Monumental victory for Binder in Sprint starting 15th

Will start from 15th place on the grid appeared the South African Bard Binder who can also win 12 lap Sprint races. The KTM leader was very lucky in making decisions and in finding a hole on the grid on the dirt side and in the development in the early part of the race, the most explosive, to entrust himself to his ‘Binder Surprise’. After taking the lead on the third turn, he was undefeated, with a great last defense against Marco Bezzecchi that must count in this Sunday’s race. closed the podium Luca Marini on a circuit where his brother Valentino was called ‘the King’ by the fans from the Albicelestes.

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For the first time Alex Marquez He faced the pole exit in a MotoGP race, although it is the Sprint show that does not count for the standard statistics and is worth half the points, it keeps him almost one turn at the head and a lap and a half in the podium areas. And then the final pleasure of stealing fifth place from leader Bagnaia with an excellent interior.

The race was declared dry, so there were quite a few riders out of their true position as ‘qualification’ was held in mixed conditions and those who risked putting on slicks took the cat into the water. Also there are many doubts on the starting grid with Last-minute front tire changes, including poleman Alex Márquez, from hard to moderate additions to doing something else on the Ducati to explosives Zarco and Martín, which proved to be a common mistake to qualify for on the podium. The midfielder is unmistakable.

With nothing to lose to Alex Marquez since he is not a candidate for the title in theory, and he has everything to win to liven up the roost as he has been doing since Ducati entered orbit, the youngest of Márquez invoked a good start and won the braking initiative at turn 1 ahead of Morbidelli and Marini, but from behind the hidden racer came out from the right of the grid and released Binder brakes past fourth, surprising the other two pilots from the front row Bezzecchi and Bagnaia who dropped to sixth and seventh positions.

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Joan Mir, at the Medical Center

To top off your ugly weekend Joan Mir who started last fell on the initial lane until turn 7 and arrived at the Medical Center by ambulance with a suspected major injury to his right ankle. He was then transferred by helicopter to be admitted to perform more tests at the reference hospital in Santiago del Estero, another casualty to add to the four already accumulated in Portimao. None of the Hondas entered the points this time and the setbacks continued inside the Repsol Honda box.

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On the second lap Morbidelli passed Márquez and a scare before harassing Binder allowed the South African and Italian to slip one over from Cervera later. The battle at the top was spectacular between Morbidelli and Binder, who finally consolidated the lead, as was between Marini and Márquez for third position. Knives are flying, thankfully not the pilots, lesson learned after last week’s hazing.

Although Viñales retained his fifth place on the grid, he returned after a touch that left him without a front wing since the opening lap. Aprilia, the favorite as seen on Friday, only added seventh place to one from Roses, with four to go in 2022 Carrera de Termas winner Aleix Espargaró who crashed at turn 9 in his battle for seventh place with ‘Mack.

taking advantage of the binder

Binder gained a 4 tenths advantage over Morbidelli midway through the race when Bagnaia overtook Alex Márquez who started to pull back six laps from the end. Bezzecchi soon overtook the leader for fourth place and his teammate Marini followed.

With three from the end there is 8 tenths of a point leading Binder now against the duo of Mooney VR46 Bezzecchi and Marini after the removal of the Morbidelli stopper who has not been seen since the end of the 2020 campaign where he was crowned runner-up he himself leads the races. ‘Bez’ tried it in the final turn but Binder’s defensive braking made him sweat, the South African deserving of a stunning victory over Bezzecchi by 72 thousandths of a second and Marini, who was eight tenths, has effectively closed the door.

Alex Márquez beat Bagnaia

Although in the end he was never able to fight for his first Sprint podium Alex Marquez He won the final battle for fifth place from Bagnaia with a great gut at turn 11 and he still had one lap to go for another surprise of the race, Morbidelli for fourth place. Seventh was Maverick Viñales ahead of Martín and the last point for Quartararo, ninth and very angry in the box.

Regarding the remaining Spaniards, 14th Raúl Fernández, 15th Alex Rins and 16th Augusto Fernández.