Petrucci Make sure to Leave Pramac Ducati in 2019

BOLOGNA - The 2018 MotoGP race season has not started yet, but Ducati Pramac Team rider, Danilo Petrucci, already has his own future plans. The reason, the Italian has decided to leave the Pramac Ducati Team in the 2019 season.

So it can be concluded that the 2018 MotoGP racing season will be the last season of Petrucci barda on the Ducati Pramac Team. The decision is indeed surprising, given Petrucci actually appear quite satisfactory in Pramac Ducati in the 2017 season, with the finish in the eighth position of the final standings.

Petrucci explained that the reason for leaving Ducati Pramac Team is because he wanted to drive for the manufacturer team, not the satellite team anymore. Naturally, the 27-year-old has three seasons in Pramac Ducati and has a strong desire to be able to fight as a manufacturer team racers.

Before deciding to leave, Petrucci has actually been in talks with the Ducati Team management regarding his position. They do not deny that Petrucci has the potential to be a racer in Ducati Corse Team in the 2019 season. However, Petrucci realizes that the potential is fairly small, given that currently Ducati Corse is inhabited by Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.

Furthermore, Petrucci also denied that he left because of being fired by the Ducati Team. The news is spreading because Ducati has the principle that Pramac is devoted to increasing the potential of young drivers, while Petrucci is now 27 years old. Nevertheless, he thanked Team Pramac's owner, Paolo Campinoti, who had recruited him to join Pramac in late 2014.

"I read in the paper that I was fired and Bagnaia would take my position. Paolo Campinoti and I realized this. He pulled me out of nowhere (at the end of 2014), "said Petrucci, quoting from Crash, Wednesday (24/1/2018).

"But we know that this will be our last year together, the cycles are almost complete. This is also the meaning of the Pramac project. I have a contract with Ducati. I have an option that will end in June to step into the manufacturer's team - otherwise I am a free agent, "Petrucci finished.