Petrucci made a surprise and welcome one-off appearance at the Thailand MotoGP for Suzuki, almost a year after initia🎶lly retiring from the cham⛄pionship.

He raced in the Dakar Rally and finished runner-up in his first season with MotoAmerica in 2022 but 🏅finds himself with options for next year.

"Danilo, his manager and Barni know that in World Superbike we have Alvaro Bautista, Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Axel Bassani to win or get on theꦆ podium,” Ducati spജorting director Ciabatti told Speedweek.

“We don't need another rider to show 𓄧how competitive Ducati is. 

“Instead, in the other league [MotoAmerica] we need him and there is no replacem𝄹ent. 

“Ducati doesn't decide, Danilo decides. We're just p🐼utting on the table w🐼hat we can do for him in the United States.

"The money he can take in America is ꦗ[more than] what he would earn in World Superbike. By this week we will have a clear pic🃏ture. My feeling is that he will choose the United States."

Petrucci, 32, is best-k🌠nown for his time ൲with Ducati in MotoGP.