Marko Hanželic
On all its own third race in the MotoGP class he is a novice Brad Binder Brought KTM its first victory in the royal class. The South African won in Brno before Franco Morbidelli (Petronas-Yamaha), who was in the lead for a long time and eventually celebrated his first. Johann zarco (Avintia-Ducati), who started from pole position, was third in the end.
"Honestly, I have no words," he admitted after his sensational victory Binder. “I have been dreaming about this day since I was a child. Now that dream has come true. Many thanks to my parents and my team. I didn't expect to win, but I really had a good feeling all weekend. "
Morbidely he was not disappointed that he had to concede defeat in the end, but was glad of his first steps: “I feel amazing. I’m just enjoying this moment. I started well and everything went according to plan. ”
"I had a good rhythm and I was careful not to ruin the tires too much," he adds Italian. “After all, that was crucial this weekend. In the end, it all came down to the podium. Many thanks to my team. Now I'm looking forward to a few days of rest and then I travel to Austria. ”
Johann zarco had the most turbulent race of the top three, as he had to defend himself over and over again and even got a penalty for colliding with Paul Espargaro (KTM). “After Paul overtook me, he made some mistakes. It was too long in the first bend. I was on the inside and in the heat of the fight there was contact, ” explains the Frenchman.
It's at the start of the race Franco Morbidelli took precedence over his teammate Quartararo, who attacked him shortly afterwards Alex Espargaro. zarco after a bad start, he still broke through to sixth place, lagging behind two KTM racers.
After the first of 21 laps of the race it is Morbidely was already one second ahead while he was Quarterly stuck for Aleix Espargaro. Pol Espargaro, Binder, Zarco, Rins, Vinales, Rossi and Danilo Petrucci qualified for the top ten at the beginning of the race.
It's in the second round Quarterly just found a way to come before Aleix Espargaro, and behind him is Brad Binder attacked Paul Espargaro and soon after also came before his brother. Espargaro Pol fell shortly after Johann Zarco in sixth place.
Morbidely he still led sovereignly after three rounds. It's behind him Binder pressed on Quarterly. Team driver KTM after his mistakes in two races in Jerez at this early stage of the race, he presented himself in a more mature image and as extremely fast. Behind the first three, a hole about a second gaped. Johann zarco took fourth place ahead of his former teammate from the team KTM, Paul Espargaro, whose brother Aleix he could no longer keep up with the pace and fell down the ladder backwards.
There was a collision between in the background Iker Lecuona (Tech-3-KTM) and Joan Mirom (Suzuki) crashed by a competitor while trying to overtake. He did much better together Espargaro Pol, who overtook Zarco in the sixth round and thus took fourth place.
Od factory Yamaha in Ducati there was nothing good to be seen in the first rounds. Valentino Rossi in Maverick Vinales they drove in eighth and ninth place. Andrea Dovizioso, who started from 18th place, improved to twelfth place, but was outside the top ten. They were still behind him Jack Miller in Danilo Petrucci.
They collided in the ninth round Quarterly and two KTM racers, with the shortest pull Espargaro Pol, who made a mistake in braking when overtaking the Frenchman and lost speed, trying to take advantage of it all Zarco, but he knocked the KTM driver to the ground.
The judges took the situation into account, but it is zarco could continue hunting on Quarterly and also overtook him. A similar thing happened to his teammate Morbidelli, who had to relinquish the lead in the thirteenth round Binder.
zarco he, meanwhile, received a penalty in the form Long Lap Penalty, but remained in third place. Quartararo was having more and more trouble as he was already standing on his tail alex rins. The driver Suzuki, who started as the eleventh, gradually made his way forward and overtook him five laps before the finish Quarterly and started pressing Zarcoja, who held out until the end of the race and won third place.
alex rins he finished fourth in the end, but still drove a great race, especially considering he still suffers from a shoulder injury. Red finished in fifth place. They joined him Miguel Oliveira and defeated Quarterly.
