Starting line technical DNF for Brad in the #BritishGP

Sunday at Silverstone was cool and cloudy but, thankfully, dry for the 20-lap British Grand Prix. Brad Binder and teammate Jack Miller had grabbed 4th and 7th positions in the Saturday Sprint at the long course and collection of fast, flowing corners. The team then changed the colors of the factory KTM RC16s to run the company’s special livery to join MotoGP’s 75th anniversary celebration. The duo logged P1 and P3 in morning warm-up to begin the day at full tilt.

Come the main race itself, Brad launched from 6th and the second row of the grid but it was immediately clear he had a technical issue and could not complete the lap.

MotoGP heads to another historic venue with the trip to the Red Bull Ring in Austria and the eighth year of premier class home Grand Prix action for the company.

Brad Binder
DNF

“Not much to say. Unfortunately, I had a small clutch issue and could not get away from the line. I tried to get back to the pits to change bikes but had to park it. This morning we’d made some changes to the bike and it was the fastest I’d been all weekend on the medium tire. We know it would have been a hard race all the way to the end but we’d been fastest in warm-up, so that’s something at least. My crew are working so hard, and we tried something different for today. We’ll have to try again in Austria.”