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The Citizen
6 days ago
- Automotive
- The Citizen
KTM pledges to help Binder get MotoGP season back on track
12th-placed South African has never finished the premier class outside the top 11. Red Bull KTM have vowed to throw their weight behind Brad Binder for the second part of the MotoGP season. KTM's headquarters in Austria hosts the 13th out of 22 rounds this weekend following the season's traditional four-week summer break. Languishing in a lowly 12th place in the championship on 68 points, Binder's sixth premier class season has been his worst. He has not stood on the podium in a year and a half and has not win a main race since his famous victory at the Red Bull Ring in 2021. ALSO READ: Brad Binder: Sleeping at home and racing at Kyalami will be 'sick' Beier backs Brad Binder 'So we clearly know we have to help Brad. Yes, we're not at all satisfied with the performances we've achieved with him. He's having a hard time making this package work,' Pit Beirer, KTM motorsport director, said according to After KTM made a terrible start to the season, Binder's factory team-mate Pedro Acosta found pace on the RC16 along with Tech3 riders Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini. Acosta, who is seventh in the title race on 124 points, is the highest-placed KTM rider. Although Binder has done well with solid top 10 performances, he has struggled to find the outright pace to stay with the front runners. Beier is confident the team can find the right setup for Binder to be more competitive. ALSO READ: WATCH: Brad Binder sets new benchmark around Kyalami Confidence key The lowest the South African has finished in the title is 11th in the his rookie season, after which he finished sixth three times and fourth once. 'You can't compete in this class without confidence,' he said. 'Then you make decisions about the bike that perhaps aren't right for a particular rider at all, and that's exactly what's happening with Brad. He just can't find the feeling he needs to express his potential.' Marc Marques is expected to set the pace again in Austria. The Ducati man, who has 381 points, leads the title race from his brother Alex by 120 points and it has become a case of when rather than if he will earn his seventh MotoGP title this year. ALSO READ: Brad Binder excited over Red Bull KTM's pace at Czechia MotoGP Martinator looks to strike World champion Jorge Martin will look to make amends in the last 10 outings of 2025 after being plagued by injuries since moving to Aprilia. Marco Bezzecchi, who is fourth in the championship on 156 points and the highest-placed non-Ducati rider, has shown this season that Aprilia can take the fight to the Marquez brother and Pecco Bagnaia, who is third on 213 points. The sprint race starts at 3pm on Saturday and the main race at 2pm on Sunday.
New Straits Times
26-04-2025
- Automotive
- New Straits Times
Bruised Alex Marquez sets course to top Jerez practise times
JEREZ: Alex Marquez climbed back on his bike Friday to set a Jerez course record in a flag and fall filled final practice session for the Grand Prix of Spain. The younger Marquez brother set a time of 1min 35.991sec on a Ducati Gresini, 0.103sec ahead of Italy's Francesco Bagnaia on a factory Ducati and 0.036 inside the course record the Italian set last year. Italian Franco Morbidelli was third on a VR46 Ducati. Championship leader Marc Marquez was fourth on a factory Ducati. Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, displaying the rediscovered competitiveness of his Yamaha, was fifth and the top non-Ducati. The session had been halted after nine minutes when Alex Marquez slid out as high speed on turn five. His bike rocketed across the gravel and through an air fence, forcing stewards to wave red flags while the barrier was repaired. After picking himself up, Marquez was ferried back on a scooter nursing his right hand. Alex Marquez had also crashed in the morning session but still set the fastest time. He repeated the trick in the afternoon. He returned for the final minutes of the session and quickly jumped to third before catapulting to a new record, as stewards repeatedly waved yellow warning flags. Quartararo, Jack Miller, Ai Ogura, Raul Fernandez and Joan Mir, were among riders who crashed during the session. Fermin Aldeguer, on the second Gresini bike, Johann Zarco on a Honda, KTM's Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio on a VR46 and Joan Mir on a Honda completed the top 10 who advance directly to the 12-rider final qualifying session on Saturday. That will determine the first four rows of the grid for the evening's 12-lap sprint and Sunday's 25-lap main race. The other 13 riders must ride in an earlier session with two places in Q2 at stake. Marc Marquez, the six-time world champion, has dominated so far this season, taking all four poles, all four sprints and only missing out on a sweep when he fell while leading the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas last month. He appeared to complete the afternoon session on one set of tyres, conserving his options for later in the weekend. Marquez, who leads the standings by 17 points ahead of younger brother Alex, is a three-time winner in Jerez – in 2014, 2018 and 2019, but Bagnaia has triumphed in each of the last three years. Bagnaia won in the US after Marquez's error, but the Italian is already 26 points off the pace in third overall.--AFP
