Binder "wasn't looking great" to finish MotoGP Austrian GP pre-race
The KTM rider celebrated a brace of second-place finish es at the team’s home round at the Red Bull Ring last weekend, after following Francesco Bagnaia home in both the sprint and the grand prix. Binder ran Bagnaia close in the early stages of both contests but was quickly dropped by the Ducati rider, with the South African over five seconds adrift at the chequered flag on Sunday. He struggled for drive grip out of the corners compared to the Ducati and was having to push hard on the front end to make up the difference. But Binder later admitted even getting to the finish on his medium rear tyre was looking like a tall order prior to the Sunday race. “Today was a carbon copy of the sprint race,” he said on Sunday. “On the same lap, at the same corner, I realised I was not going forward and I could just see that little bit of creeping start [from Bagnaia]. “When I’d lose everything on that drive [out of the corners], I’d try to make it up on the brak...