The South African came through Q1 in qualifying to put his RC16 seventh on the grid, and used this to springboard himself into podium contention at the start of Sunday’s 22-lap race.
Although pressuring eventual winner Enea Bastianini on the final lap for victory, Binder had to settle for runner-up spot – though only by 0.347 seconds and was still KTM’s best result in Qatar, having previously only gotten as high as eighth.
Having made such a strong start to 2022 on a KTM package that appears to be a marked improvement over its predecessor, Binder was keen to play down his chances of fighting for the championship this season.
“It’s one race, still early days,” Binder said.
“I think we have a lot of completely different tracks we need to go to and completely different scenarios we’re going to face in the future.
“We need to keep our feet on the ground and keep working.
“I think we’re far from where we need to be still, and we’re just going to keep grinding…
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