Roberts On Front Row For British Grand Prix-- MotoAmerica

Italtrans Racing’s Joe Roberts missed out on pole position for tomorrow’s Monster Energy British Grand Prix by just .034 of a second, but the Californian will start the race at the Silverstone circuit second on the front row. Roberts’ fellow former MotoAmerica Champion Cameron Beaubier will start the Grand Prix from 13^th on the grid on his American Racing Kalex.

Roberts put in a quick lap early, then backed it up with quicker laps in the closing stages of the second. His 2:04.137, however, was bettered by Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Augusto Fernandez and his 2:04.173. IDEMITSU Honda team’s Ai Ogura with the Japanese rider lapping at 2:04.280.

“It started off a bit not slow, but it was hard to find our one-lap pace this weekend,” Roberts said. “But it came together at the end there. I made a little mistake there in the last sector on the last lap and was in third gear when I should have been second, but I’m supers stoked, and I feel the pace is really good.”

Beaubier will start tomorrow’s GP from the fourth row after clocking a 2:04.934 for the 13^th fastest time. His teammate Sean Dylan Kelly, meanwhile, ended up 28^th with a 2:06.543 in Q1.