24.04.2016
4th Rd. Moto3 2016 – Circuito de Jerez (ESP)
Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Brad Binder took his first career Moto3 victory on Sunday at the Jerez circuit in the most spectacular way possible, starting at last position, number 35 on the grid. The South African rider’s bike was deemed to have had a technical infringement in one of the practice sessions and this bumped him from second on the grid to the last place.
Three other riders fought a battle of attrition for the minor podium places, which finally went to KTM rider
Nicolo Bulega of Italy (Sky Racing Team VR46) in second and Italian Francesco Bagnaia in third. Three other KTM riders secured top 10 positions –
Joan Mir at sixth,
Romano Fenati at seventh and
Philipp Oettl in tenth.
Bo Bendsneyder,
Brad Binder’s rookie teammate in the Red Bull KTM Ajo team finished 21st.
The race glory however belonged to
Binder:
“I knew I could still do it even though I started last because all weekend I was working really hard on old tires and I had a really good rhythm. I knew it was going to be so difficult for the first few laps. I’m so happy. It was great to get my first win and from last position was incredible.” The South African moved through the pack in the opening phases on his
KTM RC250 GP with ease and confidence, and by only lap three had moved up into the points. And while Jorge Navarro, Bagnaia and Bulega distanced themselves from the pack in the early stages, Binder steadily picked off the other riders to move up to fourth in just the ninth lap. From then on he trimmed the gap of nearly four seconds to be on the tailpipe of the leading group by lap 14 of the 23-lap race and to move in contention for the win. He took the lead in the 19th lap and hit the gas to finish more than three seconds ahead of his rivals in what will go down as one of the most spectacular and memorable Moto3 races in the history of the sport.
Binder now goes into the next round of the championship with a 15-point lead from Navarro, who finally had to settle for fourth place after a nail biting battle for the minor podium places.
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race 1The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season got into action with first of two races at the Jerez international circuit on Saturday with
Aleix Viu of Spain picking up an impressive win. A group of eight riders broke away to seize the major part of the race action before Viu, with three other riders dominated the lead in the second half of the 16-lap race. He finally managed to hold off his main attackers, Japan’s
Ayumu Sasaki and Spanish compatriot
Raúl Fernández in the last stretch and they went on to take the minor podiums.
Viu:
“I knew they would try and pass into the last corner so I braked very, very late and hung on. I felt comfortable in the race, didn’t have to take chances and really enjoyed it.” All riders compete on the
KTM RC250 RB bike.
UPDATE: Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Race 2
Sasaki bettered Saturday's winner Viu to take Race 2 at Jerez and the pair end the first weekend of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup's tenth season tied on points. Again it went down to the last corner but this time it was Sasaki who had the edge and while Viu tried to get alongside he was clipped by Fernández who slid off.
Rufino Florido was right there to pick up the final rostrum place.
It was a typically faultless performance from
Sasaki and the KTM.
"I am very happy with that," explained the 15-year-old Japanese.
"We made a very slight change to the rear suspension after yesterday and that helped just where it was important at the end of the race. I wasn't really faster but I had the confidence to out brake Viu and that is what I did at the last corner." There is now a bit of a break in the 13 race season with the next event at Assen on June 25th and 26th.
Next Race: April 24, 2016 – Circuito de Jerez (ESP)Results Moto3 Jerez 20161. Brad Binder (RSA), KTM, 41:29.882 min (23 laps)2. Nicolo Bulega (ITA), KTM, +3.336 sec3. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA), Mahindra, +3.441
4. Jorge Navarro (ESP), Honda, +3.513
5. Jakub Kornfeil (CZE), Honda, +13.728
Other KTM6. Joan Mir (ESP), KTM, +13.933
7. Romano Fenati (ITA), KTM, +13.993
10. Philipp Oettl (GER), KTM, +14.588
11. Andrea Migno (ITA), KTM, +14.874
12. Juanfran Guevara (ESP), KTM, +30.317
13. Gabriel Rodrigo (ARG), KTM, +30.668
19. Maria Herrera (ESP), KTM, +45.591
21. Bo Bendsneyder (NED), KTM, +53.795
DNF Fabio Quartararo (FRA), KTM, 17 laps
DNF Andrea Locatelli (ITA), KTM, 21 laps
Standings Moto3 2016 after 4 of 18 rounds1. Binder, 77 points
2. Navarro, 62
3. Fenati, 474. Bulega, 365. Francesco Bagnaia (ITA), Mahindra, 34
Other KTM10. Oettl, 27
11. Mir, 25
12. Locatelli, 24
15. Guevara, 12
19. Quartararo, 9
21. Migno, 6
23. Rodrigo, 3
24. Herrera, 2
25. Bendsneyder, 2Results Race 1 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Circuito de Jerez 2016
All riders on KTM RC250 RB
1. Aleix Viu (ESP), 29:47.126 min (16 laps)2. Ayumu Sasaki (JPN), +0.089 sec3. Raul Fernandez (ESP), +0.1864. Rufino Florido (ESP), +0.723
5. Makar Yurchenko (RUS), +4.091
UPDATE: Results Race 2 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Circuito de Jerez 2016
1. Sasaki, 29:47.712 min (16 laps)2. Viu, +0.140 sec3. Florido, +0.5574. Walid Soppe (NED), +0.642
5. Marc Garcia (ESP), +0.926
UPDATE: Standings Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2016 after 2 of 13 rounds1. Sasaki, 45 points
2. Viu, 45
3. Florida, 29
4. Soppe, 23
5. Yurchenko, 20
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