Brad Binder can be proud of his first season in MotoGP. And for good reason, he honored his official KTM contract with a victory, a feat that the rookie achieved in Brno. A performance which, unfortunately, was not followed by good consistency while his rival Alex Marquez gained strength. Fortunately, the Honda factory rider also subsequently made his mark. The South African therefore thought about it and decided to change essential things in his environment for 2021. Like a new chief engineer…
With the title of best beginner in his pocket embellished by a victory in MotoGP in Brno, Brad Binder has nothing to be ashamed of for its 2020 season. Certainly, but the campaign was also marked by 12 falls. Which is a lot. A liability on the balance sheet that the former Moto3 World Champion and Moto2 vice-champion does not deny.
Before returning his apron to Portimao and take advantage of the off-season, the South African declared: “ many races could have been better, but having more experience will definitely help me do better in the next MotoGP season. I can only thank the team. They did an incredible job, they gave me a great bike. In fact, I apologize for the many mistakes this season, we could have done a lot more ».
Brad Binder: “you need to calm down and be smarter”
He is already looking ahead to 2021: “ let’s look forward to a more “normal” season next year. I'll be racing a lot of other tracks for the first time, but it will be fun. Next season I'm going to have to try to calm down and be smarter ". And to get there, the official KTM decided to change chief engineer…
A transfer which does not cause any casualties, since its current engineer will go to Tech3 next to Danilo Petrucci. It is Sergio Verbena, who thus welcomes Hervé Poncharal : “ Sergio and Danilo have already discussed and are looking forward to the new task”. Guy Coulon, 66 years old, team leaderOlive tree, in fact wishes to reduce its activity within the Tech3-KTM team.
But then who alongside the one who won 16 Grand Prix? According to speedweek, He asked KTM if he could get the Spanish Andrew Madrid as team leader for 2021, who looked after him so successfully in the Ajo Moto2 team in 2017 and 2018 and who in 2020 was playing in the Red Bull Ajo Moto2 team on behalf of the Japanese Tetsuta nagashima. It will be recalled that his teammate will be the double winner on RC16, and an old acquaintance of the KTM industry, Miguel Oliveira.
