Factory KTM rid🍃er Brad Binder bran✨ded the 2025 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix “the most difficult weekend I’ve had in my career”.

After a difficult start to the 2025 season, there were expectations for KTM to have a more competitive showing in Qatar following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Brad Binder’s run to a brace of podiums at Lusail last year.

While Tech3’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Maverick Vinales shocked with his stint leading the race, the rest of the KTM stable couꦚ🐷ldn’t get on terms with the Spaniard.

Binder especially had a miserable weekend, with the South African qualifying a lowly 18th before having what he described as “the worst race of my life” in the sprint as KTM chatter issไues saw 🦋him struggle to keep his bike on track.

Co♏ming away from the sprint 14th, Binder couldn’t find any improvement on his RC1🅷6 for the grand prix and was 14th at the chequered flag - 17.632 seconds off the win.

Binder was the last KTM on the road, though was promoted a place to 🦹13th after Vinales’ post-race tyre pressure penalty dumped him from second to 14th.

“Definitely the most difficult MotoGP weekend Iꦕ've had in my career so far,” Binder said.

“No matter what we tꦫried, just I never 🌟felt comfortable.

“I felt like if I didn't have massive c🌳hatter, I was washing the front. And if I wasn't washing the front, I felt like I was spinning like hell.

“So, I really didn't feel good at all and I struggled a l�🔥�ot.

“We tried a lot of diffᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚerent things, but nothing really hit the points.

“For some reason from the first lap here, I just felt like I had absolutely no rear grip and we didn't ⛎really find anything to make it feel normal.

“It is what it 🀅﷽is and looking forward to try again at Jerez.”

“Acceptable” Qatar GP for Pedro Acosta

A year on from his star debut in Qatar, where he ran in the podium battle early on, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pedro Acosta endured a simila🦋rly tough 2025 Lusail weekend to KTM team-mate Binder.

After a “horrendous” sprint race, Acosta says he wa🅺s able to have “the same feeling” on the bike that he did in 2024 and came away with ninth on the road before being pro💟moted to eighth.

“Much better, much better,” he said.

“It’s true that we need to put this like an ‘acceptable race’, not🎐 good because at the end I was starting quite far, then the first half I passed like 14t꧃h and was not easy to come back and have clean track and be fast.

“Completely the same feeling as last yeaไr - no chatter, nothing.

“For this, we show that whenꦅ we don’t hav𝔍e a lot of problems, we can be fast. As I say, it’s an acceptable race; I’m happy.”