Seventh place for Brad in the #HungarianGP at Balaton Park

The chicanes and tight curves of the two-year-old 4km Balaton Park circuit gave MotoGP a compact and tricky outing for overtaking. The first Hungarian Grand Prix in 33 years activated the flat course close to Lake Balaton and race day took place in hot, sunny and breezy conditions. Advanced qualification grid slots were crucial for podium prospects due to the narrow nature of the layout, with a P13 for Brad Binder who missed out on Q2 by the slimmest of margins.

Early on in the race Brad hovered on the fringe of the top ten, but moved forward and rallied to 7th to match his classification from the Austrian Grand Prix the previous Sunday, even though he was dealing with a small rear end issue.

MotoGP will now break for a week ahead of back-to-back races in Catalunya and San Marino. The stint will precede the overseas stage of the calendar and Grands Prix in Japan, Indonesia, Australia and Malaysia. The paddock will form-up again on September 5-7.

Brad Binder
7th and 11th in the championship standings:

“All things considered I think it was a pretty good race. I didn’t have the best of starts and had a small issue with the rear end locking, which stayed with me for the whole way. It was really difficult to manage that in the braking zones. Despite that the overall package was working incredibly well and I think we could have done much better today. Still, 7th was a strong result. The last three races have probably been the best of the season so far. Things have started to roll and feel like normal. I think we are in for a good second half of the year. Here, I was too slow on Friday and then we missed out on Q2 and starting further back at this place was rough.”