The KTMs are generally in bad shape at Misano, but Brad Binder is capable of The KTMs generally underperforming at Misano, but Brad Binder believes that after qualifying the results look and are worse than they actually are confident that the race will be better on Sunday.
The South African was confronted with the manufacturer’s generally not positive problems on the Italian racetrack and replied: “To be honest, I think” [KTM’s grid position] is worse than it is. Honestly it’s not as bad as it looks on paper, I just think we have to keep working and find a little more in some places and a few tenths here and there makes a big difference. The focus now is on working hard with the guys in the evening and doing better in the warm-up tomorrow. ‘
However, Binder did not want to name a reason for the (poorer) performance of the KTM and attributed it to several factors, but without going into detail:
- “Right now it feels like we’re a little off. There is no aspect where we say “Okay this is the problem”, there is a little bit of everything on the right track that we are struggling with but like I said I am confident it feels worse than it really is. and tomorrow we go again. You have to restart and off you go.
Finally, number 33 made it clear that he still sees potential for a more positive performance tomorrow: “There is no better or worse way to be honest. Of course when someone is in front and you’re in the back you always catch something, but I think we’re all more or less at the same pace and like I said, I think things look worse than they are and I definitely can Improve my performance for tomorrow and if I do I think we’re fine.