Assen and especially Sachsenring, where Honda's MotoG🐈P champion Marc Marquez has now won for ten seasons in a row, were always expected to be problem circuits for Ducati.

But Danilo Petrucci is concerned that Marquez was only narrowly beaten at some of Ducati's bes𒅌t tracks, suggesting they will have a big fight on their hands just to contain the Spaniard's large title lead at the upcoming rounds, let alone try and eat into it.

"For sure the next two💦 tracks, Brno and Spielberg, are a little bit better than the two tracks we have just had but this year Marc has made a bigger step compared to us," Petrucci warned.

"We fought hard with him in Qatar and Mugello, which have 𒊎always been two Ducati tracks, and only won by thousandths of a second. And now the next tw𝓡o [Brno and Spielberg] are the same, two Ducati tracks…

"So we need to give our all to try to keep the championship open. I know it's difficult to say now, but🎉 we have to believe [we can𝓡 do it] and work harder at home and on track."

Marquez entered th𝔉e summer break with a com📖manding 58-point lead over nearest rival Dovizioso, with Petrucci 64 points from the top in third.

Dovizioso's only victory of the se▨ason so far was by 0.023s over Marquez in Qatar, with Petrucci beating the Honda rider by just 0.043s for his debut Moto🌠GP win at Mugello.

Last year saw Ducati w♉in at both Brno and Austria courtesy of Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo respectively, with the Desmosedici undefeated at the hard-power/hard-braking Red Bull Ring layout since the circuit returned to the calendar in 2016.