Brad Binder’s reaction to Acosta fall: ‘It's not just me…’

“I thought, ‘It's not just me, so I’ve go🔴t to really try and n🥀urse it a little bit’ ”.

Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, 2024 Japanese MotoGP
Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, 2024 Japanese MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder suffered a similar scare to fellow KTM rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta, a lap before the rookie crashed out of Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP.

“A tough race today. In the beginning when I wanted to push on with the boys, I kept 𓃲losing the front,” Binder said after finishing in sixth position.

Acosta, who had crashed while leading the Saturday Sprint, was holding sec♔ond place - between Francesco Bagnaia and Binder - when he slid off at the final corner on lap 3 of 24.

“The lap 𝓰before he [Acosta] crashed, I closed the front in the same corner,” Binder revealed.

“And the next lap I saw him go, so I thought, ‘It's not just me, so I’ve got to really 🔥try and nurse it a little bit’.

“And then after the about 6-7 l🌌aps it was more under control.”

But while the front grip stabilised, rear grip had evaporatedဣ by the closing stages.

“With probably about 6-7 laps to go, 🃏the centre of the tyre was completely [worn] already, so it just spinning the whole way down the straights,” said the South African.

“It was really difficult🌊 to be clean and consistent because I was missing so much grip.

“But I think everyone struggl♑ed [with that] today. If you see how big the gaps were.

“In general, everything else was OK. Not the race I wanted by any means, but I tried my best and that's all𝐆 we had today.ജ”

Although Binder failed to finish the Sprint due to 🐎a technical issue, Acosta’s double Motegi DNF m⛎eans Binder has retaken fifth in the world championship by two points from his future team-mate. 

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