AMERICAN MOTO2 ROOKIE JOE ROBERTS
P42
Interview
"I THINK IF I LOOK BACK ON ALL MY YEARS OF
RACING, I'VE DONE MY BEST WHEN I'VE KEPT IT
THE MOST FUN AND THE MOST RELAXED."
about it for sure. Talking about
this, I want to be racing right now.
I wish I was racing.
Why did you change crew
chiefs?
Inside the team, it's changed a
lot. We have a new Chief Data Ana-
lyst Nicholas Reyniar, who's a su-
per cool guy and very knowledge-
able. He Worked for Tech 3 for a
long time. He kind of overlooks
both riders [teammate Marcos
Ramirez] as far as on the data.
That's been quite nice because
it takes pressure off both teams
because they can kind of go to
somebody to help. I think that's
one thing that's been really nice.
Then I changed my crew chief
from last year to this year. One
thing I really liked about Lucio
and one of the reasons I really
wanted him on board was be-
cause statistically he had given
every rider he had worked with
their best season. I thought,
there's obviously something he's
doing right if every rider who has
come to him, and all riders have
all sorts of different mentalities
and ways of working, but they all
had their best seasons with him.
So, I thought, wow, that's pretty
awesome. I should have him on
board. I need my best season.
Another thing was he had given
Chaz Davies and Sam Lowes
world championships in Supers-
port. So, I thought that was pretty
sweet. Also, he had worked with
English-speaking riders which is
something to consider as well.
You got to have a good under-
standing with language because I
don't speak Italian.
How's your Spanish?
It's getting better. Don't ask me
to say anything.
You've been in Europe now
for a few years. This is your
second time there as well. You
were there as a kid. And when
I say kid, you really were a kid.
The 2015 MotoAmerica
Superstock 600
Championship win was
capped off by winning
the Supersport race
as a wildcard in New
Jersey that same year.
