DEFINING STORIES, ROUND 9: Cremona welcomes WorldSBK with open arms as Petrucci shines at home
Our return to northern Italy may have been at a new venue but that didn’t stop a near-capacity crowd from going wild
The Cremona venue was a new addition to 2024’s calendar and whilst there were an abundance of unknowns – including, for many riders, the track itself – it didn’t disappoint as the festival-like atmosphere was something to behold. With Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) still out injured, it was a land of opportunity for chief title rival Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) but also Danilo Petrucci (Barni Spark Racing Team), who’d go on to dominate the weekend. Watch Race 1 and 2 here whilst reliving all the emotion with the UNFILTERED here.
PETRUCCI STORMS CLEAR: the fourth rider to do the hat-trick
After a red flag due to technical conditions that compromised the safety of the race, Race 1 was a premature end to an encounter that ‘Petrux’ would’ve won regardless. He was simply in a class of his own and in the Superpole Race, doubled up before becoming just the fourth rider in WorldSBK history to make it a hat-trick. A unique achievement to do it for the Independent Ducati team of Barni, who had just announced an expansion to their line-up for 2025, welcoming Yari Montella. However, for Petrucci, he'd now won a race in WorldSBK, MotoGP™, Stock 600, Stock 1000, MotoAmerica and the Dakar Rally. He probably won’t stop there either but that’s in the future; Cremona however, was one of Petrucci’s best weekends as a professional racer.
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