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Danilo Petrucci trying to copy Jorge Lorenzo's MotoGP start tactics - MotoGP News

 
MotoGP News - Danilo Petrucci trying to copy Jorge Lorenzo's MotoGP start tactics

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Pramac MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci has revealed he has been trying to emulate Ducati stablemate Jorge Lorenzo's race starts.

Lorenzo has been one of the strongest starters in MotoGP this year, consistently featuring at the sharp end in the opening stages of races, and Petrucci has been trying to copy the way he works over a weekend.

"He is a very good starter and if you check, he is always pushing a lot in the out-lap in all free practice sessions," said Petrucci.

"He is unbelievably fast in the first lap of the practice sometimes.

"When you have to risk more in the out-lap because in the practice you don't have a lap time or you have maybe not the hottest tyre, or the tyres are not ready, he is able to push a lot.

"It is a way of feeling the bike. He is a champion and he got something more in some areas.

"We discover this and since a couple of races we are trying to copy his work, trying to be more efficient in the out-lap.

"But you risk a lot because if you crash in the out-lap, everybody says that you are a wanker because it doesn't count.

"For him, is very easy to be fastest in the out-lap or in the first lap of the race."

Petrucci likened Lorenzo to Ducati legend Casey Stoner regarding how quick he can be on the first lap.

"Now he is like, you remember Stoner, in the first lap, he was incredible," added the Italian.

"I think [Lorenzo] had a lot of training on this because in the previous year when he started in MotoGP [with Ducati], I remember he starts so slow and then there was like a number, every lap he gained two tenths, three tenths a lap.

"He worked a lot on this weak point and now he is the best doing this."

Petrucci, seventh in the standings, one and four points behind Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso respectively, also said he is using the remainder of 2018 to prepare for his first year as a Ducati factory rider next season.

"I have to work a lot of areas because sometimes I am not constant, race per race, so fighting for a good position in the championship is more difficult," he said.

"I have some time this year to learn my weak point, and without no pressure for next year.

"I have to use this year to be my best season in my career, and then for prepare everything, especially me, for the next year."





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July 31, 2018 at 06:33AM
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