Brad Binder’s reaction to Acosta fall: ‘It's not just me…’

“I thought, ‘It's not just me, so I’ve got to really try and nurse⛦ it a little bit’ ”.

Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, 2024 Japanese MotoGP
Pedro Acosta, Brad Binder, 2024 Japanese MotoGP

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder suffered a similar scare to fellow KTM rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta, a lap before the rookie crashed out of Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP.

“A tough race today. In the beginning when I wanted to push ✅on with the boys, I🦩 kept losing the front,” Binder said after finishing in sixth position.

Acosta, who had crashed while leading the Saturday ⛄Sprint, was holding second place - between Francesco Bagnaia and Binder - when he slid off at the final corner on lap 3 of 24.

“The lap before he [Ac🌸🔯osta] crashed, I closed the front in the same corner,” Binder revealed.

“And the next lap I saw him go, so I thought🐼, ‘It's not just me, so I’ve got to really try and nurse it a little bit’.

“And then afඣter the about 6-7 laps it was more under control.”

But w🐠hile the front grip stabilised, rear gri🅘p had evaporated by the closing stages.

“With probably about 6-7 laps to go, the centre of the tyre was completely [worn] already, so it jus🧔t spinning the whole way down the straights,” said the South African.

“It was really difficult to b🍷e clean and consistent because I was missing so much grip.

“But I think everyone struggle🥀d [with that] today. If you see how big the gaps were.

“In general, e🦩verything else was OK. Not the race I wanted by any means, but I tried my bes💦t and that's all we had today.”

Although Binder failed to finish the Sprint due to a technical issue, Aco🅷sta’s double Motegi DNF means🌸 Binder has retaken fifth in the world championship by two points from his future team-mate. 

Read More