Unlike team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, Binder began to make serious progress during Sunday’😼s Spani💫sh MotoGP, however, a crash at turn two squandered any hope of fighting for points.

Binder, who started the Grand Prix from last place, moved up to 17th after just a couple of laps, but after attempting to push on the pace with fellow Yamaha rider 🍃Franco Morbidelli in front, that’s when the error came.

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Binder surprised by crash, feels he did nothing wrong

"I’m super disappointed that I crashed," added the ex-Moto3 rider. "Honestly, I'm still more happy with this race than Portimao. I'd rather crash out of fighting amongst the other guys than riding arouꦗnd last.

"At least in this race in the fܫirst laps, I was able to fight with the other guys and I felt like I was faster. 

"I managed to make a nic🍰e pass on Marini at turn nine and was just behind Morbidelli and I think I got a🔯 little bit too excited. 

"Going into turn two, I didn't do anything too crazy, I had a litt꧙le movement in the rear and the front closed. I wish I could have hung around a couple more laps and followed Morbidelli, but it is what it is. 

"The grip was quite low even in Warm-up. I felt I was doing a good job of getting the power down, I passed quite a lot of guys in the first laps already and I was feeling really strong. Overall, I feel like I know exactly what I🌺 need to work on."

Despite ♍the fall, Binder was clearly showing more potential than at round five in&nb🍃sp;Portimao. 

Yes Binder finished just a ಌsecond behind Takaaki Nakagami during said Portuguese Grand Prix, however, that maไrgin was as a result of being overtaken by the Japanese rider who needed to recover from an early crash.

In terms of riders who finished the ra𝕴ce without any dramas, fellow rookie Remy Gardner was a convincing 10 seconds c✱lear of Binder.

But that wasn’t the case in Jerez, at least during the o༺pening flurry of laps before his mistak☂e. 

More crashes plague Binder during MotoGP testing 

Hoping to put his race fall b🍃ehind him, Monday’s one-day Jerez test unfortunately saw Binder cr𓄧ash twice. 

‘I was finding the limits’ said Binder, who will need to eradicate these sorts of errors when it comes to the ne�🌜�xt few rounds. 

Speakin🍌g after the test, Binder added: "It was nice to finally be able to have another day at the track after the race weekend once you got all the information and you want to test on different things. 

"It was nice to try some diffꦰerent setups and work on my riding. Unfortunately, I had two crashes today, trying to improve my riding style. It’s unfortunate, I was definitely finding the limits. 

"Anyway, we’ve got to try some things. We have a lot of things we can look over and compare throughout the week and when we ♏arrive in Le Mans, we’ll try to put everything we’ve tried today together." 

‘I feel the bike is a bit more mine’ claims fellow rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio

One of two rookies yet ꦆto score points in MotoGP (the other being Raul Fernandez), Di Giannantonio is another rider whoܫ needs to find more pace over the coming rounds. 

The 𝓡Italian tested a new fuel tank during the Jerez test which he called ‘a little bit more slender’ than the previous version. 

"We needed this test and we made the most of it," claimed the former Moto2 rider. "The work done during the weekend has naturally carried over to the test; w♋e concentrated on the feeling with the bike and I think it was a good day. 

"Even though the times don’t show it (the wind affected his outing on soft �ꦗ�tyres), I feel the bike is a bit more mine. 

"I was also able to try a new ta✅nk, a little bit more slender: as it often happens, I liked it on som🌟e aspects and liked it less on others."