Petrucci, who finished the two-day Aragon WorldSBK test in third, has confirmed he expects to remain with the Italian team: “We ar💜e discussing and talking with Barni, probably I will stay here.”

The former MoꦗtoGP rider set an identical time to series leader Alvaro Bautista, while Jonathan Rea put his Kawasaki on top 🃏with a time of 1:49.101s.

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During the test Petrucci took a major step forward with regards to his performance on a brand new tyre, something that has caused him issues in qualifying throughou⛎t 🌠this season.

Calling it the first test day that went to plan, Petrucci added: "Maybe it’s the first day of𝔉 the test this year that went straight. We didn’t make many modifications, but we got some new pa🦹rts; new brake discs. 

"We needed to compare some parts, like the triple clamp and small setup adjustments. In the end, it wasn’✃t bad. 

"The lap times were harder to repeat in the afternoon as ♛the wind was a bit stronger; in the morning, I h꧑ad a better feeling. 

"Inꦅ the end, without using a Q tyre, we were fast until the end and꧅ with the pace, I can repeat the time and I can be satisfied."

For factory Ducati rider Bautista, the Aragon test 🧸was another positive one as he found further improvements in the braking area.

Bautista said: "Today, the🥃 feeling with the bike was much better with a bit less wind. I was able to have a normal feeling, so we did normal work. 

"We tried some setups on the front fork, to improve the feeling in the b🐈raking area. We found something that will be interesting because I had a good feeling. 

"Other things were not as good as expected but, in the end, I think we worked really wꩵell. 

"I’m happy after these two days, especially after the fi𝕴rst day where the feeling with the bike was a bit difficult. Today, it became normal, so I enjoyed it a lot."