Great, great Joe Roberts, splendid winner in a sprint over Manuel Gonzalez in a Moto2 race shortened to just 12 laps following the delay in the start due to the Moto3 accident. Two and a half years have passed, Portimao 2022, since the day in which the American native of Malibu, north of Los Angeles, won what was his only world championship race so far. But the one who at the end of 2020 had rejected Aprilia’s call to MotoGP, not yet feeling ready, was another rider, who alternated (few) good things with many to forget. This year however he has been reborn, with races always as a protagonist, which before this Mugello had seen him finish second three times.
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Finally the OnlyFans team driver took that last step he was missing, at the end of a battle to the finish line with Gonzalez, the only one to resist his forcing at the end in a race which saw the return of the Kalex as protagonist. Third at the finish line was Alonso Lopez, with the best of the Boscoscuro, ahead of Sergio Garcia and Ai Ogura, with Aron Canet sixth. Seventh, but separated from the leading group, was Celestino Vietti, while Mattia Pasini, who was fighting for 12th position in his wild-card race, fell on the last lap. Tony Arbolino, however, did very badly, 16th, Dennis Foggia 20th. Mugello was also to be forgotten for Férmin Aldeguer, who did not qualify in Saturday due to a neck problem, and today instead left the scene after a bad crash with Jeremy Acosta on the 3rd lap.
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The protagonist is obviously Roberts, who in the general classification catches up with Garcia, with the Spaniard first with 122 points against the Californian’s 115 and Ogura 3rd at 99. And it is clear that with the imminent arrival of Liberty Media in the management of the MotoGP , a rider like Roberts is very tempting, in a MotoGP that absolutely needs to have an American rider on the grid: with all the free places that can be seen on the horizon, it is likely that Joe will be announced for the 2025 MotoGP very soon.
