The KTM rider was only 21st following the opening day of action, however, the two-tiཧme MotoGP race winner found nearly a full second i⭕n order to finish the penultimate day of MotoGP testing at Sepang in tenth place.

A damp morning was then followed by a brief spell of track action in dry conditions, before more rain led to the leaderboard remaining unchanged during t🅷he closing hours.

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But despite missing out on a considerable amount of dry track-time, Binder b🍨elieves KTM have found a direction on his side of the garage.

"Not a lot of riding today," added Binder. "I was sat in the box for a couple of hours this morning and then when we did go I felt good 🐷straight away. