Thailand MotoGP: Brad Binder: Like someone put a blanket over your head!
The lap two incident, which resulted in a long lap penalty for Aleix Espargaro, sa♍w Binder pushed wide and drop from 10th to 15th.
That in turn put hi👍m in the thick of the pack, where vi꧙sibility was almost non-existent due to the spray on the straights.
The South African spent the closing stages again battling with the Aprilia of Espargaro, 💮snatching tenth place from the Spaniard on the final lap.
But it was far below Binder’s expectations.
“Today I was really looking forward to the wet𝓡 race,” he said. “I got off to quite an OK start, didn't get a great l🤡aunch off the line, but managed to get past a few riders.
“But on lap 2, at the end of the straight going into Turn 3, s๊omeone [Espargar🥂o] hit me on the inside.
“I ꧃went off track, and when I re-joined I was so far down in the pack that I couldn't see any🧔thing.
“Going down the straight it was like someoꦜne had a blanket over your head because of the ඣamount of spray from all the bikes ahead.
“I had to keep rolling in the straights, because I could not see wher🔴e the braking markers were!
“So not a great day. Luckily, we pulled back a few positions, and managed to finisꦑh in tenth place. But frustrating because I know I coul💖d have done a better job.
“But it is what it is, and next stop Phi🐻llip Island, so let's make it count there.”
Francesco Guidotti, Red Bull KTM 🃏team manager said: “Brad was unlucky that Aleix put him out of the track because it was difficult to recover fr🃏om there.”
Binder remains the top KTM🍒 r🌞ider in the world championship standings, in sixth, with Oliveira up to eighth.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront 🍸of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marq෴uez’s injury issues.
