A positive start to the weekend was made for Binder and KTM, who were testing a new chass𝓀is throughout Friday practice.ꦰ 

The South African joined team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Miguel Oliveira in setting a ༺very competitive lap towards the end of FP2 which was enough to squeeze into the top ten positions. 

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But while speed was there, Binder was not totally impressed by the new chassis components, saying: "It had some positive points but some pretty big negatives as well. I was jumping between the two bikes today but tomorrow I think we𝕴 can focus more on just one and figure out how far we can push it. 

"The front-end feeling is quite different. It was not completely new but there were some very small changes. It wor🔜ked out quite okay and it seemed to help me a bit in the drive [area] but I lost a lot of feeling on the front and it felt more on the limit on the front-end. 

"We need to make some changes for tomorrow to try and set it up a little bit, but other than that it was a positive day.ღ"

Binder also achieved his top ten result without th♚e full use of his ride-height device which didn’t activate properly in sector three on both his fast laps. 

"I had a small issue and didn’t do something quite correct - I didn't get my ride-heig🌠ht device all the way up in C3 [corner three] - twice," said Binder. "Both of my time attacks were done in sector three with the ride-height device down so I lost a lot of time there but we weren’t far off."

Binder craving first MotoGP win of the season

The KTM rider, who is 30 points ahead of Oliveira in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP standings, has zero wins compared to the Portuguese r🔥ider’s two so far this season.

And given the fact Binder has won at least one race in all but one world championship season s😼ince 2016, the prospect of failing to add to that was described as ‘not good enough’ by the 🍃former Moto3 world champion. 

"F*ck! It’s been eati💛ng [away] at me," stated Binder. "It would be the first year in I don’t know how long that I haven’t won a race. It’s not good enough. Let’s make sure we can try and finish on a high."

While Binder has his own battle to take care of in the championship come Sunday’s Grand Prix - the KTM man still has a chance of overhauling future team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jack Miller for fifth - all eyes will be on title contenders 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo, a battle Binder ⛦is keen to 📖not ‘get involved’ with. 

"I think it would be great if they are more cautious and then hopefully they will be behind me," said Binder. "I don’t know! I don’t 🔯want to get involved and you don’t want to change the outcome but at the end of the day it’s a race and we need to fight."