Danilo Petrucci
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Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer who has competed in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York.[2] After losing his KTM ride in MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season, he entered the 2022 Dakar Rally with a Tech3 KTM rally raid 450 cc machine in January 2022.[3]
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Born | (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 33) Terni, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Barni Spark Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | DaniloPetrucci.it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Fiamme Oro[1] |
For most of 2022, Petrucci was based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., riding a Ducati Panigale V4R in the AMA Superbike Championship series, finishing second at the last event in September.[4][5] In November of that same year it was announced that Petrucci would return to the Barni Ducati team, this time in the Superbike World Championship.[6]
He won two races in the MotoGP World Championship, and also won the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) in 2011.[7]