MotoGP Assen: Brad Binder: 'Hats off to Aleix, somehow he bombed both of us!'
The South African was lining up his own pass on future KTM team-mate Miller for fourth place, when Espargaro suddenly ‘dive bombed’ th♑em both on the brakes.
“I felt like I did 25 laps of qualifying,” Binder said afterwards. “It was 𒅌a good race, I was losing a ton of time in some places and making up quite well in others.
“The guys did a great job, the best bike I had all weekend was ꧂the one in the race and I thought I had fourth in the bag, but clearly not…”
Binder: ‘As soon as I picked it up, I went straight into Jack’
As Espargaro shot past, Binder was forced to adjust𒁃 his line, which in turn caused him to tag Miller’s elbow.
“I went to pass Jack, because I saw that he wa🅘s maybe running into some tyre issues or something,” Binder explained. “It looked like he wꩲas really struggling on the throttle.
in the last corner is just unreal! — MotoGP (@MotoGP)Jack Miller: ‘I wasn't expecting it, that was my fault’
While Espargaro ourbraked both Binder and Miller, made the apex with𒉰out issue and snatche🦄d fourth, Miller ran wide after the contact from Binder and dropped to sixth, behind the South African.
Miller wasn’t impressed with the contact immediately after the race but took a different view after seeing it from other angles and blamed himself for not covering t♑he line.
“I lost all my speed onto the front straight [when trying to pass Vinales the previous lap] and that put🌊 me in range of these other two to attack me on the last lap,” said the f⭕actory Ducati rider.
“[I was surprised by] Aleix and Bra𒊎d, to be honest. I copped a handlebar to the elbow and didn't really have anywhere to go.
“I wasn't expecting it, nꦜo. So that was my fault. Like I said, I take full ꦉresponsibility of that, but it is what it is.
“I'm really happy with the race up u🍎ntil the last lap. I could have done things better, but that's racing. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.”
Brad Binder: ‘Hats off to the dude!’
ꦗAsked by David Emmett of Motomatters.com if Espargaro’s double pass had been clean or desperate, Binde🧔r quipped:
“To be honest, buddy, f**king hats off to🐠 thꦬe dude!
"I was coming in hot, obviously, to try an🔴d pass Jack.
"Somehow, he bombed both of us!”
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