Danilo Petrucci is preparing for a unique change of perspective in 2022. After concluding his experience in MotoGP this year at the end of the Valencia GP, and after losing his place in KTM Tech3 for next year, the Italian will remain tied to the Austrian colors but the Dakar will race.
Danilo, who has cherished this dream for a long time, has already raced a few races in the Dubai desert before the last rounds of the 2021 MotoGP season and has continued his preparation even after the end of the championship.
On the occasion of the last race in Valencia, Petrucci spoke of this drastic change and underlined how the program for the 2022 season still needs to be defined.
“The biggest thing to learn in the Dakar is everything. It is completely another world. I believe that in a week of training I have covered a greater distance than the one I have covered this year in MotoGP ”.
“Navigation is something to study well. In Moto GP we talk about millimeters on the bike, in the Dakar of kilometers and you never know what can happen “.
Danilo Petrucci, KTM Factory Racing
Photo by: KTM Images
“I will face this Dakar, then I will sit at the table with KTM and we will decide what the plans will be for the following year, if I will continue in this adventure or if I want to try something different”.
“At the moment, however, I am quite busy because I need time and to understand how the race can unfold”.
The organizers of the Dakar have confirmed that the 2022 edition, which will take place in Saudi Arabia, will start on January 1st and end on January 14th.
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