Danilo Petrucci learned quickly, including the difficult Virginia circuit, the VIR: he finished 3rd in Race 2 there, but lost control of his Ducati after the checkered flag.
At the end of a second race entirely dominated by Jake Gagne (Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha) sur le Viriginia International Raceway d’Alton, Danilo Petrucci (Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati NYC) had a scary mishap in MotoAmerica Superbike Race 2 at VIR.
Although having gained a position at the start, Petrux had to fight hard with the Yamahas of Mathew Scholtz (Westby Racing) et Cameron Petersen (Fresh N Lean Progressive Yamaha) throughout the event to try to snatch second place. In vain, for 2 hundredths of a second. Worse, the Ducati rider lost control of his Panigale once the finish line was crossed, it being in the long curve acting as a straight line in front of the boxes. An exit from the track in the grass in sixth gear which resulted in a frightening fall but from which the protagonist got up on his own.
And moreover, on its own, after a few minutes, which is controversial in Italy, Danilo Petrucci went to the circuit’s medical center, where he received stitches in his ankle.
Absent on the podium and at the press conference, the native of Terni has not yet spoken on the subject, but after his rant against the organization during the last round in Atlanta, we can assume that he less and less appreciates the specificities of the American championship…
3rd consecutive victory for the defending champion Jake Gagne, after the 3 of Danilo Petrucci, the two men being the only ones to have climbed the top step of the podium this year.
Danilo Petrucci retains the lead in the general classification, but only by 4 points on Mathew Scholtz (himself the protagonist of a frightening fall on Sunday morning) and 13 on a Jake Gagne going up at high speed…
MotoAmerica will be back in action the weekend of June 3-5 at one of the most adrenaline-pumping tracks in the USA: Road America at Elkhart Lake.
