The contact knocked Binder down, with the South African skidding into Honda\u2019s Joan Mir as a consequence.<\/p>\n
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Both riders were unharmed, while the stewards took no further action on the incident after a review during the sprint.<\/p>\n
\u2018I took the bad part from racing\u2019<\/p>\n
Mir says the crash was a result of the nature of Turn 1 at Barcelona, while lamenting the missed opportunity to capitalise on his strong race pace.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWhen you start 10th, from the outside, in this track you arrive to Turn 1, you arrive super-fast and something happened on the inside,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a contact with Di Giannantonio and Binder, something like that, and because I was on the inside, I took the bad part from the racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, nothing I could do. That\u2019s a bit the reality. It\u2019s a shame because I think my pace was good.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn FP2 we had very good pace, so I think we could be fighting with those guys today. But tomorrow we have another chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
From Binder\u2019s perspective, he added: \u201cWell, not much to say really.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI had a decent enough qualifying. It would have been nice to get a little bit further forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut step by step it\u2019s gone a bit better. When I launched today, it was pretty good.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started eighth, I was more or less about fifth, sixth place at Turn 1, more or less, I think.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then I just felt something hit on my inside, on my seat and my leg, and that was about it. Just got tagged on the inside and that was about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Binder, Mir crash at Turn 1 of 2026 Catalan MotoGP Sprint.<\/p>\n
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