ROUND 13 / SEPTEMBER 10-12, 2021
MOTORLAND ARAGON / TERUEL, SPAIN
P106
MOTOGP I FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Team), the two Californians en-
joying a race-long battle that saw
Roberts home in 13th, Beaubier
14th, for two and three champi-
onship points, respectively.
In the championship, Gardner's
damage limitation ride sees him
still clear on 251 points. Fernan-
dez claws back five points with
Ajo-bound in 2022. He just man-
aged to get the better of Jorge
Navarro (+Ego Speed Up) with
Aron Canet (Kipin Energy Aspar
Team) taking fifth.
It was a good showing by the
American contingent of Joe Rob-
erts (Italtrans Kalex) and Cam-
eron Beaubier (American Racing
race, forcing early leader and
then second-placed rider Sam
Lowes (Marc VDS Kalex) into a
crash and eventually finishing
5.4 seconds ahead of teammate
and title leader Remy Gardner.
Third went to Augusto Fer-
nandez (Marc VDS Kalex), the
Spaniard, who is Red Bull KTM
The eight-time World Champion
had found improvements with the
first of these, which he raced at
Assen, Austria 2 and Silverstone,
saying, "At Assen I feel a better
stability, especially in the fast cor-
ners, but we struggle more in the
slow corners." But while Marquez
is feeling more comfortable, the
three other Hondas aren't so sure.
"Now the next races, especially
this one, Misano and the Misano
test, we need to understand which
way to follow for the future in the
chassis area," Marquez said.
NO MORE PEDROSA
WILDCARDS
After a sterling wildcard appear-
ance at the Styrian Grand Prix,
KTM had planned for Dani Pedrosa
to race again at the San Marino GP
at Misano next week. Yet the Span-
iard, who finished 10th in Austria in
his first racing appearance in just
under three years, had his appear-
ance rescinded by the Austrian
factory, who said he will probably
never race again. "Dani is basi-
cally not in our plans for Misano.
We took it off. He had one race in
Spielberg, but I don't think we're
going to see him racing again. We
Briefly...
Enea Bastianini was flying
on the two-year-old Ducati.
The 2020 Moto2 World Champion
took home a MotoGP career-best
sixth at Aragon.
