Brad Binder’s Catalan Grand Prix started before it even began. On his sighting lap Binder found his clutch had burnt out, leaving him unable to shift gears or stop the bike, and was forced to take his spare machine and start from the pit lane. He fought from 20th to eighth on the first restart before the second red flag, eventually finishing seventh after penalties. KTM team manager Aki Ajo insisted the four separate reliability issues across the weekend were unrelated.
