Podium finish for Brad in British MotoGP

The British Grand Prix was dry, cold, and action-packed to revive the 2023 MotoGP after the summer break.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing left the wide expanses of the Silverstone circuit with a podium vibe thanks to Brad Binder’s third position at round nine of 20. Elsewhere Red Bull KTM Tech’s Daniel Holgado also made the box in Moto3 and Pedro Acosta now fronts the Moto2 world championship after another podium score.

Krugersdorp’s Brad was one of the few riders to select a medium tyre choice for the long 20-lap Grand Prix that took place under cloudy and threatening skies.

The South African, who started from 10th on the grid, used the potential of the KTM RC16 race package to work up from the reaches of the top 10n (caused by contact with another rider into the first corner) to be part of the quartet striving for first place. Proceedings were complicated by light showers that dowsed the first and last sectors of the hefty 5.9km layout in Silverstone but Brad – who is famous for exploring the limits of slick tyres when it comes to rainy conditions – kept in the dispute for trophies.

Brad made his move past Maverick Viñales in third place and defended the position and the 16 points until the checkered flag. He was just half a second from winner Aleix Espargaro. The result delivers Brad’s second podium of 2023 and means he is 36 points from the top three of the championship standings.

Home turf next! The CryptoDATA Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich will see the Spielberg hills echo to MotoGP in two weeks.

After the Silverstone race, Brad said, “Really tricky and very sketchy at the end! This track is so big and covers so much space that it was wet in some sectors and dry in others; it was hard to understand how much I could push! Hats off to the team; they did an amazing job and the bike was fantastic, I wanted the win for them today but third will have to do. Days like this are awesome for a podium finish just because of how difficult it was.”