KTM’s Brad Binder says “it’s in all probability a great factor” his bike suffered a technical challenge in the course of the San Marino MotoGP dash as a result of issues he has had all weekend.
After struggling a tough qualifying at Misano on Saturday morning, the KTM rider was pressured to work his manner from fifteenth on the grid.
Brad Binder had made little progress from right here after 9 laps of working when he stopped together with the circuit.
He says he had been battling a problem all weekend together with his RC16’s engine braking not working appropriately on one in every of his bikes, with the issue worsening in the course of the dash earlier than he retired.
However the reality he’ll be capable to use a brand new engine for Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix is one thing he views as a optimistic.
“Effectively, not an excessive amount of to say,” he instructed the media.
“Sadly within the race we had a technical challenge and the bike stopped.
“However all weekend I’ve had it that one bike had quite a lot of engine brake and one was roughly regular.
“And with all the problems this weekend, I’ve needed to leap between the 2 the entire time.
“So, it’s been a little bit of a tough one to modify between. After which within the race, the engine brake was constructing lap by lap by lap, getting increasingly more and extra, after which it simply stopped.
“On the one facet, it’s in all probability a great factor as a result of we will put a brand new engine in now and the factor can return to regular.
“However a extremely, actually difficult weekend to date. However that’s life and let’s see tomorrow.
“To be sincere, I wasn’t very sturdy in any respect. However then once more, I used to be opening the fuel and wasn’t feeling a lot energy.
“And once I was braking I used to be locking the rear like hell. So, tough to say. One lap earlier than it stopped I dropped my engine brake all the best way as a result of I used to be going into each nook sideways, and I assumed I’d went fully the flawed course as a result of I obtained much more.
“After which it stopped. So, it was a difficult race.”
In FP2 previous to qualifying, Binder’s RC16 suffered a series challenge, which he says contributed to his dash woes because it broken the one bike “that was working okay”.
“I did a little bit of mechanic work on my chain together with the monitor, obtained it again on and obtained the bike again,” he mentioned.
“However sadly, when the chain jumps off it breaks the swingarm. So, that bike, the one which was working okay, was put to the facet.”
