A promising race weekend for Brad Binder at the Lusail International Circuit ended in bitter disappointment after a sudden mechanical failure on his RC16 machine forced an early retirement on lap 17 of the 22-lap grand prix.
Starting from eleventh place on the grid, the South African rider had hoped to salvage a solid points finish in the desert night. However, as noted by paddock journalist Manuel Pecino, an unexpected technical glitch abruptly cut short his campaign during the latter stages of the race.
Recounting the dramatic moments to the media, Binder explained that the warning signs only appeared shortly before his race came to a complete halt, initially mistaking the symptoms for his own shifting errors.
"At the beginning of the race, everything seemed quite good. Then I started missing a few gear shifts. I thought I just wasn't engaging the gears properly. Then I started losing some positions and after that, a very strong vibration appeared and something happened that made the gearbox stop working, unfortunately. That was pretty much it," Binder stated.
The factory KTM rider clarified that the issue was entirely absent during the opening laps, giving him no prior indication that a major mechanical failure was looming.
"To be honest, it wasn't there from the beginning. Everything was going well. It was just two or three laps before I stopped when I started to notice something a bit strange and suddenly it just stopped working," he concluded, expressing his eager anticipation to reset and bounce back at the upcoming Portimao round.
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