Not a bad day overall for Brad Binder who, after starting from the last place on the grid ended well inside the points. Still, the KTM rider recalled he didn’t have a good saturday, which didn’t helped him.
Speaking to the press here is what the rider reviewed his day: ‘Much better sunday than saturday. We were able to make a step forward today [in comparison to the Sprint race], and already in the Warm Up I felt more comfortable: the bike was turning a bit better, stopping better than yesterday. Starting from last today the goal was to put a race with zero mistakes, I didn’t manage that, but at least we pull through some positions and it was nice to finish eight in the end, specially after starting from last. The sixth place was right there so I wanted more but at the end of the day I think we put ourselves in a very difficult spot by qualifying last and made it through the weekend so we have to try again next weekend [of racing]’.
The way Binder started the race was again, he considered, the best point for him: ‘My saving grace was the start because my bike is a rocket off the line and I really used it to my advantage. After that I tried to pass a few guys early on, I went off track twice in the same corner, wide, came back on but lost some time. I knew I had to do a clean race and except going out in the same corner everything was nice. It was important to end the race, get some data and figure out what we need moving forward’.
Asked if how much he learns about his bike, when coming from behind, the south african added: ‘Well, it’s clear that lately when we go race there is less grip than that there is the rest of the weekend. If that is because of the Moto2 and Moto3 rubber on track it’s something I’m not sure but grip level drops every single race and that puts us in a bit of trouble because we struggle with cooking up the exits and a bit little of contact on the entry and when we have that rubber it makes it very tricky at the beginning’.
And thad was a good learning for what is to come: ‘It was good to understand that again today and when the line came more clean things started to feel more normal. It’s good to learn for the future’.