KTM came away from Saturday’s sprint at the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix without points, with Brad Binder calling it “t💦he worst race of my life”.

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

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

Last year’s Qatar GP proved to be a good event for KTM, as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales its leading runner in 𓃲10th - 12.554s off race winner Marc Marquez.

All KTM riders elected to go with the soft rear tyre, which backfired as Vinales and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta🙈 both tumbled out of the points in the closing✃ stages of the 11-lap contest.

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

“For sure definitely not the right choice of tyre, but that was the last of my problems to be honest,” he sa🌄id.

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

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

“Definitely not a goo𒅌d one, but it is what it isꦗ. It was a little bit tricky and for tomorrow we need to try to get things under control.”

Acosta began the Qatar weekend in positive form, branding Fridayඣ as his best day of the seaso🌠n so far.

But he could only manage 12th in qualifying, while “critical” chatter issues🎀 in the sprint saw him miss out on the ꩲpoints in 11th.

“Horrendous, to be honest,” said Acosta, whos🐎e future at KTM remains a talking point amidst its struggles.

“We tried ꦆthings from last year and they worked really ok in the braking, which is where ▨I really suffered a lot in Austin.

“But the chatter that we have now is really critical. Foꩵr this, we have to check what we can do.”