Several of those same riders were overtaken by Binder as he charged from 23rd to a high of 8th during a stunning we💟t weather race debut at Mandalika on Sunday, only his second MotoGP event.

"I was fighting against guys that have r🎃ace wins and this is my first time in the rain, so it gave me a nice feeling inside and I rea🔥lly enjoyed it," Binder said.

"But when I was passing these guys I was like, 'now is not the time to makeꦦ a silly mistake' because there's a lot of big names that I was trying to pass and if I make a mistake I'm going to get nailed for it again.

"That was definitely in m🔴y mind, but at the same time I feel like every𓃲one was fighting pretty hard and at the end of the day, it's a race."

Binder fought his way to the front of a nine-rider pack that also included older brother and double KTM race-winner Brad, keepingᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ them all at bay for three laps.

Then when 🍷Aleix Espargaro dived under Darryn on the penultimate lap,  Brad also took advantage, despite riding with a malfunctioning ride-height de𝓀vice.

"I 🐽was battling with the guys but by no means do I think I was out of control or in any way dirty. The closest to contact I had was when my brother swoped up the inside and I got a bit of a fright!" revealed the 24-year-old.

"When he passed me𒁃, he took an opportunity. Because Aleix passed me and I was a little bit wide trying to come back underneath Aleix and then Brad took the both of us, a two-for-one special!

"I think Brad was maybe a bit su💮rprised to see me up there in the race, but he was really happy for me."

Binder explained ♔that despite his MotoGP wet weather knowledge being restricted to some laps at the Sepang test, he&♍nbsp;felt instantly confident on Sunday.

"Already from the out-lap to the grid I was really impressed with the amount of grip the wet tyres had," he said. "I just kept pushing, kept pushing and then I started making a couple of pas൲ses and before I knew it I could see that I was in the points and I was catching t💖he guys in front of me.

"Later🍷 down the line I got past my brother which was super cool and towards the end of the race, once I got to the front of the group, I was struggling a little bit with the rear tyre.

"It definitely dropped a little bit and I wasn't able to push as much as I did in the beginning. So then it came down to the battle at the end,♏ just trying to fend the guys off because there were two laps to go and I wanted to be first in the group.

"My brother got the better of me and then I fought a littl𒀰e bit with Aleix so I wasn't able to get back with [Brad] and try and fight with him on the last lap.

"But overall it was a really go🧸od experience in the rain, I'm really happy with how things we🦩nt and I felt like I gave it a good shot.

"It's not always going to be this easy for me to fight for good results so for sure I was trying to ♓do my bestܫ. I would have loved to have finished eighth but anyway tenth is better than nothing for sure and I'm happy with how things went."

Binder was the top rookie by a comfortable seven places from Moto2 title runner-up Raul𒉰 Fernandez, as he also held off the likes of Qatar race winner Enea Bastianini, Repsol Honda's Pol Espargaro and Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia.

"I don’t really have anything to prove to anyone," Binder added. "At the end of the day I've been giv🦹en this opportunity and I'm trying to make the most of it. I'm trying to do my best in every session.

"Some of the practices I struggle a bit but I've always been a better racer than in practice. On race day I 🔴always ൲give my best no matter what the conditions are.

"I've been known to crash in the past but right now I feel like I haven’t even r🥂eached 80% of what this bike is capable of," he said of the 2021 A-spec Yamaha.

"Okay I𓆉'll make mistakes trying to find the way [in MotoGP], but I feel like in Moto3 I de🦩finitely over-rode sometimes because I wanted too much and was asking too much for [the equipment] I had.

"That's in the past and n✅ow I'm trying to learn and focus on moving forward. I need to remind myself it's not going to be this fun every weekend and it'll be back to reality next time in Arge🐈ntina."

RNF team founder and principal Razlan Razali, who ran the South African under the SRT banner in Moto3 last season, also faced criticism over his MotoGP rider ch💮oice, but they now lead the early Rookie of the Year standings by five points♚ over Moto2 champion Remy Gardner.

"On Dꦑarryn’s side, I ca🌳n just say ‘Wow!’" Razali said of the Mandalika race.

"T📖hat was an impressive rookie ride in tenth, fighting against many fast riders. His abil൩ity to ride in the rain was really spectacular and we are extremely happy with him!

"Let’s enjoy this moment with Darryn, who is the top rookie now and then we move on to Argent𓂃ina.”

Team-mate An🏅drea Dovizioso retired fr🌼om 13th due to an early technical problem.