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 place. In fact, it was only on the last lap that he lost the chance to finish in the top three.
The battle with Joe Roberts (OnlyFans American Racing Team/Kalex) resulted in contact on the final lap, which disadvantaged the Fantic Racing rider – with the American managing to overtake and finish fourth, without a penalty.
This was despite the contact between them at that stage of the race. Canet admitted, quoted by Motosan.es, that the decision of the race direction left him angry, due to the rules communicated 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 don’t even know where to take it. Because they say if you touch a rider on the last lap you have to give back the position. You no longer know what to take, what rule to follow. And of course, I was angry. I understand it can be a racing situation, but I was even more upset with the race direction, because they are the ones who tell you in the season ‘don’t touch anyone on the last lap, otherwise we can penalize you.