Brad Binder's verdict on KTM's major investment announcement

Brad Binder has responded to the news of KTM’s new investment, announced earlier this week🍸.

Brad Binder, 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Brad Binder, 2025 MotoGP French Grand Prix. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Following the announcement of KTM’s new investment from Indian motorcycle firm Bajaj Auto, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder says the news is “super-important”.

News on Thursday 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:confirmed🐈 Bajaj’s plans to t🎃ake over KTM after the Austrian manufacturer’s fina🅠ncial struggles that emerꦿged during 2024.

Binder admitted that the motor𝔉sports division of KTM has been “basically untouched” by the Austrian company’s financial issues, 🤡but nonetheless felt that the investment was “super-important” for the company.

“For us, at motorsports, we were basically un🎶touched by it all, to be honest,” he said on Thursday ahead of the British Grand Prix.

“But of course it’s super-important and it’s fantastic for everybody ꦓto hear that KTM’s going to continue as is.

“It’s been 🌌a very stressful time for everyone back at th👍e factory and the office and all of that. The only thing I can do is try to deliver results. Grateful that everything carries on as is.”

“I expect Silverstone to be a good track for us”

Focusing on this weekend's MotoGP Grand Prix of the UK in particular, Binder said he felt the Silverstone circuit should be one that su🌞its the KTM.

“One thing that works really good is this track is it’s super-clean ꧟and flat, there’s༺ not many bumps and stuff,” he said.

“That always helps, so hopefully it hasn’t got too muꦯch ro💟ugher over the year.

“Honestly, I expect it to be a pretty good track for us – it was decent last year, it was decent the year before. We couldꩵ de👍finitely be okay here.”

Binder also men♛tioneꦅd that he felt good at Le Mans two weeks ago having made progress at the Jerez test, but simply hadn’t been able to put things together.

“I feel lik🌌e, already at the Jerez test, we made a good step,” he said.

“I felt good in Le Mans but I put nothing together at all: crashing in both races, and then crashing ๊to not get through into Q2 also.

“Really did🌌n’t do a good job there at all. Really want to clean things up th🎶is weekend and see if we can make it a good weekend.”

In comparison to previous years at Silverstone, this year’s edition of the MotoGP race at the Northamptonshire trac♒k is set to be quitꦡe cold.

“I saw a low of 5C tomorrow morning, so it’s going to be proper nippy, but then we are riding later in the day, so hopefully it does get pretty warm,” Binder sa♓id.

“I believe, speaking to some Brits, that it’s⭕ been summer here for the last two weeks, [but] apparently it’s dipping for the weekend.

“Hopeℱfully this little summer extends a bit, but the weather is definitely looking a bit sketchy.”

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