Brad Binder is not getting carried away by his brilliant start to the 2022 MotoGP season as improvements still need to be made according🤪 to the KTM rider 

What we can say about ♚last weekend’s Qatar GP is thaಞt Binder is without question a title contender if he can keep his qualifying improvements up and KTM continues to supply a seemingly much better bike than that of 2021.  

Speaking in the aftermath of his and KTM’s first podium at Qatar in the prem💧ier class, Binder alluded to having much more margin to play with compared to last season, and that 'it’s a completely different motorbike'. 

Binder added: "To be honest, there are some things that are the same and some things that are completel🐭y different. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is. 

"But if we take our base setting f🧸rom before compared to what we’re using now then it’s a completely different motorbike. It’s clear that it’s working better and I’m more comfortable with it. 

"I think it gives us the opportunity, especially when we have less🎶 grip or things aren’t perfect or we are struggling, we have more margin and we don’t have to ride so on the limit. I’m really happy with 💖how the bike is working."

While♚ Binder was somewhat gifted second place due to Pol Espargaro making a mistake at turn one with four laps remaining, the South African was ൲never outside the top three throughout the 22-lap race. 

Binder was also helped by a fantastic start which saw him go from seventh to third by turn one, and although it wasn’t a first or second row start, it’s a consid𒐪erable step in the right direction compared🐠 to last season’s qualifying performances. 

So does that make Binder a title favourite, and more importantly does𒅌 he view himself that way at this early stage, well… the former Moto3 world champion 🍒still feels gains need to be made and that 'we need to keep our feet on the ground'. 

"It’s one race," added Binder. "It’s still very early days. I think we have a lot of completely different tra💫cks we need to go to and completely differen🎃t scenarios that we’re going to face in the future. 

"We need to keep our feet on the 🌄ground. I think we’re far fr𓄧om where we need to be still and I’m just going to keep grinding until we get there."