Brad Binder has credited KTM’s much improved turning ability of the 2022 RC16 after claiming a first Qatar MotoGP p🌳odium. 

While today's podium was Binder’s joint second best result at🍃 the Lusail International Circuit - claimed P2 during the 2016 Moto3 season opener - it was also the Austrian manufacturer's maiden podium in Qatar. 

Binder, who started the ra♛ce from seventh, catapulted himself into victory contention with the best start of any rider. 

The South A♔frican called it 'u𓃲nbelievable' after he went from P7 to third on the run down to turn one. 

That’s despite not getting the best reaction according to Binder, who finishe🤡d just three tenths away from eventual race winner Enea Bastianini following a late charge.&nbജsp; 

"💟Unbelievable start! I didn’t exactly get the best reaction but as soon as I started shifting gears I got pulled in rea෴lly well to the guys in front of me," said a smiling Binder. 

"To slip into third place strai👍ght away was a huge be💦nefit. I was able to really stay calm at the beginning and be careful to protect the tyres because we knew it would be a bit on the limit, especially with the rear. 

"There was a point in the race where we were doing high 4s (1m 54s) and I thought I could go with this, but then Pol [Espargaro] went to low 4s and I tho🌱ught 'okay, I’m out of here then'. 

"I just tried to stay as co🦋nsistent as I could and pushed as hard as I could from the beginning. 

"When Enea came past I had nothing for him, I tried my best not t☂o over do it and not make any mistakes. Hats off to both guys here they did an incredible job. It was so difficult and the last two laps I pushed so hard to try and close up, but yeah, not quite enough."

When asked where the big gains have come from in or♔der for KTM to challenge at a track thaꦿt had previously been a bogey circuit, Binder was very clear, it’s 'turning'. 

B⛦inder said: "The bike turns [laughs]. No🐈rmally, especially last year; unless we were braking really hard then we struggled to get the front coming around at lean angle. 

"Now I can release the front brake and carry so much more corner speed. It makes such a huge difference.&nb🌄sp;

"It gives you so much more confidence becau✱se you don’t have to be on the limit at every corner."