Moto2 Special: Axel Pons

One more season and it’s already four, as the son of Sito Pons, two-time 250 cc world champion, Axel Pons, will line up on the world grid for the fourth time and for the third time in Moto2. As he did previously, he will race for the team run by his own father, the HP Tuenti Pons Racing. He will be the third contender in a team with three riders, alongside Pol Espargaró and Tito Rabat.

A team with plenty of reasons to expect good results, since both Tito and Pol already achieved results last season. Do not forget that Spanish triple podium at Indianapolis (Márquez, Pol and Tito). The team will once again rely on the Kalex chassis, which delivered such good results last season, and indeed, the champion Stefan Bradl used it.

This year Axel will obviously aim for great results. After all, I very much doubt there is any rider who does not intend to give 100% of himself right now, during the preparatory pre-season of a championship, with the intention, even if a timid one, of challenging for the title, because we all know that anything can happen in the world championship and in the world of motorcycle racing.

But keeping our feet on the ground and thinking of climbing from the bottom up, not the other way around, what Axel needs is a season without setbacks, where he can compete in every race and always return to the pits with his bike.

Last season, from a fan’s point of view, and I don’t think it differs much from the reality the rider himself lives, he must have had a very hard time. Many crashes and injuries on most occasions, which translated into hospital visits and some races missed. The truth is that Pons has not been very lucky, and you cannot build the confidence that would help him climb the rungs this way.

At Plusmoto we always want our riders, our home-grown ones, to be the ones fighting for victories, podiums and points. From the bottom of our hearts we wish that Axel can take the first step up, which would be finishing every Grand Prix.