In Saturday’s ♛Australian MotoGP Martin made a bold move🌠 whilst fighting for the title, which was to sit the soft rear tyre when only two others opted for the same.

With a drop in performance expected, Martin built an early lead and looked set to claim victory un🃏til the final few laps.

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Binder, wh🎃o was second for much of the race, was eventually pushed out of the podium place when he was o🐭vertaken by Johann Zarco.

But the KTM rider wasꦏn’t displeased with his P4 performance, af☂ter again finishing as the best non-Ducati rider.

“Overall, it was a really good day,” said Binder. “Unfortunately the last three laps weren♛’t that great. Apart from that it was good.ಞ 

“It was my best qualifying in MotoGP and at the st𝓡art I was really fast. I rode the bike well and did well to prote♈ct the tyre. 

“I was maybe being a little bit too cautious in the last sector trying to conserve the tyre. When Di Gia came past me I realised I was lo෴sing a lot of time there. 

“But once I fixed that I was a lot more competitive again. Unfortunately, when Zarco passed 🧜me I went from second to the back of the group and couldn’t find my way back𒅌 through. 

“It was a little bit tricky after that but I’m happy to have had a strong race. Much b♏etter than the last two and I learnt a lot.”

Binder also said post-race that he felt sorry for Martin after the Spaniard led the whole race, only to lose four🦹 pla🍌ces on the final lap. 

Binder added: “I co🔯uld see him coming back towards us and was focusing in front and not beꦛhind me. 

“He did a great job to push the soft that deep into the race with that pace. It was ဣreally impressive. 

“I feel a bit sorry for him because he dropped like a stone after leading the whole 🤡race.”