A podium at the WorldSBK seasꦜon opener in Australia s🌟eemed to be the perfect way to start 2025 for Danilo Petrucci, but on paper his results fell off slightly in Portimao.

At round two, the Barni Ducati rider – now in his third year of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike – was fourth in Race 1, behind Yamaha’s Andrea Locatelli, 𒁏then fourth in the Superpole Race, and sixth in Race 2 after a shocking start.

Petrucci explained that a probl🃏em when selecting first gear on the grid led to his poor start in Race 2🍨.

“We had a problem,” he told Wo🅠rldSBK.com. “Sincerely, we don’t understand what happened, but, when I pushed the leve🎉r to put first gear, the gear didn’t [engage] completely, so the launch control didn’t [engage].

“Then, when I released t🔯he clutch, second [gear] went immediately in because I pushed another time. So, let’s say half and half 🧜of mistakes, but then when you are 17th at the first corner you already know that your life will be really tough.”

He added that, af😼ter the race was red-flagged on lap eight, he rode with a pre-heated rear tyre.

“I don’t know if the red flag has helped us because at the end I was quite close to [Michael] van der Mark and 🅠[Andrea] Locatelli in the first half ♕of the race,” he said.

“Then, [after the red flag], I was really busy with the other riders, a good fight, but I was with a pre-heated tyre and the feeling was not really good, but 🅷we had a good fight.”

Petrucci also said that he was disappointed to have lost his front row starওting posi🌠tion in the Superpole Race to a late-charging Alvaro Bautista.

“Sincerely, a bit disappointed about [the Superpole Ra💦ce] when I lost third place with Alvar🍬o [Bautista],” he said.

“At the end we have to look at the positive – we are third in the c🍰hampionship – but no trophy for me this time. Last year I went home with two, this time just the third place [in Superpole].”

The positive for Petrucci was that, despite missing the podium all weekend, he was still in contention for it whe💛n all of the other satellite Ducatis – who were there in the rostrum battle in Australia – were struggling.

“Exactly,” Petrucci said when the point ꦫwas brought up to him.

“Maybe also coming here for two days of testing has been not really good because we 𒐪modified a lot the๊ bike, especially on the electronics side, and the track condition was really different [on the race weekend],” he added.

“So, at the end, we sti💮ll don’t understand if it was better or not, but at the end we have been really close to Nicolo [Bulega] who at the moment is the reference.

“Sincerely, I wo𝓰uld have like to have stayed in front of Alvaro, but this morning he was faster than me and this afternoon too, then with the problem…

“But, at the end, if you have to look at the positive, we are always there and no mistake in the last lap, I almost 🌳crashed also, gꦡood points and looking forward to Assen.”