There were still 19 laps left in Sunday’s race when Brad Binder was forced to retire due to a crash.
After a promising grand prix start for the Red Bull KTM driver, the tricky conditions of Sunday’s race made life difficult for the South African rider who admitted in debrief to having fallen by mistake of his own:
– Today, honestly it wasn’t ideal, that’s for sure. I had a good start, but I was already dead on the lap and warm-up, so it was hard to understand how much you could pull, but when you got into the pit lane everything seemed to be going well, but unfortunately in the bike change I lost a good three/four seconds trying to put the change on my bike. I lost so much time and so many positions that from then on I was really pulling and trying to regain ground and unfortunately I blocked the front wheel and that was me. Shit happens and overall, I’d say we had a positive weekend other than that.
Despite this, Binder stated that his KTM was well prepared and running well, being aware that he was pulling too much on the RC16:
– She was exceptionally good at braking and cornering and struggled a bit with her at the corner exit, but nothing special. (…) I felt like I was catching the guys in front of me, but clearly, I was pulling too hard for it, who knows…