Despite being injured, Arón Canet was in the fight for the podium in the Moto2 French GP almost until the end, although he finished in sixth. In fact, he only lost his chances of finishing in the top three on the last lap.
The battle with Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team/Kalex) resulted in contact on the final lap, which hindered the Fantic Racing rider – with the American managing to overtake and finish fourth without penalty.
This despite the contact between them at that point in the race. Canet admitted, quoted by the website Motosan.es, that the decision of the race direction made him angry, due to the rules that are explained to the riders at the beginning of the season:
– If we were in another era, it would have been fantastic. But here, in the end, you also don’t know where it will take you. Because they say that if you touch a rider on the last lap, you have to give back the position. You don’t know what to follow, what rule to follow. And of course, I got angry. I understand that it can be a racing situation, but I was even more angry with the race direction, because they are the ones who tell you in the season that ‘don’t touch anyone on the last lap, or we can penalize you’.
