Bradical!

WE KNEW HE was good. But this good? Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) wrote himself into the history books on Sunday, achieving a staggering maiden MotoGP race win – the first for both KTM and South Africa in premier-class history – in one of the most head-scratching, upside-down rounds in living memory.

This was a weekend when the factory Ducatis limped home outside the top 10 and Repsol Honda scored a combined total of one point, all while there was a very real possibility of KTM scoring a 1-2 on Sunday. Meanwhile two unfancied satellite runners finished second and third. Was this really a glimpse of what a life without Marc Marquez would be like?

If so then we best take in the sheer madness while we can, as the reigning World Champion recovered at home from a second operation