Ret	AUT 11	CZE 7	GBR 9	RSM 11	ARA 17	JPN 8	AUS 9	MAL 10	VAL 12		14th	75
2017	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	ARG 7	AME 8	SPA 7	FRA Ret	ITA 3	CAT Ret	NED 2	GER 12	CZE 7	AUT Ret	GBR Ret	RSM 2	ARA 20	JPN 3	AUS 21	MAL 6	VAL 13		8th	124
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 5	ARG 10	AME 12	SPA 4	FRA 2	ITA 7	CAT 8	NED Ret	GER 4	CZE 6	AUT 5	GBR C	RSM 11	ARA 7	THA 9	JPN 9	AUS 12	MAL 9	VAL Ret	8th	144
2019	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 6	ARG 6	AME 6	SPA 5	FRA 3	ITA 1	CAT 3	NED 6	GER 4	CZE 8	AUT 9	GBR 7	RSM 10	ARA 12	THA 9	JPN 9	AUS Ret	MAL 9	VAL Ret	6th	176
2020	MotoGP	Ducati	SPA 9	ANC Ret	CZE 12	AUT 7	STY 11	RSM 16	EMI 10	CAT 8	FRA 1	ARA 15	TER 10	EUR 10	VAL 15	POR 16						12th	78
2021	MotoGP	KTM	QAT Ret	DOH 19	POR 13	SPA 14	FRA 5	ITA 9	CAT Ret	GER Ret	NED 13	STY 18	AUT 12	GBR 10	ARA 15	RSM 16	AME 18	EMI Ret	ALR Ret	VAL 18		21st	37

References[]

External links[]

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