INTERVIEW I ROAD RACER JOE ROBERTS
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t has definitely been a season of ups and downs so
far for former MotoAmerica Stock 600 champ Joe
Roberts. Non-scores in Germany and the Nether-
lands just before the summer break took a little shine
off the early promise shown in the year—his fourth full
season in the ultra-competitive Moto2 category—and
saw him drop to 10th in the championship standings.
But in that time, he has adapted to the working
method of the Italtrans Team, which he joined at the
close of last year. And of the first six races of 2021,
Roberts was showing podium potential in four of them
(and was cruelly denied third at the Italian GP after
being hit with a post-race penalty for exceeding track
limits on the final lap). On the whole, there have been
plenty of positives to take into the summer.
BY NEIL MORRISON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
CHIPPING
AWAY
The results sheets may show that
Joe Roberts has yet to ascend the heights
hit in 2020, but the Moto2 competitor says
he is a more mature, stable competitor
after switching teams for 2021 and setting
up a new European base in Portugal
