Brad Binder: KTM "edge grip is definitely better" after Jerez MotoGP test

Brad Binder confident c🔯hassis tweaks found during Jerez MotoGP test will aid Le Mans perform༒ance.

Brad Binder
Brad Binder

Red Bull KTM’s technical director Sebastian Risse said the factory’s priority at Monday’s Jerez MotoGP test was to “stabilise what we’ve been doing” by taking each rider’s current RC16 preference and checking it “with the othꦿer guys.”

"There has been a lot of learning in the Grand Prix races so far this season," Risse explained. "So at this test we wanted to stabilise what we’ve been doing and take from each rider their preferences ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚand check it with the other guys.

"This part went well and we’re happy about that. We are also working for the future in terms of aero homologation, chassis and electronics: in a💃ll these areas we made gains with d💜ata."

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pedro Acosta, seventh in the grand🐬 prix, was fifth overall at the test, despite an early crash.

"A good day. We tried many things, and it was not an evolution but an improvement, for sure," Acosta said🐲. "I was a bit wide for the crash; that was a disaster, but we got back to work. Monday tests are usually quite easy to be fast, for the grip, so not a real race situation. Let’s see the comm꧅ents of the other guys."

Pedro Acosta
Pedro Acosta

Acosta’s best lap placed him168澳洲5最新开奖结果: not far behind Tech3 KTM’s Maver✱🤡ick Vinales, who continued his momentum on the RC16 by taking𒈔 second, 0.3s behind Ducati’s Marc Marquez.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Brad Binder and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Enea Bastianini also impressed ꦦthrough th𒁏e speed traps, helping KTM claim four of the top five places for highest top speed. 

The RC16's proven engine performance also prompted Ac𒀰osta to try a smaller fairi꧟ng, aimed at "A bit more agility. A little bit lighter. It's not that fast [on the straight], but normally we have a good engine," he said.

Binder, who ended the day 13th fastest, focused his programme 🤡on solving the edge grip ♌limitations that held him back during the Spanish Grand Prix.

"Testin💙g has been good. We tried some different chassis modifications and it feels pretty positive and it has definitely helped my weakest point from the weekend, which was edge grip," said Binder. "My drive is slightly better, my feeling is coming along."

To ensure accurate feedback despite the heavy rubber laid down over the weekend, Binder made his bac🎐k-to-back comparisons ea﷽rly in the day.

"I did a comparison this morning before there were too many people out on track and I jumped back and forward a few times [between bikes] and clearly there was something there," h♌e added.

"The stuff from this morning I am pretty confident with, so I’d say we can go ahead [for the next round at 𓂃Le Mans]."

"We have been waiting for this day for a while because we’ve had to test during the last few races," said team manager Aki Ajo. "We had time and the conditions to look at more items and ideas. Dani [Pedrosa] will also continue ri♉ding tomorrow [T🐲uesday].

"We had new material to collect information as well as the work on settings. Th🎃e wind disturbed us a bit…but it’s been a productive test."

T♎hen team heads to the French Grand Prix on 9–11 May with Acosta and Binder holding tenth and eleventh in the world championship.

KTM are third in the con♓structors’ standings, having lost valuable p꧃oints with Vinales’ Qatar post-race penalty.

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