Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci has credited a recovered “feeling under braking” as the chief reason for his improved competitiveness across the French Grand Prix race weekend. The nine-time MotoGP podium finisher looked to have found a decent turn of speed on Friday at Le Mans, ending the day fourth in the combined times. He then qualified an excellent third-his first front row since the ’19 Italian GP-despite having to contest Q1 after finding himself unable to improve in FP3 due to having all his final efforts ruined by yellow flags.     Petrucci said that he and his Ducati outfit “knew what direction to take the bike” heading into the weekend thanks to a...
Full Story »