KTM MotoGP te🌃st rider Pol Espargaro believes “we need to give some credit” to Brad B♌inder’s 2024 season even if it didn’t feature many standout results.

Binder has been a darling of the KTM stable since his title winning year in Moto3 in 2016, with the South African fighting for championships in Moto2 and winning in Moto🍒GP jus🌳t three races into his career.

He has also finished as top KTM rider in the standings since 2021 and has been top no🌸n-Ducati runner in the championship two years in a row.

Binder only scored two podiums across the 20-round 2024𒉰 campaign, both ⭕of them coming in the opening weekend of the season in Qatar, but consistent top eight results ensured he finished fifth in the standings.

He ended up two points clear of KTM stablemate Pedro Acosta, who achieved nine podဣiums across sprints and grands prix in his rookie season.

Espargaro, who has been serving as an official KTM test rider in 2024, says Binder’s consistency is something hard to achieve in the modeꦕrn MotoGP era and deserves a lot of credit.

“The most difficult thing in MotoGP is to stay consistent on the results,” Espargaro told MotoGP’s🌜 world feed during the ꦑBarcelona test.

“Even if you have an amazing talent, like Brad is - he’s a serious guy. I was talking to someone, talkꦰing about that, how serious Brad is.

“Having Brad on the t♈eam, you know🃏 he’s always going to give 100%.

“He’s not gonna surr꧂ender ever. This is something that is amazing because he showed it during the year.

“For sure it was not the best year with the best podiums. Also, we need to recognise that KTM w๊as not 🐻at the level to perform as we wished.

“But he kept pushing, pushing, and he was fighting for the topꦇ five in the championship, which is amazing.

“Even in a season where you are not mat✨ching everything perfectly, to be top f🃏ive in the championship is just amazing.

“So, we need to give some credit to Br🧸𓄧ad. Brad is a hard worker, he’s super humble.

“He is a very good guy to do team building. Everyone loves him, not just becꦇause of his results but also because of his personality and this is something that is very difficult to find.”

Binder ꦡremains with the factory KTM squad until the end of 2026, with Acosta joining him next year for his sophomore season.