The Hindu
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- The Hindu
Spanish MotoGP 2025: Bruised Alex Marquez sets course to top Jerez practise times
Alex Marquez climbed back on his bike Friday to set a Jerez course record in a flag and fall-filled final practice session for the Grand Prix of Spain. The younger Marquez brother set a time of 1min 35.991sec on a Ducati Gresini, 0.103sec ahead of Italy's Francesco Bagnaia on a factory Ducati and 0.036 inside the course record the Italian set last year. Italian Franco Morbidelli was third on a VR46 Ducati. Championship leader Marc Marquez was fourth on a factory Ducati. Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, displaying the rediscovered competitiveness of his Yamaha, was fifth and the top non-Ducati. The session had been halted after nine minutes when Alex Marquez slid out at high speed on turn five. His bike rocketed across the gravel and through an air fence, forcing stewards to wave red flags while the barrier was repaired. After picking himself up, Marquez was ferried back on a scooter, nursing his right hand. Alex Marquez had also crashed in the morning session but still set the fastest time. He repeated the trick in the afternoon. ALSO READ: F1 - Madrid circuit can be the world's best, says Carlos Sainz He returned for the final minutes of the session and quickly jumped to third before catapulting to a new record as stewards repeatedly waved yellow warning flags. Quartararo, Jack Miller, Ai Ogura, Raul Fernandez and Joan Mir were among the riders who crashed during the session. Fermin Aldeguer, on the second Gresini bike, Johann Zarco on a Honda, KTM's Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio on a VR46 and Joan Mir on a Honda completed the top 10 who advance directly to the 12-rider final qualifying session on Saturday. That will determine the first four rows of the grid for the evening's 12-lap sprint and Sunday's 25-lap main race. The other 13 riders must ride in an earlier session with two places in Q2 at stake. Marc Marquez, the six-time world champion, has dominated so far this season, taking all four poles, all four sprints and only missing out on a sweep when he fell while leading the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas last month. He appeared to complete the afternoon session on one set of tyres, conserving his options for later in the weekend. Marquez, who leads the standings by 17 points ahead of younger brother Alex, is a three-time winner in Jerez -- in 2014, 2018 and 2019, but Bagnaia has triumphed in each of the last three years. Bagnaia won in the US after Marquez's error, but the Italian is already 26 points off the pace in third overall. Related Topics Alex Marquez / MotoGP
France 24
25-04-2025
- Automotive
- France 24
Bruised Alex Marquez sets course to top Jerez practise times
The younger Marquez brother set a time of 1min 35.991sec on a Ducati Gresini, 0.103sec ahead of Italy's Francesco Bagnaia on a factory Ducati and 0.036 inside the course record the Italian set last year. Italian Franco Morbidelli was third on a VR46 Ducati. Championship leader Marc Marquez was fourth on a factory Ducati. Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, displaying the rediscovered competitiveness of his Yamaha, was fifth and the top non-Ducati. The session had been halted after nine minutes when Alex Marquez slid out as high speed on turn five. His bike rocketed across the gravel and through an air fence, forcing stewards to wave red flags while the barrier was repaired. After picking himself up, Marquez was ferried back on a scooter nursing his right hand. Alex Marquez had also crashed in the morning session but still set the fastest time. He repeated the trick in the afternoon. He returned for the final minutes of the session and quickly jumped to third before catapulting to a new record, as stewards repeatedly waved yellow warning flags. Quartararo, Jack Miller, Ai Ogura, Raul Fernandez and Joan Mir, were among riders who crashed during the session. Fermin Aldeguer, on the second Gresini bike, Johann Zarco on a Honda, KTM's Pedro Acosta, Fabio Di Giannantonio on a VR46 and Joan Mir on a Honda completed the top 10 who advance directly to the 12-rider final qualifying session on Saturday. That will determine the first four rows of the grid for the evening's 12-lap sprint and Sunday's 25-lap main race. The other 13 riders must ride in an earlier session with two places in Q2 at stake. Marc Marquez, the six-time world champion, has dominated so far this season, taking all four poles, all four sprints and only missing out on a sweep when he fell while leading the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas last month. He appeared to complete the afternoon session on one set of tyres, conserving his options for later in the weekend. Marquez, who leads the standings by 17 points ahead of younger brother Alex, is a three-time winner in Jerez -- in 2014, 2018 and 2019, but Bagnaia has triumphed in each of the last three years. Bagnaia won in the US after Marquez's error, but the Italian is already 26 points off the pace in third overall.
