Danilo Petrucci

Petrucci at Donington World Superbike, 2023
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (age 34) Terni, Italy
Current team	Barni Spark Racing Team
Bike number	9
Website	DaniloPetrucci.it
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2012–2023 Manufacturers Ioda,Ioda-Suter (2012–2013) ART (2014) Ducati (2015–2020,2023) KTM(2021) Suzuki(2022) Championships 0 2023 championship position 28th (5 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 171 2 10 0 2 822 Superbike World Championship Active years 2023– Manufacturers Ducati(2023- ) Championships 0 2024 championship position 5th (307 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 78 3 15 0 1 616
Sport
Club	Fiamme Oro[1]

Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born 24 October 1990) is an ItalianGrand Prix motorcycle racer who has competed in theMotoAmerica Superbike Championship with Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York.^[2] After losing his KTM ride inMotoGP at the end of the2021 season, he entered the2022 Dakar Rally with aTech3 KTMrally raid 450 cc machine in January 2022.^[3]

For most of 2022, Petrucci was based inScranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., riding aDucati 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 theSuperbike World Championship.^[6]

He won two races in theMotoGP World Championship, and also won the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) in 2011.^[7]

Born inTerni, Petrucci began racing in 1998 with mini-trial and mini-cross bikes, achieving some national trophies. In 2006 he switched to road racing entering theCBR600 Cup where he emerged as the bestrookie. In 2007 Petrucci competed in theYamaha R6 Cup and made some appearances in theEuropean Superstock 600 Championship. His runner-up position in the R6 Cup granted him official support from Yamaha Motor Italia for the following seasons. In 2008 Petrucci contested his first full international season in the European Superstock 600 championship, scoring two poles and earning seventh place overall in the final championships standings. In 2009 he won three races and earned fourth place overall in the European championship; in the same season he became runner-up in the Italian Superstock 1000 championship and won the Under-23 class. In 2010 Petrucci entered theFIM Superstock 1000 Championship riding forTeam Pedercini, while competing also for the Italian Superbike Championship. In the latter championship, he finished in third place overall and won the Under-25 title. In 2011 he again competed in the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship, riding aDucati 1098R entered by the Barni Racing Team. With four victories and six poles, he ended the season as runner-up behindDavide Giugliano. He also contested the Italian Superstock 1000 championship, winning the championship title.

Petrucci joined theIoda team in the MotoGP class in 2012,^[8] riding aClaiming Rule Teams (CRT) motorcycle with an in-house Ioda chassis and anAprilia RSV4 engine.^[9] The team switched to using aSuter chassis andBMW engines midway through the season.^[10] Petrucci finished 19th overall in the championship and 7th in the CRT class with 27 points.

Ioda continued with Suter/BMW machinery and expanded their MotoGP team to field two bikes in 2013, withLukáš Pešek as the second rider.^[11] Petrucci finished 17th overall in the championship and 5th in the CRT class with 26 points.

Petrucci remained with Ioda for the 2014 season, however the team dropped back to a single entry in the championship and returned to Aprilia machinery. Petrucci suffered a fractured wrist from a crash during the warm-up session for theSpanish Grand Prix atJerez.^[12]Michel Fabrizio replaced Petrucci for rounds 6 and 7. Petrucci returned for theDutch TT atAssen. Petrucci eventually finished 20th overall in the championship and 5th in the Open class with 17 points.

On 1 October 2014, it was announced that Petrucci would leave the Ioda team and move to Pramac Racing with a two-year contract, starting with the 2015 season. He replacedAndrea Iannone, who moved to the factoryDucati Team.^[13] Petrucci took his first podium finish at theBritish Grand Prix in August. After starting 18th on the grid, Petrucci moved through the order in wet conditions, and ultimately finished second behindValentino Rossi.^[14]

He missed the first four races after suffering a broken hand in a pre-season testing crash atPhillip Island. Upon return he once again excelled in wet conditions duringDutch TT where he set the fastest lap and briefly led before the race was stopped (he ultimately retired with an electrical failure).

He starts his sixth consecutive season in Motogp for the same team, but riding a factory spec bike and with the same teammate from 2016. On 4 June 2017 he climbs on the third step of the podium at the Italian Grand Prix, in Assen he manages to get on the podium again, finishing second. He finished second in the San Marino Grand Prix. In Japan he finished third. He ended the season in 8th place with 124 points.

In 2018 he was in the same team, with teammate Jack Miller. In France, he finished in second place. He ended the season in 8th place with 144 points.

In 2019, he moved to the Ducati factory team to pair withAndrea Dovizioso. He finished in third place at Le Mans. He achieved his first victory in MotoGP in the following race at Mugello. He finished in third place at Catalunya. He ended the season in 6th place with 176 points.

In 2020 he remained with the same team. He won at Le Mans in wet race conditions after being in the lead from start to finish. He ended the season in twelfth place with 78 points.

For the 2021 season Petrucci was signed by the KTM satellite teamTech3.^[15] He had a best result of 5th place throughout the season and finished 21st in the standings with 37 points. At the Styrian GP in August news broke that he had lost his ride and would be exiting MotoGP at the end of the season.^[16]

On 26 September 2022, it was announced that Petrucci would replace the injuredJoan Mir for theThailand Grand Prix inBuriram, after the US Superbike season had ended.^[17] Petrucci finished in position 20, in front of one regular rider and one replacement, and later confirmed he had no team arrangements for 2023.^[18]

Petrucci suffered a broken leg training for theDakar Rally in December 2021.^[19] During the2022 event, he placed 23rd in the prologue event,^[20] followed by 13th in the first stage.^[21] He retired from the second stage with a mechanical failure after 117 kilometres (73 mi),^[22] and had to be rescued by helicopter.^[23] Petrucci continued on in the rally after a nearly 12-hour time penalty for his failure to finish the stage. On stage five, Petrucci took his first Dakar stage victory, after fellow KTM riderToby Price received a time penalty.^[24]

In2025, Petrucci returned to the Dakar as a technician in the Trucks category forMM Technology alongside fellow Italians Claudio Bellina and Marco Arnoletti in anIveco PowerStar. Petrucci also briefly drove the truck, before the team retired for health reasons for Bellina.^[25]

Petrucci won both legs of his inaugural race in the2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship atCOTA, nearAustin, Texas, on the weekend of 9 and 10 April.^[26][27]

Petrucci won the first leg of two atRoad Atlanta in late April, leading the championship on points.^[28] His Ducati suffered an engine failure in the second leg.^[29]

Petrucci finished the season and AMA championship in second place toJake Gagne in September 2022.^[30]

Petrucci competed for the Barni Ducati Team from2023 Superbike World Championship season, finishing 7th overall with three podium finishes.

In 2024, Petrucci improved his results to 5th overall with 10 podiums, including a sweep of all three racing sessions at the inaugural Italian round atCremona Circuit.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

* Season still in progress.

Season	Team	Bike	Round																				Plcd.	Pts.
2022	Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York	Ducati	TEX		ATL		VIR		RAM		RID		MON		BRA		PIT		NJE		ALA		2nd	356
			R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
			1	1	1	Ret	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	3	4	1	3	4

Year	Class	Vehicle	Position	Stages won
2022	Motorbike	KTM	90th	1

Year	Class	Vehicle	Team	Position	Stages won
2025	Truck	Iveco	Italtrans Dakar Rally	DNF	0

• Co-driver forClaudio Bellina

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