Brad Binder will be one of two MotoGP debutants this year who will have factory rider status. The first is Alex Marquez who beat him to win the Moto2 title last year. He will be on the Repsol Honda while the South African will have plenty to do at KTM. But unlike the first mentioned, he knows that he will keep his handlebars in 2021... And then he sees the RC16 project evolving before his eyes thanks, in particular, to very useful work behind the scenes by Dani Pedrosa. A valuable element that he praises, as he is happy to see the Ducati experience established with Danilo Petrucci…
Brad Binder is a former world champion Moto3 and now also vice-world champion of Moto2 whose talent does not allow for dispute among observers in the paddock. He is therefore expected in this 2020 season which will not be easy, but which will offer opportunities to a beginner. Thus, if the latter will have fewer races on the calendar to learn, he will also have the chance to do two successive Grands Prix on the same track. Enough to assimilate more quickly…
“The future will be bright”
Waiting, Brad Binder welcomes the support from which it will be able to benefit. These are Dani Pedrosa, distinguished test pilot, and Danilo Petrucci, collected from Ducati. On the Spaniard, he comments as follows: “ we have Dani Pedrosa, everything he brings seems to make the bike work better and be an improvement for all of us ", said Binder.
On the Italian, he adds: “ a guy who comes like Danilo is great in my opinion, because he has a lot of experience. I think Petrucci's contribution is going to be incredible. I am convinced that KTM is working in a good direction and that the future will be bright.”
In 2020, Brad Binder will team up with Pol Espargaro, the one who finished eleventh in the last championship and who gave the best result to an RC16 in the dry, which is sixth place. He also put the Austrian bike on the podium in Valencia in 2018 after a race contested in the rain. A driving force who will leave for Repsol Honda in 2021. Dani Pedrosa et Danilo Petrucci will not be too much to compensate for this loss...
