Mugello was a bitter weekend for the LCR team, since they were forced to deal with Alex Rins’ tibia and fibula injury. The Spanish rider has to rest for two-months and is scheduled to return in August.
This means that Lucio Cecchinello has to now find a replacement. In the last few hours, the manager had thought of Danilo Petrucci. You read that right! In fact, Cecchinello contacted Alberto Vergani and the rider himself, but the latter declined the offer, since he’s still dealing with the injury he sustained during the Misano Superpole Race.
Without that inconvenience, we could have been seeing Petrux again in the MotoGP after Le Mans: “I thank Lucio, because he’s undoubtedly one of the best managers in the paddock,” Vergani said. “Ufortunately, Danilo is recovering from his bad Misano injury. Even if his situation is slowly improving, he’s still not one hundred percent in shape. Petrucci, therefore, prefers not to take risks, with the aim of recovering as best as possible for Donington.”