South Africa's Brad Binder of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing heads down a straight during the MotoGP of the Americas in Austin, Texas on 14 April 2024. (Mirco Lazzari/Getty Images)
It was a weekend of hard toil for South Africa's Brad Binder, who finished ninth in the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP in Austin, Texas.
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Binder started Sunday's main race from a lowly 17th place on the grid after a crash in qualifying on Saturday.
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