After two fifth place results in Race 1 and the Superpole Race, Petrucci had ๊his eye on going one better in the final race of the weeken♒d.

The quickest rider in the non-podium battling group, Petrucci was lining up a move on Andrea Locatelli for Pജ4 before 🍨running into problems with his gearbox sensor.

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Petrucci’s form since Misano has been impressive, in fact, he’s been on⛄e the most consistent Independent rider along with Axel Bassani.

Discussing his weekend, Petrucci said: "It was good. On Saturday, ไwe were able to scor✃e a top five. 

"In the Superpole Race, we got another top five, which was really good🎶 because the starting position is nice for Race 2. 

"I was able to pick up one place and I was 🐻fourth before the red flag. Unfortunately, I had a bad start, and I was P12 at the end of the 🅷first lap, but I was able to recover a lot of positions. 

"I was still P5 and fighting with Locatelli for P4 but on the penultimate lap, I broke the gearbox sensor, and my bik🌺e doesn’t change gears anymore. 

"It could’ve been another top five but, in the en𒁏d, it was P7. It’s good but we wanted more. The pace was there to maybe fight for the podium or at leas🗹t another top five."

While Petrucci has a very strong showing, Ba♈ssani endured one of his toughest rounds of the campaign.

A heavy crash in FP1 was then followed up by technical issꦗues in FP2, leaving the ꦯItalian with limited track time.

However, Bassani bounced back ꦜon Sunday with a double top ten.

The Italian said:♉ "It's fun when you start at the front o𒉰f the group and stay there! When you start at the back, it's a lot more stressful. 

"At Aragon, I hope to start the weekend better. I destroyed my favourite bike; I had a shit weekend on Friday and Saturday but a good weekend on Sunda🥀y. I don't remember another weekend like th💜is."