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title: "Binder wins crash-strewn Moto3 encounter"
canonical: "https://readmotorsport.com/2016/10/23/binder-wins-crash-strewn-moto3-encounter/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Lewis Duncan"
section: "Moto3"
published: "2016-10-23T03:43:07Z"
modified: "2016-10-23T03:43:42Z"
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# Binder wins crash-strewn Moto3 encounter

Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Brad Binder took his sixth win of the 2016 Moto3 World Championship after darting off into the distance in a shortened 10-lap Australian Grand Prix.

The World Champion got the holeshot off the line in the original race from RBA’s Gabriel Rodrigo, whilst behind Binder’s brother Darryn crashed at Turn 2 and brought down Khairul Idham Pawi, Joan Mir and Rodrigo’s teammate Juanfran Guevara.

The battle at the front was fast and furious, several big hitters falling by the wayside. Aron Canet, who was caught up in the Binder incident at Turn 2, crashed at Turn 4 on the second lap, whilst Nicolo Bulega went down a lap later. On lap four, Rodrigo clattered into Fabio Di Giannantonio at Turn 10, which sent the Italian into Francesco Bagnaia as a result.

A massive crash at the same corner just two laps later saw the race red-flagged. John McPhee, who’d been fighting for the podium places, crashed exiting Turn 9 and was struck by Andrea Migno. Enea Bastianini ran over the errant Saxoprint machine, the Italian hit by Jorge Navarro. McPhee was reported conscious and was taken away in the circuit ambulance, whilst Bastianini, Migno and Navarro walked away.

> Twitter: Glad to see @eneabastianini up & about.
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> Other riders involved: McPhee & Migno
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> \#AustralianGP https://t.co/hXaVYIN9gF (@MotoGP)

A 10-lap sprint was ordered for the restart, grid positions forming from lap five. Unfortunately for Fabio Quartararo, grid penalties from the original race were also upheld and he was forced to start from the back once again having brilliantly fought his way through to second.

Once again, it was Binder who got the holeshot, this time from Andrea Locatelli and Rodrigo. Niccolo Antonelli’s race came to an end just four corners into the opening lap, the Italian tucking the front at Turn 4. By the end of the first lap, Binder had extended his advantage to over half a second over Locatelli and steadily eked out that gap over the next handful of laps, crossing the line three seconds ahead of the Leopard KTM rider.

Whilst the battle for the lead was non-existent, it was frantic in the fight for third, a whole host of names in there seeking their first Grand Prix podium. As the final lap started, it was Darryn Binder who was running third from Canet. The South African led the Spaniard heading into the final corner, this proving to be a crucial error as it allowed Canet to slipstream past for his maiden rostrum of his rookie season.

Binder held onto a career-best fourth narrowly from Livio Loi, whilst Jorge Martin completed the top six. Marcos Ramirez took his first points in seventh to cap off a superb day for the Platinum Bay Mahindra team. Hiroki Ono, Jules Danilo and Bo Bendsneyder rounded out the top 10.

Adam Norrodin was 11th on the SIC Honda ahead of a luckless Quartararo, who was roughed up in that 10-lap second race having managed to climb his way back into the top five at one stage. Tatsuki Suzuki, Philipp Oettl and MarHerrera were the last of the points scorers.

The field was completed by Albert Arenas, Lorenzo Petrarca, Fabio Spiranelli, Lorenzo Dalla Porta and the wild-card Matt Barton. Rodrigo and Navarro crashed out on the final lap, with Stefan Valtullini also tumbling off in the second race.

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