INTERVIEW
FIM MOTO3 WORLD CHAMPION BRAD BINDER
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The effect was obvious in 2016;
when he was not only fast but also
stable, with the best tire control and
the best tactics.
Things changed with his first wins,
at Jerez and the next two races. "After
that—okay, I couldn't get away at some
tracks, but I had a lot more pace. I felt
I was riding around at 80 percent; in
a way, and any time I needed to turn it
up, I could.
"That gave me a lot of confidence, because it
put me in a position that I could play my race out.
I could try and position myself perfectly to come
first, and if I couldn't come first I was in
the top three every time.
"I have great feeling with the bike
and a lot of experience in Moto3, as
well, and it's also a lot to do with hav-
ing a great team behind me."
His worst moments of the year were
at Assen, where he ran off the track
while in the lead pack, finishing 12th,
and at Brno, with one of only two
non-finishes, crashing in the wet while
miles in the lead. The other was in Malaysia, also
from the lead, after hitting oil.
"Midseason, everyone was saying: 'You're in
(Left) "Where'd they
go?" The World
Champion was head
and shoulders clear in
2016. (Right) Halfway
through the Jerez
race, and Binder is
slicing through the
competitors with
surgical precision.
