Danilo Petrucci is one of the funniest riders in 🤡MotoGP♈ and he was as witty as ever when discussing his sweat and weight issues during the scorching test sessions in Malaysia and Thailand…

Does he use a Camel Back drink system?

"Usually during testing, no. Maybe I will need here in Thailand because I sweat a lot. I sweat like three riders! I don't need a camel back, I n🌌eed a whole camel on my back!"

Training in a sauna to prepare for hot conditions…

"The first time you feel like you've died, then it gets better… So I train for these condit𒈔ions, but on the bꦿike it's quite different."

Did you feel pressure to lose weight this winter?

"No. It’s my decision𓃲. I did everything by myself. On the rankings it's written 'Petrucci' not 'Guidotti', 'Ciabatti' or 'Romagnoli'. So it's my business!"

Leathers + Sweat + Airbag system = 14kg

"I've been with Re💯v'It for many years and they do a very, ver🐈y good job. This year we have to [incorporate] the Alpinestars airbag system.

"In Sepan♈g, especially the torso part, was full of things! You have the underwear, then the liner inside, then the airbag, then the suit. It's like you are wꦦearing a Jacket… In Malaysia!

"It's quite hard for me because I sweat a lot and I don’t like so much the heat. So we are working to make the leathers cooler. 𝓰I'll try a suit without the inside liner and I hope the air circulation is better.

"Just because I was curious, I weighed myself naked in Malaysia and I was 77kg. Then my weight with the wet leathers was 91kg! At least 3-4kg is from sweat and I think 2-3 kilos💮 from the new airbag.

"I tried to lose a lot of kilos over the winter and when I saw the weight of the wet suit with💎 the airbag, I thought, 'No! Why!' But I'm not the only one in this situation."

The life of a MotoGP rider…

"ﷺI'm always fighting between it's quite a hard life and it's my dream. I'm always saying to myself, 'okay, it's hard sometimes, but never forget at least 3 billion people🌠 in the world want to do your job!'

"So I consider myself very, very lucky.

"It's difficult sometimes, but 🎃we are doing a job that is only for 24 people in the whole world. It's an honour."

Getting hold of a camel would certainly be a possibility at this weekend's Qatar test, although fortunately for Petrucci the d﷽usk testing time means temperatu❀res should be lower than at Sepang and Buriram...