Brad Binder admits he has a lot of ‘homework’ to improve his pace at KTM as he continues to lag behind team-mate Pedro Acosta.
The Binder P10’s last outing at the Hungarian Grand Prix was one of its best results this year. His best finish remains P7 – achieved at the season opener in Thailand as well as the Catalan GP.
The South African has three top-six finishes since last season, while Acosta has scored eight podiums in the same period.
Brad Binder honest about his form on KTM
Tech3 rider Enea Bastianini finished ninth at Balaton Park to equal the points. binding (48 in one) Acosta scored more (138) than the 3 KTM competitors behind him (102).
Binder felt he had made a discovery. In Barcelona, ​​however, the results were mediocre: 11th, 11th, 16th, 10th including Sprints.
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As the South African looks forward to an even more exciting weekend in Brno, where he took his first MotoGP win, he remains confident of how he can open up the pace without compromising the RC16.
“I thought I would be stronger in Hungary and I expected more,” Binder said. “I lost speed because I had to work a lot harder to keep up. Still 10th.”
“I have a lot of homework to do to find ways to improve. It’s no fun fighting for tenth place.
“We’ll have more fun in Brno. There’s no other race track like it – a really cool circuit.”
Binder is fighting for MotoGP in the future. In the next two rounds, KTM is obliged to inform the riders about their futures by the end of this month.
It has been widely reported Maverick Vinales is ahead of Binder In the race for a seat – he will be at Tech3 rather than the factory team – but he still needs to prove he can achieve top form after a year’s injury lay-off.
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