The Saturday of the MotoGP weekend in Japan was a roller coaster ride for Brad Binder. After qualifying brilliantly in fifth position on the grid in difficult conditions, his Sprint race ended prematurely due to a technical fault on his Red Bull KTM, forcing him to watch from the pits as Francesco Bagnaia took victory .
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qualifications started under a few drops of rain, making the track unpredictable. Despite these uncertain conditions, Brad Binder managed to get the most out of his KTM RC16, qualifying on the second row. “ The qualification didn’t go bad, we were able to qualify for the second row “, declared
Binder. « It was a strange sessionwith unclear conditions, especially at the beginning. »
The South African got off to an excellent start during the Sprintplacing himself directly behind Enea Bastianini in fourth position.
Brad Binder :
« no one is responsible for this failure
»
However, by the third round he noticed a technical problem. “ I noticed something was wrong. We had a serious electronic fault and the engine lost all power », explained
Binder with frustration. Forced to return to the pits, he saw his hopes of fighting for the lead disappear.
Despite this disappointment, Brad Binder refused to blame his team. “ It’s part of the race. No one is responsible for this failure. It would have been nice to fight up front, but we’ll try again on Sunday “, he said, remaining optimistic for the main race. He also noted that the KTM RC16
was competitive at Motegi, although tire choice for Sunday’s race remains an open question.
In the general ranking, Binder still occupies 6th place with 173 points, taken between its colleague from the Pierer Mobility group
Pedro Acosta and the Aprilia rider
Maverick Viñales.
Starting grid Japanese Grand Prix:
MotoGP Sprint Race Results
MotoGP General Ranking
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