Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks has expla💟ined why the Aprilia satellite team overlooked Joe Roberts for a MotoGP ride in 2025.

The arrival of the American team into the premier class brought with it the strong expectation that 💯Moto2 frontrunner Roberts would get ෴one of those Aprilias for 2025.

And while Trackhou🌱se is known to have held discussions with Roberts over a 2025 deal, it has elected to re-sign Spaniard Raul Fernandez and secure Japanese talent Ai Ogura to a two-year deal.

It has raised questions as to why an American team would not seek to promote a strong US-born r🌞ider, withಞ double Moto2 race winner Roberts only 32 points off the championship lead in third.

However, Marks says expanding🌃 his company beyond America has been “fundamentally important to us” and would like to invest in US motorcycl♎e racing at grassroots level as part of a long-term plan.

“Why not anybody,” he repli🃏ed when TNT Sport asked him about Trackhouse not signing 𝔍Roberts.

“Everybody’s got a story, and I’m a big f๊an of Joe. I like Joe, I’m a big fan of his tale🥂nt.

“I think the important thing is weജ have💙 this big vision and big strategy as a company, and Trackhouse Racing MotoGP is the international expansion of the Trackhouse brand.

“And for us, it’s 𒅌important to try to reach out to as many different cultures as possible, represent as many different parts of the world as possible.

“I think o♏ne day there is obviously an opportunity to have an American on our bikes.

“I think as a company we would like to mak🌠e an investment in America at the entry level of motorcycle racing, try to make an impact to bring꧒ more talent at a younger age into motorcycle racing.

“But today, in 2024,▨ 2025, this motorcycle racing team really represents 🐽an international expansion for the company and that was fundamentally important to us.”

With all seats on the 2025 MotoGP grid either officially secured or🍰 already earmarked for other riders, Roberts faces another year in Moto2.

He isn’t the only notable Moto2 name set to miss out, t𝐆hough, with current cha🐭mpionship leader Sergio Garcia having his options for promotion shut down.