Brad Binder rues 'couple of millimetres' that denied him podium at Dutch MotoGP sprint race - 'Didn't even notice'

Brad Binder was left rueing misjudging the track by a “couple of millimetres” after he was cruelly denied a podium place at the Dutch MotoGP sprint race. The Red Bull rider was handed a three-second penalty on the final lap for exceeding track limits by the tiniest of margins. Ad That saw him drop into fifth place from third, boosting Fabio Quartararo into the podium places, and the South African admitted afterwards that he was confused at the end of the race.

Grand Prix SpainKTM's Binder wins Spanish MotoGP sprint race after thrilling contest, Bagnaia second29/04/2023 AT 14:25 “Unfortunately, in the race I somehow missed on my dashboard that I had a warning already, so I had no idea that I had already touched the green,” Binder said, per crash.net. “I got back to the box and I said to my team, 'what's going on? What did I do?' And they said I'd touched the green. And honestly, I was still 100% sure I hadn't touched it once.

“But when I went up to the stewards, I could see where I'd touched. And unfortunately those couple of millimetres — I was just jumping over the tiniest little piece, but I didn't even notice. “It is what it is, the rules are the rules, and I'll give it a bit more margin tomorrow.” Marco Bezzecchi claimed his first sprint race victory at Assen and a first pole of the season, finishing ahead of Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and Yamaha rider Quartararo.