Brad Binder bullish despite two crashes: “Zero grip, tyre was basically wood!”

KTM's Brad Binder reacts to twice crashing on Saturday at the Portuguese MotoGP

The KTM rider’s first fall on Saturday meant he was restricted to lining up 10th on the starting grid, where he will resume on Sunday too.He reacted: “Today was a tricky one!“Unfortunately in Q2 I ended up crashing on the first flying lap.“The second tyre I used had zero performance, no grip. So that was my qualifying pretty much done.“I got a good start, got boxed in, couldn’t get through the guys.“I made a little mistake. I ran a little wide, ended up braking the same as I always would.

Notably his KTM teammate Jack Miller was fifth in the sprint, a sign of what might have been for Binder, who is widely considered the top non-Ducati title contender this season.“I have the pace to have gone at the boys. At least given it a good go.“It just wasn’t our day. I made my own mistakes. Time to write it off.”“Tomorrow will be good for us,” he insisted.“It’ll be better for us.

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