Several of those same riders were overtaken by Binder as he charged from 23rd to a high of 8th during a stu🔯nning&nꦗbsp;wet weather race debut at Mandalika on Sunday, only his second MotoGP event.

"I was fighting against guys that have race wins and𝓰 this is my first time in the rain, so it gave me a nice feeling inside and I really enjoyed it," Binder🌺 said.

"But when I was passing these guys I was like, 'now is not the time to make a silly mistake' because ther𝔍e's a lot of big names that I was trying to pass and if I make a mistake I'm going t𒊎o get nailed for it again.

"That was definitely in my mind, but at the same ti🦂me I feel like everyone was fighting pretty hard and at the end of the day,ไ it's a race."

Binder fought his way to the front of a nine-rider pac♔k that also included older brother and double KTM race-winner💃 Brad, keeping them all at bay for three laps.

Then when Aleix Espargaro dived under Darryn on the penultimate lapඣ,  Bra🍒d also took advantage, despite riding with a malfunctioning ride-height device.

"I was battling with the guys but by no means do I think I was out of control or in any w♈ay dirty. The closest to contact I had was when my brother swoped up the inside and I got a bit of a frightಌ!" revealed the 24-year-old.

"When he passed me, he took an opportunity. Because Aleix passed me and I was a litt⭕le bit wide trying to come back underneath Aleix and the𒉰n Brad took the both of us, a two-for-one special!

"I think Brad was maybe a bit sur♚prised to see me up there in the race, but he was reallyꦡ happy for me."

Binder explained that despite his MotoGP wet weathe🔜r knowledge being restricted to some laps at the Sepang test, he felt instantly confident on Sunday.

"Already from the out-lap to the grid I was really impressed with the amount of g༒rip the wet tyres had," he said. "I just kept pushing, kept pushing and then I started making a couple of passes and before I knew it I could see that I was in the points and I was catching the guys i꧟n front of me.

"Later down the line I got past my brother which was super cool and towards the end𒅌 of the race, once I got to tꦚhe front of the group, I was struggling a little bit with the rear tyre.

"It definitely dropped a little bit and I wasn't able to push as much as I did in the beginning. So then it came down to the battle at the end, just trying to fend the guys off becaus𝐆e there were two laps to go and I wanted to be first in the group.

"My brother go💎t the better of me and then I fought a little bit 🍌with Aleix so I wasn't able to get back with [Brad] and try and fight with him on the last lap.

"But overall it was a 🦋really good experience in the rain, I'm really happy with how things🦋 went and I felt like I gave it a good shot.

"It's not always going to be this easy for me to fight for good results so for sure I was trying to do my best. I would ♊have loved to have finished eighth but anyway tenth is better than nothing for sure and I'm happy with how t𓄧hings went."

Binder was the top rookie by a comfortable seven pl❀aces from Moto2 title runner-up Raul Fernandez, as he also held off the likes of Qatar race winner Enea Bastianini, Repsol Honda's Pol Espargaro and Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia.

"I don’t really have anything to prove to anyone," Binder added. "At the end of the day I've been given this oppo💦rtunity and I'm trying to make the most of it. I'm trying to do my best in every session.

"Some of the practices I struggle a bit but I've always๊ been a better racer than in practice. On race day I always give my best no matter what the conditions are.

"I've been known to crash in the past but right now I feel like I haven’t even reached﷽ 80% of what this bike is capable of," he said of the 2021 A-spec Yamaha.

"Okay I'll make mistakes trying to find the way [in MotoGP], but I feel like in Moto3 I definitely over-rode sometimes because I wanted too much and was༺ asking too much for [the equipment] I had.

"That's in the past and n♍ow I'm trying to learn and focus on moving forward. I need to remind myself it's not going to be this fun every weekend and it'll be back🅰 to reality next time in Argentina."

🌜RNF team founder and principal Razlan Razali, who ran the South African under the SRT banner in Moto3 last season, also faced criticism over his MotoGP rider choice, but they now lead the early Rookie of the Year standings by five points over Moto2 champion Remy Gardner.

"On Darryn’s꧋ side, I can just say ‘Wow!’" Razali said of the Mandalika race.

"That was an impressive rookie ride in tenth, fighting agai꧅nst many fast r🅺iders. His ability to ride in the rain was really spectacular and we are extremely happy with him!

"Let’s enjoy this moment with Darryn, wh💧o is the top rookie now and then we move on to Argentina.”

Team-mate Andrea Dovizioso retired from 13th due to﷽ an early technical 𝓀problem.