Red Bull Interview With Bradbinder

He’s our very own home-grown hero and he’s making a significant mark on the MotoGP grid in just his first race. But how did he cope with lockdown in South Africa while still preparing for the coming season?

1. How do you step it up and flip that switch back into pro-mode? How are you preparing mentally?

Basically it was definitely really challenging to try and get out of South Africa at the beginning. Luckily they brought out the law saying if you need to return overseas for work, you are allowed to leave, so that’s pretty much how I managed to get back overseas and I’ve been in Europe now for around a month already and it’s time to get back into racing.

It was quite tough during the lockdown to keep a good structure you know because when there’s not many things you can do during the day and you can’t really leave the house, it gets challenging. So I just really tried to focus on making sure I did my training to my absolute best and that was all I was really worried about during lockdown, but now since I’ve been back in Europe, things are basically back to normal here. I go to gym, I spent a good three weeks at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center and that was awesome, and pretty much getting everything back to where it needs to be to start the season off the in a couple of weeks’ time. I’ve already had a MotoGP test in Misano, which was really good. It’s great to be back on the bike after such a long time off and looking forward to getting started.