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Danilo Petrucci Set to Kickstart His MotoAmerica Career This Weekend at Circuit of The Americas

Danilo Petrucci Set to Kickstart His MotoAmerica Career This Weekend at Circuit of The Americas

Two-time MotoGP Race Winner Petrucci Ready to Race in America

SUNNYVALE, CA – April 8, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Danilo Petrucci begins a new chapter in his racing career this weekend as the Italian joins the Warhorse HSBK Racing Ducati New York team for the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship with round one under the spotlight at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

Petrucci, 31 and fresh from an outstanding performance on the 2022 Dakar Rally, is no stranger to CoTA, having raced all the MotoGP races held at the expansive venue from 2013 through to 2021, and will thus have some valuable experience on which to draw as he squares up against the best riders and teams on American soil.

Despite having never raced in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship on the series’ control Dunlop tires with the factory-backed Panigale V4 SBK, Petrucci’s undoubted pedigree will see him start the season as one of the clear title favorites as Ducati aims to take its…

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