Danilo ꩲPetrucci’s final MotoGP race weekend has got off to🌞 a far from ideal start after suffering a fast crash in FP1. 

The Italian, who finished day-one 15th overall, was impressive during this morning’s d💜amp/cꦛool track conditions. 

Howeve🦄r, a big fall at turn six moments after setting his best lap left the soon-to-be Dakar Rally rider ‘struggling ✃to walk’ due to the pain. 

Petrucci also alluded to problems on the right side of the tyr🌄e𒀰 and not being able to get the temperature needed.  

"We struggled with the right side of t🦩he 💖rear tyre, was not to temperature and the first time I touched the throttle the bike just flipped me off," said the Tech 3 KTM man.

"I was going slow but I hit the ground hard. I took a bit of rest and painkillers so now I have toꦗ go for treatment. 

"I think I need a lot of anti-inflammatory this weekend and I have blood here o༺n the hips but fortunately nothing serious. 

"I was not keen to re-join the session. This afternoon was ab💖le to ride OK but off the bike I was struggling to wꦚalk and then the pain the day after. 

"We see this aftern꧒oon and tomorrow morning but I don’t think it will get worse. I sincerely want to stay fit for Sunday and not think too much about it."

While Petrucci finished FP1 19th, the 31 year-old spent the ear𝓰ly part of the session comfortably inside the top six with fellow KTM riders Miguel Oliveria and team-mate Iker Lecuona who topped the session. 

But given the injury and dry conditio🎃ns of FP2 which have been a struggle for KTM of late, only Brad Binder could get into the top ten.

Even so, Petrucci said the feeling on the bi🌜ke ‘was ok’ and that he’s enjoying his time on the bike, despite being ‘a bit scared’ 𒉰from FP1.

Petrucciꦍ said: "The feeling was OK, but this afternoon was a struggle to keep the r𝐆hythm at the beginning, but we are in line with the other KTM riders. 

"Brᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚad [Bi🌄nder] was fastest in the first sector and in the damp so maybe he found something better. 

"We have to fix the bike but it is 🏅not bad. For sure a second at this track is not a small gap and we are usually a second or second-0.2 at the tracks. We are struggling at the end [of the season] and in Silverstone we broke an engine. 

"We asked for more because we are on the lim𒁃it. We have to make it better in braking and I need to use the Hard front that helps ꦜme and then I enjoy to ride the bike except for this morning when I was a bit scared."