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Many things are going to change in motorcycling after this strange 2021 season, and one of them could come from the last Grand Prix of the Algarve. Darryn Binder's terrible maneuver on the last lap of the Moto3 race, knocking Dennis Foggia to the ground and deciding the title in favor of Pedro Acosta, has activated the alerts.
Binder will be a MotoGP rider next season, jumping directly from the small category, something that is completely unjustified both by results and by level of piloting. So some MotoGP riders have raised their voices in front of who will be their next partner on the grid.
Mir, Bagnaia, Espargaró and Bastianini, among others, charged against Binder
" The Darryn Binder thing has no name. One more, I don't know what to say, it's incredible. Theirs is one after the other; now to wait for Race Direction to act ", Aleix Espargaró commented after the race, then putting his finger on the sore:" It should be more difficult to get to MotoGP. The category should be protected."
What Espargaró was hinting at was said without mincing words by Pecco Bagnaia, the winner of the race. " We need a super license, like in cars, so you can only get promoted if you are doing something in your championship. Today is normal for him, I hope that next year it won't happen with us, but we have to think about it, "said the runner-up.
Binder, who had been very timid all the race with Foggia, doing brand work for Honda, he went completely insane in the first corner of the last lap. He accelerated the braking to the maximum and took Foggia and Sergio García ahead, ending their careers. If it had touched Acosta, the one who would have gotten involved would have been even greater.
Also Joan Mir, the reigning MotoGP world champion, had unpleasant words with Binder. "This is not the first time he has performed such a maneuver. These movements must be penalized, not only in this race, but leaving another one out. If not, it will happen again ", said Mir. Let us remember that Binder was disqualified from Portimao, where he had finished fourth.
Enea Bastianini, who is making his MotoGP debut this year and is currently the best rookie, explained that "it was a stupid move, especially if the rider you want to overtake is playing the championship. It was not something worthy of MotoGP and I am afraid that next year he will be running with us".
Leopard himself, the Foggia team, released a statement in which he charged hard against Binder. Many in the good-looking MotoGP environment criticized that do not let him enter the box to apologize, or to take a photo, after the race. A totally understandable reaction when someone, who is also going to be promoted without merit, just threw a world cup at you.
