“20 laps around COTA with that missing wasn’t much fun"
Arriving second in the world championship, Binder’s hopes were hit by a lowly 17th place in qualifying, plus a fractured bone in his foot from a motocross training accident.
Things got even worse when he lost a further position to Alex Rins on lap 6, but he eventually recovered to ninth place. “In Turn 1, I tried to rail the outside to gain as many positions as I could and with the mess between riders there I unfortunately broke my rear wing and front left wing."The bike pulled to one , especially on the straights. And it’s quite unstable so you have to countersteer quite a lot. When we lose the whole rear wing you don’t have the downforce you set the bike up for. So it’s really tricky to manage after that.
“I felt good in the group for the first six laps and very comfortable,” said Miller, who eventually finished in 13th.
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