Like all of the larger MotoGP riders, Danilo Petrucci's🍌 size is often a disadvantage ꦺ;in terms of tyre wear.

But Petrucci had no such concerns in the soaking wet Friday practice conditions at the Valencia finale and - with aquaplaning due 🌼to standing water forcing💎 red flags - his extra weight was an advantage in terms of traction.

The Pramac rider was third in the morning session a🍷nd then fastest of all during an even wetter afternoon outing.

"Yeah for the first time in the year Iꦬ can say I have a bit more advantage [from my weight]," Petrucci smiled. "I don’t know how it will last, but at the moment I have to take advantage when I can. 90% of the season I have a disadvantage!"

The Italian, who has long been one of the best in the we🎶t, thinks his early career on dirt bikes also helps 🔴in such conditions.

"During my career in MotoGP I was always fast inꩵ the wet more-or-less♓ and it's a condition that I like," Petrucci said.

"Maybe one of the reasons is my riding style, I rode dirt bikes until 16 so I missed out on a lot of experience from🍌 125 when other riders were young - and for example it's one of my limit🐬s in the dry at the last races, to correctly ride and stay [within the limits] with the tyre.

"But in the wet I 𒁃don’t have this problem so I can ride and push as much as I want and I improved my performance lap by la🐻p. Also I think the wet conditions helped me a bit in acceleration, but then these conditions have always helps me a bit."

Nonetheless, even Petrucc🌄i admitted he was unsettဣled by the aquaplaning.

"The feeling when the rear♏ tyre spins on the main straight at 300 km/h is not so good," he said. "I like these conditions because I'm fast, but for riding ▨in they are not the best.

"I doꦿn’t like to race in the rain because everything can happen and y൲ou never know when you are going to crash, or when you are on the limit.

"But I'll go to sleep tonight knowing that almost every weath🧔er condition will be okay.

"The worst for me is half and half, as the tr💎ack goes from wet t🅺o dry, then it's very difficult for me because my weight is another bigger disadvantage."

With the fastest Friday laps set in FP1, Marc Marquez was on top on the combined tiꦚmes ahead of Pramac riders Jack Miller and Petrucci.

Petrucci - seeking to snatch fifth in the world championship from top Independent rival Johann Zarco, in h♊is final grand prix before joining the official Ducati team - was then fastest by 0.4s from Marquez in the afternoon session, when Valentino Rossi was the only other rider within one-secon𝔍d of the top.

Zarco, currently four points ahead of Petrucci🐈 in the standings, was 13th overall.