KTM: Another challenge ahead for Danilo Petrucci at Dakar 2022 [VIDEO]

Danilo Petrucci takes part in the 2022 Dakar, scheduled for January 1st to 14th. The new controls, after a positivity to the COVID-19 virus detected with an antigenic swab, from what emerged excluded the contagion and ascertained the negativity. 

Riding an exemplary KTM 450 Rally, with the Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing team, the rider from Terni faces his first experience in a rally raid and in the famous Dakar. He talked about his feelings about him in a video proposed by KTM on YouTube.

A new chapter

A passage from the circuits of the World Championship, after ten seasons and two successes, to the desert sands of Saudi Arabia. A new experience in an equally fascinating and challenging world. The pilot talks about this passage, talks about the competition, evokes its charm and talks about this new exciting chapter in his sporting career. After leaving the KTM RC16, the new commitment is faced riding a KTM 450 Rally.

In the video you can see some moments with the specimen right in the desert dunes, in an evocative setting that anticipates the commitment to the race at the beginning of the year.

The Dakar 2022 starts, as mentioned, on Saturday 1st January. A Prologue is foreseen to define the starting order and continue along twelve stages until the arrival in Jeddah, covering about 8,000 km. Strict measures to combat possible infections.