RiderTua.com – Starting from 10th position on the grid, Brad Binder was able to win many positions in one lap. But in Sunday’s race in Portugal, the Red Bull KTM rider was not the strongest MotoGP rider in the Pierer Group because he had to face rookie Pedro Acosta (GASGAS-Tech3) who in turn showed a phenomenal race performance and was able to outsmart Binder, who in fact is a rider. Experienced MotoGP.
“Honestly, it was a very difficult weekend. Every time I thought it was right and I could apply pressure, my front wheel almost slipped,” said Binder, who was able to overtake teammate Jack Miller but couldn’t find a solution against Acosta and also two Ducati riders Marc Marquez and Pecco Bagnaia.
Brad Binder : I was really lucky to get a points grant
Brad Binder added, “When I accelerate out of a corner, the bike kind of bounces. I never felt that was normal.”
13 points for finishing 4th at the Portuguese GP is the best result for Binder after zero points in the sprint. According to him, this was a very difficult weekend for the team. Of course they experienced many unexpected things. Bonder worked hard in the race. “Getting P4 was really lucky and not bad for this bad weekend,” said the South African rider.
Brad Binder can manage the race well. He explained that he was really lucky and the fact that the riders ahead of him crashed was a point reward for him. But if you say this was a very, very difficult weekend, Binder doesn’t think it was that bad.
Regarding the set-up he used, Darryn Binder’s older brother (Moto2) explained, “We are close to what we think is right. I use a very different set-up compared to all the other KTM riders. But on this track we always have to go out of direction. “Our package worked fine on other tracks. But maybe it was also my fault because I never really gas-poled here,” he said. He thinks his team and he must do even better in Austin.
In the World Championship, Brad Binder is in 2nd place after the two weekend races, 18 points adrift of championship leader Jorge Martin and 3 points ahead of 3rd place Enea Bastianini.
