Brad Binder on Francesco Bagnaia horror at Catalunya MotoGP: “Every rider’s worst nightmare, I tried to miss him”
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- Floored Bagnaia struck by Bind♍er amid awful crash at Catalunya MotoGP
A terrifying incident on the first lap in Barcelona saw a multi-rider pile-up before Bagnaia highsided and landed𒐪 in front of oncoming traffic, and was struck in the legs by Binder.
Bagnaia wa🔥s con𓄧scious but rushed to the medical centre, and Binder later retired early from the restarted race before heading over to check on his fellow rider.
“Crazy last coup🔯le oꦺf hours,” the KTM rider emotionally detailed.
“I got a real🌼ly good launch in the race, and I was between Maverick and Miguel going through Turn 1 and 2.
“On the exit of 2, I didn’t se🦂e a thing. Until I saw Pecco and his bike in the middle of the track.
“Then I clipped something on his bike. I was shaꦆking trying to miss him, then I clipped his leg, or something.
“Yeah, I don’t really know. I ended up falling.
“Thank goodness I saw him moving. He’s obviously hurt b𒉰ut seems fine.”
After Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini (who was injured in the initial pile-up) were transജported 🍌to hospital, the red-flagged grand prix was able to restart.
“I ✤went back and started the race again. I never had a back-up hard,” Binder said.
“The start was okay, I had to try and bring temperature to it, I did 𓆉that. Then we had ꧙a technical issue.”
He immediately visited Bagnaia wꦉho was still on🃏 his mind.
“I went to see Pecco. He seems okay.
“It’s really… the t🔯rickiest part is to get♕ back on, and carry on. The good thing was that I saw him move. He was moving.
“I just clipped his leg, or legs, I don’t quite know. But ཧI got over enough that, at least, I didn’t hit him square.
“It’s🍃 every rider’s worst nightmare. To see someone there is scary but to be the one who hits them is even more shit, to be honest.
“I do♎n🐼’t know if he’s okay, but he’s fine, you know what I mean?”
Binder actꦡu♏ally said that he found Bagnaia in a better state than expected.
“I went to see him,” he said.
“Honestly, when I walked in there, I wasn’t expecting to see him c꧃hilling! He seemed okay!
“My 💃only priority today is thaꩲt I never hurt anybody.”
Aleix Espargaro won the Catalu𝔉nya MotoGP, fending off Aprilia teammate Maverick Vinales.
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