Second-year WorldSBK rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Danilo Petrucci was one of൩ the fastest riders in Race 2 as he carved his way through the field in the closing stages.

Able to overhaul Andrea Iannone and Michael Rinaldi, Petrucci was then elevate🌸d into a podium spot when Andrea Locatelli crashed out of third place on the final lap. 

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Alvaro Bautista and eventual race winner Alex Lowes wﷺere a couple of seconds up the road, but Petrucci’s pace appeared to be strong enough to match the leaders, if not faster.

However, despite 💜the final lap♐ battle between Bautista and Lowes, Petrucci ran out of laps and instead had to settle for P3, his first podium of the season.

Speaking after Race 2, Petrucci added: “WorldSBK is really crazy! I finished P15 but had the same bike as 🍌yesterday, it was difficult to ride and I was nervous.

“🧜In Race 2, I was behind Toprak when the engine went and then behind Jonny when he had a massive crash.

“In the restart, I was there and I wanted to be top Independent but Rinaldi was far. Then, he started losing time and me and Iannone were coming through. ♔;

“With three to go, I was two seco🅘nds from the🔯 lead but then on the last lap, I was just one second. Maybe with two more laps, I could have fought for the win!

“As I predicted in WorldSBK, you can finish in P15 or P3. 15 riders can finish on the podium and it's unbeli✱evable how close it is.

“The rules made have been good and they're helping everyone. I think this is one of the closest Cha🤡mpionships I've ever💫 been in.”

Another Ducati rider who seemed to have the pace to challenge for a race win was Rinaldi, who unl♚ike Petrucci showed his best🅺 speed early on.

But as the race went on Rinaldi b๊egan to slip down the order due to blisters on the rear tyre.

“I'm happy wit♔h the progression,” began Rinaldi. “Unfortunately in race two I had blisters on the rear tyre and I wasn't able to challenge for the victory𒊎. However, we leave aware of our speed.”