The last time that happened was in 1952.

The unpredictability continues in terms of machinery, with European brands Ducati, KTM and Aprilia sharing th🧸e race wins (again, the first time since 1952) and all six factories present on the podium.

"It's chaos!" smiled Brad Binder, runner-up in Qatar before KTM team-mate Miguel Olive🅠ira took victory in Mandalika.

"It's going to be an extremely exciting year.

"It's a great time to be a MotoGP rider, but also a great t𒀰ime to be a spectator -probably better as a spectator!"

Binder arrives at round four in Austin this weekend holding second in the world championship standings, seven points ♓from Termas winner Aleix Espargaro. KTM sits second in both the constructors' and teams' standings.

"It's good times for us. We need▨ to enjoy the good days but keep our feet on the ground because there's always tough days to come," Binder said. "There's 🔜been three podiums of different riders and I expect there's going to be a lot of changes like that throughout the season.

"But it's great to be second i🎃n the world championship. We just need to keep bringing home the maximum points on offer to us, whether that is a win or a fifth or a tenth and at the end of the year I hope we'll be in a good spot."

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'We'll be better in Europe'

Binde🌱r has done a good job of maximising each race to date, overcoming a malfunctioning ride-height device for eighth in Mandalika, then fighting from e𝓡leventh (after a gear-shift mishap in qualifying) to sixth in Argentina.

"We've had a co🍃uple of difficult weekends and we're still doing quite good," he said.

"I actually 🐷thought I was capable of fighting for the podium [in Termas] but it wasn't to be so let's just stay focussed and keep working to improve for America.

"Then I think we'll 🐬be better in Europe, when we get to tracks with a higher grip level because the bike works much better when we have traction rather than when it's slippery.

"It seems what🐈 we have found [with the bike set-up] is really positive but also when the track conditions are a bit difficult it's not so easy for us because we rely a lot on the rear traction."

Oliveira, who fell in Qatar a🐽nd was 13th in Argentina, arrives in Austin holding seventh in the world championship.