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In 2017, Roman Fenati will be making his fifth season in a Moto3 category discovered in 2012. At 21, the same age as Maverick Vinales, he will launch into battle with a Honda from the Ongetta team alongside Jules Danilo. This after being asked to leave the VR46 team after nine Grands Prix contested in 2016. A crisis situation which forced him to mourn his ambition in Moto2. But it's only a postponement.

Until the Austrian Grand Prix, everything was smiling Romano Fenati. Despite the remoteness of the prospect of a world title which was increasingly offered to a Brad Binder At the height of his confidence and his art, the Italian was promised to Moto2 the following year by his VR46 team ready to move up a notch.

And then we know the rest. A setback which also forced “Fenny5” to review its plans: “ I had an offer from Boscoscuro for a Speed ​​Up. It was a bike that I had tried and really liked. But with the problem encountered I coldly studied my situation ».

« I had trained with a Kalex, and committing to another bike would have required me to start all over again. I certainly don't underestimate the Moto2 stage. This is a difficult category. I should have approached it after coming out of a bad period. And I didn't want to give a bad impression immediately after this bad patch in Moto3 ". Common-sense comments made on GP One. The demonstration, also, of a fenati in full maturity. Certainly, he will be a client for the 2017 Moto3 crown.

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