168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder’s brilliant ride in Barcelona ensured he ended 2024 as MotoGP’s top non-Ducati rider.

The factory KTM rider secured fifth-placed in the championship, behind Ducati quartet Jorge Martin,💖 Pecco Bagnaia, Marc Marquez and Enea Bast𓂃ianini.

Perhaps crucially,🧸 Binder edged fellow KTM rider Pe♔dro Acosta in the final grand prix in the battle for fifth in the standings.

Acosta will graduate from Tech3 to the factory team in 2025 but Binder, ꦗat l🔥east, has laid down an early marker.

But he joked: “To be honest, it was for a world꧃ title, it’d be a different story!

“Fifth is cool. I wanted more.

“I’ve finishedꦍ sixth a couple of times, fourth once, now fifth once. I seem to be hovering in this area.

“It would be nice to go forward from here…”

While the standings proveꦓ that KTM are established as Ducati’s nearest contenders, they have endured a disappointing year.

It was Aprilia’s Ma🉐verick Vinales who became the only non-Ducati rider to win a Sunday race.

Binder♑ reflected: “It’s safe to say🧜 that it’s been an adventure. We all expected more.

“Myself and KTM, we all wanted more this season.

“Unfortunately it has beenꦅ more tricky than anticipated.

“We gave our all regardless, whe🐭ther we finished 10t𝕴h or got near a podium.

“I am happy with the effort put in.

“This isn’t our place where we’ll stay. We will go forwards from heꦓre.”

Binder charged from 18th on the grid to finisꦰh sixth in the Solidarity Barcelona MotoGP. Acosta could only manage 10th.

“Overall, I had a pretty good Sunday, to be hon♍est,” Binder said.

“The guys made some fine-tuning from yesterday and the bike worke🙈d really we🧔ll. I was super happy.

“In the race, I tried my best not to abuse my rear tyre. It left me with some rear tyre at the e♏nd.

“It was good to have ༺a comeback from 18th t⛄o eighth, it was quite an adventure.

“I was super happy to make it ♛to the end with the tyre, that was the big thing today.

“I was prepar𝓀ing the exits to pick it up, and not sp⛦in the tyre. That was my goal for today, to make time on the brakes then pick it up as soon as possible.

“It’s cool to finish fifth in the championship. Considering what a crazy year we’ve had, it’s awesജo🦹me.”