Pramac rider Danilo Petrucci showed some incredible pace once again at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, following up his incredible Mugello podium in style.

A career first front row start then gave way to a little drama off the line as the Italian made contact with reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), but ‘Petrux’ stayed in the mix to fight at the front – until a crash out of contention late in the race. Still, Petrucci finds the positives in having been in the battle once more.

"They gave me a warning for that contact with Marquez, and I tried to recover but I never managed to get back in the top three even though in the end I was able to pass Folger to get into fourth place." He said

"I thought I could take Pedrosa to get another podium but then I felt that the rear rubber had started to drop. I tried to change the mapping but things didn’t improve."

"I was trying to resist, but I couldn’t accelerate any more - maybe I pushed a bit too early to recover. I was there with them again, but then I made a mistake". He declared

source: motogp.com