{"id":3589,"date":"2024-03-18T19:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T19:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/brad-binder-cheating-death-and-creating-motogp-history-cnn\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T19:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T19:06:04","slug":"brad-binder-cheating-death-and-creating-motogp-history-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/brad-binder-cheating-death-and-creating-motogp-history-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Binder: Cheating death and creating MotoGP history | CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Brad Binder had a front row seat for one of the most terrifying crashes motorsport has ever seen at this weekend\u2019s Austrian MotoGP.<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n The South African was right behind Johann Zarco\u2019s Ducati when it collided with Franco Morbidelli\u2019s Yamaha with the riders racing at full throttle. Zarco and Morbidelli were sent flying, while their bikes carried on, becoming potentially lethal projectiles.\n <\/p>\n

\n That both motorcycles missed hitting Yamaha\u2019s Valentino Rossi <\/a>and Maverick Vi\u00f1ales <\/a>was as miraculous as it was extraordinary. Rossi later admitted that the \u201csaint of motorcyclists\u201d must have been watching over him and his teammate.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI think the luckiest guy in the world right now is Valentino Rossi,\u201d Binder told CNN Sport.<\/a> The 25-year-old KTM rider shudders when considering what might have happened.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cHonestly I prefer not to even think about,\u201d he admits. \u201cYou know the bikes are probably still going at more than 200 kph, and a bike weighing in at 185kgs flying at close to 200 kph, if that hits somebody, I think we all know how that might end.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Remarkably both Zarco and Morbidelli were able to walk away from the incident, though the Ducati rider has since told L\u2019Equipe<\/a> that he will undergo surgery for a fractured wrist later this week.\n <\/p>\n

\n Binder says the risks of racing are always there.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s a danger that everybody knows, that we really just try to keep in the back of our minds and not think about. Unfortunately, the only way to do this job is to approach things in that way. If you\u2019re worried about the risks and the things that could happen, I don\u2019t think you could ever do this job for a living.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n READ: <\/strong>Maverick Vinales \u2013 Top Gun by name, top rider by nature<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Binder finished fourth after the red-flagged race eventually restarted, an impressive achievement from 17th on the grid. It capped the end of a rollercoaster week for the man born in Potchefstroom, in South Africa\u2019s North West province.\n <\/p>\n

\n Just seven days earlier, Binder became the first ever South African to win a premier class race, at the Czech Republic GP in Brno, riding in only his third MotoGP.\n <\/p>\n

\n The victory was also KTM\u2019s first ever MotoGP victory, and Binder was the first rookie to win a race since Marc Marquez\u2019s maiden win at the GP of the Americas in 2013.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s been absolutely fantastic,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t think we quite expected it so soon, especially in only my third grand prix. It was honestly a dream come true, something that you work towards getting right your entire career as a motorcycle racer.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n READ: <\/strong>The power behind Marquez\u2019s MotoGP throne<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

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\n Binder and his family moved to Krugersdorp, just outside Johannesburg, when he was 10 years old. He admits that motorsport is not something typically associated with South Africa.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cFor sure, when you think of sport and South Africa you think of rugby and cricket or something like that,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhen I was younger and I started racing in South Africa it was a lot more busy, a lot of racing was going on there and a lot of support, but things died off a bit, but it is slowly coming back.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The rookie\u2019s success has been well-received at home.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s really cool, because the news really blew up at home,\u201d he says. \u201cI must say, South Africans are always fantastic at backing anyone in sports, and especially their own, so it\u2019s been great to see all the support I\u2019ve had.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n READ:<\/strong> Will 2020 be Rossi\u2019s final season in MotoGP?<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n Covid-19 has presented an extra challenge for Binder, and his younger brother Darryn, who competes in the Moto3 class.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s really difficult at the moment with South Africa\u2019s borders being closed,\u201d Binder explains.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s nearly impossible for us to go home. After this weekend\u2019s race we have two weeks off and it would have been great to have shot home and caught up with friends and family for a week and come back. But unfortunately, the way things are at the moment, we\u2019ll just be staying here.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n He admits to being a little homesick.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cSouth Africa in general is an amazing place, for sure. The main thing about South Africa, I don\u2019t really know how to explain it, it\u2019s just home, you know? It\u2019s that place that I go to and I know exactly how everything works.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s just amazing to go back and go to the places where I grew up and see all your friends and stuff, the stuff I\u2019ve been doing my whole life. It\u2019s all those things. I hope everything gets back to normal soon.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Life on the road is, however, nothing new for the Binder brothers.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019ve both been spending most of our time in Europe and doing this together since 2014,\u201d he says.\n <\/p>\n

\n The older Binder has been racing in Europe since 2011, winning the Moto3 title in 2016, and finishing a close second to Alex Marquez in last season\u2019s Moto2 championship.\n <\/p>\n

\n When not competing, he is often found honing his skills in Spain.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe good thing about Spain is that there are a lot of different tracks and it\u2019s really good for training,\u201d he added.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe weather\u2019s also good. Spain is always a place I try to go back to if I can\u2019t go home.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n READ: <\/strong>Marc and Alex Marquez united in MotoGP<\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n In spite of his nine years\u2019 racing experience, Binder admits the step up to MotoGP was daunting.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cA MotoGP bike is a completely different beast to a Moto2 bike, you have more than double the horsepower and the bike\u2019s actually even lighter, so it\u2019s really tough to get your head around it at the beginning. Each time I get on the bike I feel more and more comfortable,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n

\n This year\u2019s KTM looks to be a formidable package, and a serious challenger to the other factory teams. The arrival of Dani Pedrosa, Marc Marquez\u2019s former Honda teammate, as a test rider is widely credited with turning the team into contenders.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI actually had a ride on the 2019 bike at the end of last year,\u201d Binder says. \u201cWhen I got on the 2020 bike in Malaysia you could feel it was a huge step forward, much, much better and much easier to ride too. KTM have been working flat out, Dani has been working incredibly too.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Ominously for the rest of the field, Binder sees that upward trajectory continuing.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s awesome to see these huge steps forward, and in general I think there\u2019s more to come,\u201d he added.\n <\/p>\n

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\n For now, the exiled Binder is focused on building on his early success in this strangest of MotoGP seasons.\n <\/p>\n

\n A return visit home would definitely be welcome, but he admits he does keep a little taste of South Africa with him.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI try to keep a bit of biltong on me \u2013 but it\u2019s not always easy to find!\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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