168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder dazzled during the MotoGP sea✱son opener in Qatar, but the following 19 rounds were🍸 somewhat barren.

A pair of c꧅lose second places at Lusail suggeꦜsted 2024 might be the long-awaited season for a Binder/KTM title challenge.

But the South African didn’t🐼 reach the rostrum agai✃n in the following 38 races.

Not only did the RC16 lose touch with the Ducatis but Binder endured a ‘record’ 19 accid🥂ents and some qualiꦡfying nightmares, including last on the grid at Le Mans.

Nonetheless, he dug in and still emerged with fifth in⛦ the world championship, just one place lower than last year and - again - was best of the non-Ducat𒊎i riders.

However, he scored 76 fewer points than in 2023.

“Look, it's super clear we all expected more this season,” Binder said during an exclusive interview with wuqian0821.com.

“The reality of the situation i꧒s that we'v♍e been struggling a little bit more than would have liked.

“No oneꦑ's super happy𒉰 where we are, that's for sure.

“But the ent෴ire team and people back at the factory are giving such a massive effort that itও brings me a lot of comfort.

“I’🧜ve a really good feeling we're nꦺot going to be here for long.”

One of the puzzles of the season 🧔is why Binder and KTM 🌃were so strong in Qatar, leaving the weekend between eventual title rivals Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, then dropped away.

After scoring 29 out ꦦof 37 points in Lusail, Binder'sꦉ next-best weekend saw him take 17 points at Aragon.

Part of the answer, Binder indicated, was that the Ducatis were held back by chatter from the revised Michelin rear tyr🐈e at Lusail. His RC16 seemed immune, but the situation was soon reversed.

“Well, to be honest, I realised in Qatar that during the race, I saw the guys around me had massive chatter and we had none!” said Binder, who finished as the only KTM in an all-Ducati top s🌊even at Lusail.

“So I think they were losing a bit of time there for sure. I was able to catch up especially in two or three corners w♏here they would be chattering a lot. So that helped us a lot there I’d say.

“🎶And then after that it's clear that somehow they made a small step forward.”

🦂The douဣble MotoGP race winner also emphasised that he hadn’t got the best out of himself this year.

“There have been races 🔯where we've been really strong as well, but unfortunately I haven't put together a terrific year by any means either,” he said. “I’ve fallen off a lot, had some struggles, qualified last of all places in bl𒈔oody Le Mans!

“It's been a year full of challenges but to see we’re fifth in the championship - you would not expe𒅌ct to be there if you look at how things💛 have gone, the amount I’ve fallen off and all of that.

“And it's not just us struggling, a lot of other people have had a more dif𓄧ficult season than they would have anticipated.”

Indeed, like the rest of Ducati’s rivals, KTM never got fully on top of the ꦆrevised rear tyreꦡ.

“We’re still working it out, to be honest,” Binder said. “We’ve found some things th💟at seem to be working a bit better. 

"But the big thing at the minute is just trying to und❀erst⭕and exactly what we need to go faster.”

Part of tꦅhat🌟 process involved using the closing rounds to gather data for 2025.

“We're going to try a little bit different downforce and see if we can find anything that touches our problems,” he said 𒊎on the eve of the Sepang round.

One problem highlighted by Binder has been a l🐈ack of ‘roll speed’ in the corners.

“Yeah, for me we’re definitely losing a l🦩ittle bit more than we have in the past in the mid-corner roll speed,” he confirmed.

“So that's one thing we need to work on. But things are very complex - it's not so simple as just sayin♕g, ‘OK, that's our problem, do this and it's fixed!’”

Binder, who was sixth fastest at the Barcelona post-race test, will be back on the 202🅘5 KTM prototype at Sepang in February.