A brilliant start from Brad Binder, in the third race of the MotoGP season, propelled the Red Bull KTM rider to a top five finish at the Portuguese GP yesterday.
Binder, starting from 15th on the grid, jumped off the line with impressive aggression, carving his way to seventh in the field. To the surprise of all, Binder’s KTM eked out an extra second on his ride’s projected time, and it pushed him into sixth for a couple of laps before Francesco Bagnaia of Italy seized the position from him to eventually finish second.
With seven laps to go, Alex Rins was forced into error, and crashed out of the race while chasing down Fabio Quartararo - the eventual winner - and a lap later Johann Zarco endured a similar…