MRW Issue 1
The first issue of Moto Rider World
The first issue of Moto Rider World
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harder than he has ever trained in<br />
order to be fit enough to ride the<br />
MotoGP bike regardless of the<br />
conditions that he might come<br />
across in the reshuffled 2020<br />
calendar. This showed during the<br />
two GP’s at Jerez where temperatures<br />
were significantly hotter<br />
than usual and so peak physical<br />
fitness was very important.<br />
The 2020 MotoGP season is<br />
shaping up to be one of the most<br />
unpredictable seasons in recent<br />
history due to the absence of<br />
the dominant force that is Marc<br />
Marquez and the lack of any one<br />
dominant rider now. With Brad<br />
Binder’s victory in Brno and his<br />
very mature ride to 4th place<br />
in what was a drama filled Austrian<br />
GP this past weekend he<br />
is now sitting in 4th place in the<br />
championship standings and the<br />
question has to be asked, Does<br />
the South African have a shot at<br />
the 2020 MotoGP world championship?<br />
In short, yes, but so do a<br />
number of other riders with a lot<br />
more experience than the rookie<br />
from Potchefstroom.<br />
Binder ended the interview<br />
with Rob Portman and Donovan<br />
Fourie by sincerely thanking<br />
everyone who had been supporting<br />
him over the years such<br />
as his parents, girlfriend etc. and<br />
went on to thank the South African<br />
fans for constantly cheering<br />
him on throughout his career.<br />
The interview with the newly<br />
nicknamed Giraffe King showed<br />
that while we as fans put these<br />
MotoGP superstars on a pedestal,<br />
they can still be normal, cool,<br />
down to earth guys.<br />
Nevertheless, Brad Binder’s victory<br />
at Brno united a country in a<br />
time when South Africa needed<br />
it. In the space of 45 minutes<br />
Brad Binder went from, that guy<br />
who rides bikes, to a MotoGP<br />
winner in the eyes of South Africans<br />
who had never, before that<br />
day, even heard of MotoGP.<br />
As a South African who is a<br />
true fan of the sport, I have had<br />
the privilege of watching Brad<br />
Binder make his way through the<br />
different classes, going toe to<br />
toe with the best motorcycle racers<br />
in the world and consistently<br />
beating them. Brad Binder may<br />
not win the 2020 MotoGP world<br />
championship, but it would be<br />
very difficult for anyone to argue<br />
that he is not a future MotoGP<br />
Champion.
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