Brad Binder last to 15th: “I just couldn’t get going, it was a struggle”
Brad Binder forced to start ꩵfrom last place in the French MotoGP Sprint - gain👍s eight places on the opening lap, then struggles.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder’s challenging French MotoGP weekend continued on Saturday when, after three 🐷Friday falls, the factory KTM rider was left last on the grid by a technical issue and yellow flags in qualifying.
The highlight of the South African’s day then came when he leapt fro🌳m 22nd to 1🎉4th on the opening lap.
But it was a brief respite.
Binder’s progress came to an abrup𓃲t halt with symptoms of high front tyre pressure, most notably locking, causing him to run wide.
Desperate to avoid any more fa๊lls, and gather some data for Sunday, the #33 brought his RC16 to the flag in 15thܫ place.
“ওI just couldn’t get going in the Sprint after a decent start,” Binder admitted. “I made a few mistakes and had a lot of front ‘locking’.
“I went off the track at one point. It was a strugg♈le.
“It was important to c🍸ollect some data for tomorrow because I felt great on Fꦐriday…but kept crashing! It was crucial not to do that again today.
“We found something that gives us a good idea for the race. I’m looking for tiny things, and tiꦇny differences will go a long way at the moment.”
Red Bull KTM team mana🌜ger Francesco Guidotti explained: “With Brad we had a technical issue in Q1. It wasꦕ not a failure or malfunction but something was not running right so he preferred the second bike and just found more yellow flags.
“Starting from where he was meant we couldn’t expe꧟ct much. The front ♓tyre pressure was going to the moon and he could not ride like he wanted.
"We took som📖e points from the Sprint with Jack, and let’s see tomorrow because it looks like it will be wet.”
Team-mate Jack Miller’s points were for eighth place, having been the only rider to select the soft r💝ather than hard front tyre.
“I got a good ༺start but I was a bit gentle into Turn 3 and got baulked,” said the Australian, who nonetheless held sixth in the early stages. “The bike was working decently but the rear tyre temperature took some time to come up and didn’t really come back to me for five-six laps.
“The other guys could start the acceleration phase out of the corners a bit earlier so we’ll look at that for tomorrow but the fro🎉nt end of the bike wor♎ked really well. We’ve got some information to go over tonight. We’ll have to wait and see for the weather now.”
Both Bi🦹nder and Miller are past masters of wet or flag-to-𒁃flag conditions.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the ♍forefront ofꦰ the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
