BRAD BINDER: KTM’S FUTURE CHAMP?

I think it’s safe to say that 2020 is a year that will be remembered for a long time. No, I’m not just talking about the C-word, or the fact that Joan Mir managed to grab the title. It was the year that Brad Binder joined an exclusive list of elite sporting firsts, like Valentino Rossi, Usain Bolt, Tiger Woods and others before him. Brad Binder broke through a barrier that only six short years ago seemed a wild dream. He became the first man to win a MotoGP World Championship race on a KTM, riding for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team. So, as a rookie in a factory team who have invested countless hours and even more euros into the project, how has it felt to play such a big part? We had a chat with MotoGP’s newest Cinderella Man to find out.

Now Brad has been on a KTM for most of his career, with close to 160 starts to his name. But how much pressure was it, stepping into the paddock as a MotoGP rider,