Brad Binder enjoyed his highest-scoring MotoGP weekend since the Qatar season opener with 4-6 finishes at Aragon.
That was despite spinning off the line in both races, even though his seventh place was on the cleaner side of a dirty grid.
Binder spent the middle stages behind rookie Pedro Acosta, which became a battle for third after Alex Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia tangled ahead with 5 laps to go.
But Acosta kept just out of reach.
“I had a great plan last night to not spin off the line, and I had a rolling burnout again like yesterday!” Binder grinned.
“I was able to get past a couple people and make my way through. Up until the final quarter of the race, the front tire was heating up behind other competitors, making it challenging to stay error-free.
Since I was unable to enter too quickly due to the front cooking, I attempted to make up speed on the exit of corners. However, I paid the price at the end because the left side of the tyre was completely dead.
Pedro was in the way, no matter how hard I tried to get past him!
“Aside from that, we had a rather successful weekend. Over the course of the race, the new adjustment we made to the bike’s balance looked to be effective.
