Brad Binder was “very lucky” to get caught early in the Sprint at the Catalan Grand Prix, but Neil Hodgson believes Fabio Di Giantantonio should not have penalized him.
VR46 ace By Giantantonio He took it by chance binding KTM’s out at the start of Saturday’s sprint race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Di Giannantonio looked to attack at the top of Turn 1 as he tried to improve from sixth on the grid but tagged Binder.
Binder qualified as his KTM team-mate in eighth place on Saturday Pedro Acosta scores pole for the Catalan GP.. But a quick start from the South African saw him move up to P6 as the field moved into turn 1, for the Sprint in Catalan GP Then to get a quick finish.
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Neil Hodgson feels Fabio Di Giantantonio’s clash with Brad Binder was a ‘racing event’.
Di Giannantonio clipped Binder’s handle as the Cavaliers entered Turn 1, knocking off the race. KTM Rider to fall. Honda ace Joan Mir Binder’s bike was the victim of a crash on the outside as they entered and exited the Spanish lane.
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Binder tried to throw out a caution on lap 1 as the South African was unable to attack the riders in front of him on the right hander. But he found Di Giannantonio VR46 As the KTM runner moved in, Ducati saw a gap on the inside where the Italian could attack.
The incident happened at the start of the sprint at the Catalan GP. Hodgson Despite taking out Binder and Mir, Di Giannantonio feels convinced he doesn’t deserve a penalty for the accident. Instead, Hodgson simply dismissed the collision as a “racing incident”.
Hodgson said. TNT Sports 2 (16/05, 14:10): “That’s very unlucky. (It’s) not intentional, (a) racing event. It narrows down to ordinary number 1. We’ve seen it many times. And of course, Joan Mir falls in the wrong place at the wrong time and gathers.
There is not much you can do; You have to be aggressive, you have to be aggressive, you have to look forward (and) you can’t look to the sidelines. You don’t know what people are doing, you’re just trying to attack.
Binder has been at his best for years at Barcelona. This weekend, the KTM rider produced several fast lap times in practice. But after making Q2 for the second time this year, he couldn’t turn that hope into a strong qualifying result against Acosta.
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KTM has no idea what Binder’s pace would have been like at the Catalan Sprint had it not been for Di Gianntonio’s exit at Turn 1. Acosta showed he had the front tire to fight back, but fell short compared to Alex Marquez.
Gresini star Marquez overtook Acosta at the start of the Catalan sprint, as did trackhouse ace Raul Fernández, but the KTM rider fought off the other Spaniards to take P2 in the end. If not for Marquez’s speed in the Ducati GP26, Acosta could have won.
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