Danilo Petrucci will enter next seasoওn's Dakar🎶 Rally, but in shock machinery.

He won't be riding a motorcycle or driving a car.

Instead, the maverick Petrucci is entering th🀅e truck category at the 2025 Dakar Rally.

He has announced a link-up with Italtrans Racing Team and Prometeon Tyre Group for his ꩲnext adventure.

"I am very happy to join the Italtrans crew and I can't wait to get on board together with Claud💯io Bellina,"🌄 he was quoted by .

"I also thank Prometeon very much for making this unique op𝐆portunity possible.

“The Dakar is a fascinating challenge and I am excited to experience it for the second time. I will have a lot to learn and I will give෴ my 💛best to help make a good result.

"When they asked me to return to the Dakar I didn't hesitate for a moment, this race has left me a lot, it has⭕ made me realise a great dream, to race it and win a stage, to get to the end of♑ the Dakar then gives incredible satisfaction.”

Petrucci already has amassed a unique racing record, after winning races in MotoGP, World Superbikes, MotoAmerica and at his sole Dakar Rally ap꧙pearance (on a bike) soౠ far.

He is now tওaking on a shock challenge to race in trucks.

Petrucci's earliꩲest memory in the racing world was travelling in his father's truck to transport machinery for Loris Capirossi.

Now he will get behind the wheel 🎶of a truck to test himself in a completely new venture.