RIDEFAST SEPTEMBER

Suzuki is another brand on the surprise
list, especially at the Red Bull Ring where
they have notoriously sucked in the past.
Rins was passing for the lead during Red
Bull One when he crashed, and Joan Mir
managed to nab a second place.
During Red Bull Two, Mir looked to have
the pace to take the win until the red
flag incident where he had no more front
tyres and had to restart on an old one, a
mistake that cost him the race.
Speaking of red flags, Rossi saw God
like never before during Red Bull One
after the collision between Morbidelli and
Zarco sent both bikes narrowly missing
him and Vinales at 200km/h. Actually,
Rossi didn't see God until he watched
the replay, because Morbidelli's bike flew
past so quickly and all he saw of Zarco's
bike was a shadow as it flew over him.
What was interesting, while watching
the onboards of both Rossi and Vinales,
is that both riders saw the near-death
moment, paused off the throttles for just
a few seconds and then immediately
resumed racing in case there was no red
flag.
These guys are proper heroes.
The world is also seeing the talents of
Miguel Oliviera shine through, plus a
certain Binder.
We South Africans all knew how good the
Krugersdorp Boytjie was. We know that
KTM made a mess of the 2019 Moto2
Championship by supplying their riders
with orange cement mixers (a mistake
they more than made up for with this
year›s MotoGP machines).
We know that Binder overcame those
hardships to lose the championship only
by a narrow margin. Perhaps it is no
surprise to us that he took a win in just
his third race.
He will win more – he has to! He›s come
too far not to.
It takes a particular sort of mind to travel
to Europe, a land of funny languages,
funny customs, funny places and funny
tracks, from the bottom of Africa to
overcome a severe lack of budget and
riding motorcycles made of cheese to
make it into a factory team, and move
with them to the premier class.
It takes a mind of nails and steampowered
determination to get there,
and nothing will stop him. KTM have a
winning bike and a rider that has been
through so much hell that nothing more
could compare.
Brad has single handedly re-ignited
passion for Moto GP in South Africa!
You go boytjie!