AMERICAN RACING TEAM'S CAMERON BEAUBIER
P128
INTERVIEW
It's the world level. It was cool!
[In Qatar], I definitely got shuffled
back pretty good but felt like I was
making some good moves. I'd
make a pass then slow myself up.
Then I'd get passed by someone
else up the inside. But things get
a bit spread out and you get into
a rhythm. [During the Doha GP] I
was able to catch the group in front
of me and it was a big, old train
of bikes—fifth place to 14th. It's a
crazy class, man, pretty nuts!"
Not that he was expecting
anything less. He started the year
working alongside Luca Capoc-
chiano, the crew chief of Enea
Bastianini during his champion-
ship year in 2020. But from Jerez,
Capocchiano was out and Stuart
Shenton, the man who fettled Fred-
die Spencer's NSR250 in 1985
and was the architect of Kevin
Schwantz's 500cc title in 1993,
was drafted in. Beaubier certainly
(Left) Media
attention in Moto2 is
intense. (Right) The
striking livery of the
American Racing
Team has well and
truly put a spotlight
on talent coming
from America.
