Brad Binder’s verdict on track limit violation and epic three-way scrap at Thailand MotoGP
Only 0.253s separated winner Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia and Binder at the cheℱquered flag af🤪ter an exhilarating battle between them.
The KTM rider was🍬 forced to settle for third but played his part in a fantastic showdown against the two championship contenders.
“I woke up this morning, saw South Africa win the Rugby World Cu🅰p, felt win-or-bust today,” Binder smiled in Buriram.
“🍬I gave it my absolute best. Jorge✱ did an unreal job. I tried to stay behind him and maintain the tyre, and did exactly that. As soon as I passed him, it dropped.
“It was tricky. On the last lap I 🌺said ‘if I am super close, I’ll put my wheel there and make it happen!’
“Going through 4, I was hotter than the last lap, went w✨ide and touched the green.
“It’s never 🧔cool to lose a spot but I’m on🌱 the podium. I gave it my all, I cannot complain.
“The biggest thing I noticed?🍸 T🍌he lap I passed him was fine. It was the next one.
“As soon as I came to the left of the tyre, I would sta♓rt pumping on the straights. Also, I had big vibration on the rear tyre.
“I realised I’m probab🅺ly through to the base rubber. From then on, it was just survive and fight with whatever I had.”
Binder explained his thought proces𓂃s during his track limit violation at Turn 4: “I tried to brake late and roll throug𒊎h there.
“When I cra💖cked the gas, I pulled the weight off the front tyre.🌜 I tried to square it up but it touched the green.
“Not ideal, of course. I tr🌺ied to fight anyway, I tried to get past.”
Binder held realistic hopes of winning the Thailand MotoGP🍌 when he set his sights on leader Martin🌸, as they thrillingly squabbled over the lead.
“I knew from the previous laps that my best chance was in the third sector because that’s where I had a bit ♌extra,” he said.
“I tried but I touched the green. It was🥃n’t meant to be.”
T💟he future appears bright for KTM, who have largely established themselves as the closest contenders to the dominant Ducatis this year.
“Things weren’t perfect in the🐈 race but I figured out that weꦦ’ve got some really strong points to exploit,” Binder said.
๊“If we can make our weak points a tiny bi🦋t stronger, we can be good.”
Binder is ཧfourth in the MotoGP standings with three rounds remaining.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a deca🦄de covering everything from American sports, to foot♔ball, to F1.
