With only one day of testing left before the opening round of the 2021 MotoGP season, KTM coꦑntinues to search for a better direction after Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira are P16 and P18 respectively. 

The Austrian team have struggledꦑ so far in Qatar, and with the RC16 seemingly not gelling with the Losail International Circuit, it could be a damage limitation start to the year for KTM. 

Both Oliveira and Binder completed around 🐲50 laps, but were +1.4s&nbs🍃p;down on the leader Maverick Vinales. 

While the race runs have been slightly better, 🅠they still remain some ways away from the podium pace as it currently stands. 

"I felt quite good on the bi😼ke to be honest. Unfortunately my feeling did not match the lap-time. We had the potential to go fast and the same as yesterday and we just couldn’t match our best package in the best sectors," said Oliveira.

"It’s still far from the top and it seems to be we are suffering a bit more, but we are doing all we can to come up with solutions and take the maximꩵum from this package."

So far we've seen all four KTM riders lingering at what would be the final points scoring places. And with that said, there has been no real breakthrough with new parts or the setup to give the ridersಌ and team a direction to go in. 

Oliveira added: "It꧑’s true. The general feeling is we have hit a wall. It doesn’t matter what we do to the bike, we ဣcan make it slightly better but it’s not quite there.

"It’s hard to win with every change we make everywher⛎e. It seems a bit hard at the moment but we don’t g𒀰ive up.

"We also tried a couple of parts and when you focus only on the set-up of the bike, then it is easier but it’s a mixed job here. We need to do the best 💖we can."

The 2018 Moto2 runner-up gav🃏e an indication in his media debrief after today, as to where the main struggles lie. 

"I would say the first corners are more tight and we need to force the bikeꦗ to turn and have grip at the same time.

"In fas꧙t flowing corners I feel our bike is more or less there. But when y🦩ou lose more than second at this kind of level, then you need a little bit of everything to catch up the time. I would say the first part of the track is where we are struggling at the moment."