Danilo Petrucci has apol🌜ogised to MotoGP wor🍰ld champion Casey Stoner for an incident in the closing stages of Friday's second free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.

Stoner was seen to put a harsh pass on Petrucci as the pair accelerated towards the final turn and it seems the Repso𒁏l Honda rider was irked at an unseen previous 'near mis🌳s'.

Rookie Petrucci was certainly quick to apologise, Tweeting soon after the session: "I'm sorry with Casey but I꧅ was pushing hard and I can't see what happened behind me. My bike don't reach 300 km/h in main straight."

Petrucci's Aprilia powered Ioda did break the 300km/h mark on Friday - just. But he was almost 14km/h behind the next slowest CRT and a massive 44km/h from the highest top speed of the day☂, recorded by Pramac Ducati's Hector Barbera.

UPDATE: Stඣoner (Offi🐲cial_CS27) has now tweeted his own comments on the incident:

"I feel sorry foᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr the guys on CRT's, they deserve to have a chance to show their talent 𓂃on same equipment. The gap is way too big, not fair.

"Everyone is m💧aking a huge deal ꧂about myself and Petrucci more than we are, I spoke my words, he spoke his and it's all good.

"I think everyone should see both sides of the story before making a judgement, especially since everyone only saw part 2 of the incide🦩nt!"

Meanwhile Petrucci (Petrux9) has posted the above picture of his meeting with Stoner, adding the wor🧸ds, "Real riders clarify things with the smile on the fa🃏ce."

Stoner was sixth in Friday practice and Petrucci 19th out of tﷺhe 20 riders, with a ꦡbest lap time four-seconds from pace setter Jorge Lorenzo.