Brad Binder’s maneuver that saved Bagnaia’s integrity

The worst thing for a rider is to run into another teammate during a MotoGP race, as happened this Sunday in South African from KTM Brad Binder that he suddenly saw Pecco Bagnaia lying in the middle of the track.

Bagnaia, who started from pole, pulled off a strike in the middle of the group when he went through turn 1 organized by his teammate Bastianini and included four other Ducatis, but he risked getting away from the Aprilias on the exit of the turn. 2 the Ducati sent him into the air and he fell to the ground, leaving him in the middle of the track. The first riders avoided him, but Binder, coming into the middle of the group at full speed, was unable to avoid him and ran over his feet.

“I didn’t see anything. I had two bikes there in front of me, so when I ran into someone, it was the bike and him. I was between Miguel Oliveira and I think Maverick Viñales. So I couldn’t do anything, it didn’t happen happy. After all, it’s the worst nightmare for any driver… well, it’s scary to see someone there, I tell you, but to be the one who crashed into him is even more ridiculous, to be honest”, Brad recounts after the race.

However, he had the expertise to prevent Bagnaia’s injuries from becoming more serious in a motorcycle maneuver trying to jump: “The good thing is, I saw Pecco move, he was moving and conscious, but I know he touched his leg, or his legs, I don’t know, but he also maneuvered so that he wouldn’t get angry. catch him whole, and luckily, that seems to be enough”, Brad revealed.

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After the second start, Binder retired and went straight to the Circuit’s medical center to ask about Bagnaia. “I went to see Pecco, he seems to be okay, I don’t know if it’s okay, but it doesn’t seem like anything serious. He is conscious all the time. When I walked in I didn’t expect to see him relaxed, and he seemed to be okay,” he explained..

After undergoing several diagnostic tests at the General Hospital of Catalonia, Pecco Bagnaia left the hospital on his own two feet and traveled back home with the rest of the Ducati team with only a few bruises on his body. In the team’s statement, he said that “it was not a normal highside and it is very difficult for me to find an explanation for what happened. It was a very strange fall and luckily I did not do anything serious. Training is already in the lap I noticed that I had little grip on the rear tire. Now we will try everything to get back on track at this weekend’s Grand Prix in Misano.”

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