MotorLand Aragon hosted MotoGP’s second visit to the Iberian Peninsula this season and brought the series to the sweeping circuit close to the town of Alcañiz. The facility first entertained a Grand Prix in 2010 but the latest round of the current campaign represented the sixteenth time MotoGP has been staged at the 5km, 17-corner layout.
Hot, sunny weather graced Friday and Saturday in Aragon. Three KTM RC16s made the cut directly to Q2 for the first time this season after Practice on Friday. Viñales (P3), Acosta (P5) and Brad Binder (P7) all were able to forget about the stress of Q1. Brad’s 6th place was also a personal best this term but meant he was on the grimier side of the grid and opposite to the racing line.
The Sprint on Saturday afternoon meant 11 full-gas laps. Brad missed grip for the getaway and spent the race fighting back to reach 9th.
MotoGP will lap the MotorLand curves 23 times on Sunday with the eighth Grand Prix of the season getting underway at 14.00 CET.
Brad Binder
6th in qualification, 9th in the Sprint:
“Finally a good qualifying but it meant lining up on the dirty side of the track for the grid. We tried everything to try and avoid spin…but it did anyway! I did a long rolling burnout and went all the way back to 16th or 17th. It made the race really tricky. Being in traffic effected the front tire pressure and I had a lock-up at Turn 12 and went off. A tough race today. I expected a lot more. The feeling with the bike is not too bad and I think we can have a decent race. If we can launch and get away then it will be a completely different story. I want to be as close to the top five-six as possible.”
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