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KTM: Dakar a 'present' for Petrucci after 'painful' MotoGP split

As runner-up in the 1999 250cc Motocross world championship, KTM motorsport director Pit Beirer knows a fast off-road rider when he sees one. But even Beirer was surprised that Danilo Petrucci was able to take a Stage win on his debut in this year's Dakar Rally. "He did an incredible job," Beirer said. "When he announced it people thought this is some kind of marketing gimmick, I think nobody understood what the plan was behind it. "But I really knew what a good off-road rider he is, I knew he had this dream. And we love him as a person." Related Articles Oliveira: 'A matter of time for Gardner, Fernandez to be fast or faster than us' Francesco Guidotti: The glue...
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