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Bo just outside the points at Le Mans

At the start it is Antonelli taking the lead in to the first corner. Norrodin is knocked off in the first chicane and goes down, end of his race. Brad Binder takes over the lead half way lap one. Jules Danilo sees his home Grand Prix ending in the gravel pit, not even finishing lap one. Bo Bensneyder has lost some spots in the start and is 25th at the end of lap one. At the end of lap 2 he is in 24th. In lap 3 Fenati takes over the…

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Bendsneyder 21st in Qualifying

The Qualifying practice got on his way at 12:35 local time, and there were quit some crashes during the session. Adam Norrodin was the first faller, damaging his bike heavily. After the first run it was Romano Fenati leading, in front of Kornfeil and Jorge Navarro. Brad Binder saw his fastest lap being cancelled for exceeding the track limits. This left him in eleventh. Bo Bendsneyder was eighteenth after his first run. Halfway the session, Norrodin’s teammate Kornfeil had a crash. Binder was fastest in his second run in front of…

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Bo 19th after FP2

The first day of practice for the French Grand Prix started the same way as the Spanish round two weeks ago: With Brad Binder on top of the timesheets. The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider and World Championship leader stopped the clock at 1:43.365 on his final lap on Friday. His teammate, Bo Bendsneyder, lowered his previous best time by more than 8 tenths in FP2, ending the day in nineteenth position with a time of 1:44.358. Despite an unusually sunny morning at Le Mans, FP1 was not the smoothest…

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Rd. 5 Monster Energy Grand Prix de France

Friday: round five of this season: the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans. A track Bo knows from the Spanish Open and where he got his first podium in the series. After three races scoring no points, this could be an opportunity to get in to the top fifteen again.           Built in 1965 around the existing 24-Hour track, the Le Mans Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit lies 5km south of the city of Le Mans and 200km south-west of Paris. The venue…

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Bo 21st at Jerez

Brad Binder claimed his very first Moto3 victory at the Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain, and did so in spectacularly unexpected style. Due to a penalty given to him by Race Direction, the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider began from last on the starting grid -35th-, but was able to pass the entire Moto3 field to cross the finish line first at Jerez. Teammate Bo Bendsneyder placed twenty-first in the race. Binder was required to make a strong start if he was to overcome the odds on raceday, and the…

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Bendsneyder 18th in Qualifying Practice

Brad Binder enjoyed a very positive Saturday at the Jerez Circuit, with an excellent final Free Practice session and a late assault on pole in qualifying for the Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain. The South African set his fastest time of the weekend in the afternoon shootout, which earned him second place and a third front row start of the year. Teammate Bo Bendsneyder took an important step forward in qualifying to take eighteenth position. The beginning of the day was promising, as Brad Binder set a strong time…

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Bendsneyder sixteenth after FP2

After setting 25th time in the morning session, Bo was struggling at the start of Free Practice two aswell. He wasn’t able to put in a decent fast lap for quit some time. Teammate Brad Binder, who was fifth in the first Free Practice, was having some problems also. He was in sixteenth halfway the session. Finally in the last five minutes of the session, fast sectortimes were coming up. Bo set a 1.48,360, good for twelfth spot at that moment. Binder eventually was fastest, in front of Bulega, Antonelli, Martin and…

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Round 4 : Gran Premio Red Bull d’Espana

This weekend the first European GP of this year’s Moto3 World Championship: the Gran Premio Red Bull d’Espana at the Jerez circuit. After three races with two lesser results, this is the first track Bo really knows. Not just from the Red Bull Rookies Cup but from the Spanish Open aswell. With some good constant conditions Bo should be able to score some points in this race.             Circuito de Jerez Built in 1986 and hosting its first Grand Prix one year later, the circuit of Jerez is now one of…

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22nd for Bo in tough race in Austin

Navarro takes the holeshot at the start, followed by Fenati and Oettl, the polesitter. Bo gets off the line well, but chooses to go for the inside in corner one, he loses some spots accelerating out of it. At the end of lap one he is in 27th. Going in to lap two Norrodin is T-boned by Ono. Norrodin goes down, Ono can get back in to the race. He is penalised with a ridethrough for dangerous riding. Navarro is opening a gap to second place man Fenati; his lead…

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Bendsneyder 23rd in wet QP

After setting fifth time in FP3, (tenth overall) qualifying got off on a partially wet track after some showers during FP3 of the Moto2 class. Most riders went out on rain tires, but the track had already dried out to much for good use of those. Everybody came in again after two laps changing back to slicks. Bo was in fifteenth after those two laps on wet tires. In his second run he’s in 21th after some laps, when it starts to rain again. There’s under twenty minutes to go,…

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