It was a tough day at the office for Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier in Qatar with the two Californians crashing out of the Grand Prix of Dohan at the Losail International Circuit today. Roberts was the first to go, the Italtrans Racing rider crashing out of a fifth-place battle with IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia’s Ai Ogura on the…
Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts and American Racing Team’s Cameron Beaubier will start tomorrow’s Tissot Grand Prix of Doha from rows three and five, respectively, with the two Californians ending up eighth and 14th in final qualifying at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. For the second straight week, Sam Lowes will start the Moto2 GP race from pole position, the…
Both Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will likely feature in the Q2 session tomorrow at the Losail International Circuit after both of the MotoAmericans were in the top 14 in today’s Free Practice 2 for Sunday’s Tissot Grand Prix of Doha in Qatar. Roberts rode his Italtrans Racing Team Kalex to the fifth best time in the evening Friday session,…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier were impressive in the opening round of the 2021 Moto2 World Championship at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, with the Californians finishing sixth and 11th, respectively, to open the season. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts lost out on fifth place by just .641 of a second as he was beaten to the line by…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier will line up fifth and 22nd, respectively, for tomorrow’s Moto2 World Championship opener at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, the two separated by just .505 of a second but six rows apart. Such is Moto2. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts’ best lap came in Q2, his 1:59.168 putting him fifth and on the second…
MotoAmericans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier just completed their first day of action in the Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar with the pair of Californians ending the day third and 24th, respectively, on the timesheets from the second practice session at the Losail International Circuit today. Italtrans Racing Team’s Roberts improved from 14th in the afternoon session to third in…
Five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier turned in his fastest lap of the three-day Moto2 test at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar today, the American Racing Team rider’s 1:59.350 vaulting him to 13th in the session and just .695 of a second behind today’s leader Sam Lowes. Beaubier was joined in the top 15 by Italtrans Racing Team’s Joe…
The two MotoAmericans in the Moto2 World Championship ended today’s third session of preseason testing at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar nestled nicely in the top 20 with Italtrans Racing Team’s Joe Roberts and American Racing Team’s Cameron Beaubier ending the day 10th and 19th, respectively. Roberts’ best lap of the day, a 1:59.245, came on his 19th of…
The 2021 Moto2 season officially began today in Qatar for Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier with the two MotoAmerica Champions taking part in the first day of the official test at the Losail International Circuit. For Roberts, it was a return to the site of his first career Moto2 pole position a season ago; for Beaubier, it was a…
Heading into the official Moto2 test that begins tomorrow in Qatar, MotoGP’s website did a feature story on the former MotoAmerica Champions who will compete this season for the Moto2 World Championship – Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier. Read the story here.
Americans Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier ended a successful two-day test in Portugal today with the former MotoAmerica Champions ending day two of the preseason test second and ninth on the timesheets, respectively, on a windy day at the Portimao Circuit. The test was led by Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Remy Gardner, the Australian the only rider to dip into…
Italian Marco Bezzecchi, who finished fourth in the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, led the opening day of Moto2 testing on Tuesday, March 2, the SKY Racing Team VR46-backed Kalex rider besting the 19 other testers at the Portimao Circuit in Portugal. Bezzecchi’s 1:43.322 was the fastest lap of the day and .0.53 of a second faster than Australian Remy Gardner,…
It’s been well-documented that MotoAmerica has sent a number of riders to Europe to compete in overseas national championships, as well as world championships. Joe Roberts and Cameron Beaubier immediately come to mind as they get set to compete in the 2021 Moto2 World Championships, and so does Garrett Gerloff, who will soon start his sophomore season in the Superbike…
Joe Roberts was going to win the first Moto2 race of his career, which was the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. He knew it. And, after practice and qualifying, most in the paddock certainly were open to the prospect of it happening. “It was weird,” Roberts explained. “I kind of got to this super, almost-meditation, super-focused mentality before Le…
Five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier will make his Moto2 World Championship debut on March 28 under the lights in the Grand Prix of Qatar at the Losail International Circuit, joining fellow American Joe Roberts on the grid for the first time. Dorna released the provisional 2021 schedule today with the series set to consist of 20 rounds, though “All…
The following is from American Racing Team… After two incredible years together, Joe Roberts and The American Racing Team will part ways at the end of the 2020 season. The American Racing Team is excited to see Roberts move to another Moto2 team to further progress in his career and are extremely grateful for the past two years of shared…
For Los Angeles-based real estate developer Eitan Butbul, “American Racing” is not just the name of the Moto2 racing team that he owns and manages, it is an entire philosophy. Butbul’s passion project and mission are the same as MotoAmerica’s: to develop U.S. motorcycle road racers into World Champions. We talked with Butbul and learned about him, his U.S. patriotism,…
Joe Roberts caught the world’s attention in Qatar when he set a new Moto2 track record and finished fourth in the race. But we were already well-aware of his talent on a motorcycle since he is former MotoAmerica champion. Carruthers and Bice caught up with Joe in Episode #73 of Off Track, so give it a listen and get to…
