After 70 races, Arón Canet finally managed to win in the Moto2 World Championship. His first victory came at the Portuguese GP a week ago. It’s an important result both in terms of sport and mentally.
The Fantic rider revealed to AS newspaper: ‘You know the best? In 2022, a mechanic friend from Almería said that if I won a race, he would smoke a cigar and grow a mustache… I’m very happy, especially with how things improve mentally, being focused throughout a race in the lead. I know the potential I have this year and everything I can do. I don’t go to races thinking that others are better than me. I know that maybe I won’t win or I won’t be able to stay on the podium, but this year I’ve gained a lot of confidence’.
For this season, Canet changed his approach and considers it to be beneficial: ‘Yes, I’ve changed, but it’s not a mental issue, but rather a team effort. I do race simulations to understand the tyres, and that’s what helped us manage very well, knowing when and at what moment. Everyone wants to be champion until the last moment’.
With 31 points in two rounds, the Spaniard leads the Moto2 World Championship, but he doesn’t get carried away: ‘Now I’m the leader, but it’s as if I were in third place. It’s only the second race. Let me win five races, and then we’ll talk. The season is long. I’ve already lost four World Championships’, he emphasized.