KTM came away from Satuܫrday’s sprint at the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix without points, with Brad Binder calling it “the worst race of my life”.

The Austrian manufacturer has not had a good start to the 2025 season,𝕴 as the changes it has made to its RC16 for this year have seemingly wiped out the bike’s strong po🎃ints.

To boot, KTM riders have continued to struggle with rear chatter ♑problems, which is an issue that has carriಞed over from 2024.

Last year’s Qatar GP proved to be a good event for KTM, as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder managed to get onto the podium in both races.

But in Saturday’s sprint, the brand’s riders combined to score no points, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maverick Vinales its leading runner in 10th - 12.554s off race🥃 winner Marc Marquez.

All KTM riders elected to go with the soft rear tyre, which backfired as Vinales and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta both tumbled out of the poওints in the closing stages of the 11-lap contest.

Binder was last ofꦗ the KTM quartet in 14th, and say꧂s the tyre choice “was the last of my problems” as rear chatter sent him off track numerous times trying to avoid crashes.

“F🍎or sure definitely not the right choice of t🦋yre, but that was the last of my problems to be honest,” he said.

“I had four times I went over the outside ෴kerb and off the track.

“So, probably the worst race of my life for sure.

“Definitely not a good one, bu💟t it is what it is. It was a littl♏e bit tricky and for tomorrow we need to try to get things under control.”

Acosta began the Qatar weekend🍨 in positive form, branding Friday as his best day of the season so far.

But he could only manage 12th in qualifying, while “critical” chatter issues in the sprint sa🐠w him miss out on the points in 11th.

“Horrendous, to be honest,” said Acosta, whose future ꦯat KTM remains a talking point amidst its struggl♏es.

“We tried things from last year and they worked really o𒀰k in the braking, which is where I really suffered ♒a lot in Austin.

“But the chatter that we🌠 have now is really critical. For this, we have to check what we can d🔜o.”