Darryn Binder’s bid to improve his overall positioning on day-tw🐈o of the Sepang MotoGP test♓ ended in vain after finishing 25th.

While Binder did improve his pace by nearly a full second during today’s final day, the Sou🌜th African was still half aඣ second shy of Franco Morbidelli in 24th. 

Despite his positioning on the timing sheets, Binder was pleased with the ‘overall’ performance, while afternoon rain at Sepang provided a chance for the 24 year-old to coജmplete his first laps with the Michelin wets, something that left the RNF Yamaha ℱrider initially ‘quite scared’.

Speaking after day-two, Binder added: "Unfortunately, just after lunch it started to rain, but being a rookie that was great because it gave me a c🐈hance to go out on the wets for the first time ever on a big bike. That was very interesting. 

"I was quite scared to go ou🌳t but it was fun and I enjoyed it. In my eyes it’꧙s been a very positive two days. 

"We got faster and faster and that’s exactly what I wanted to do. I would have liked to be even faster, but anyway, you gotta walk before yo♉u run. I felt like these two days were very positive."

During the two-day test Binder also got his first iཧmpression of riding with other riders, including team-mate Andrea Dovizioso which he called 'really cool' alt♏hough the turbulence was 'insane' and made it very easy to make mistakes. 

"Yesterday I got out once or twice and rode a little bit bꦗehind Dovi. I wasn’t super close but just in the distance," said Binder "This morning I actually got behind a couple of guys and🎃 that was very interesting. 

"When you want to do a fast lap it’s ac𒁏tually more difficult when you get behind someone because you know the slipstream is going to suck you in and you can make a mistake. When I wanted to go fast I was better off on my own. I mean eඣven being passed. 

𓄧"I got passed on the straight today and the turbulence from the bike when it gets in front of you is really insane. 

"It’s definitely about getting used to things and learning things. I got to a poi♈nt where I was doing okay lap times and if t💎he guys weren’t on brand new tyres then I could ride amongst them. That was really cool. I enjoyed that."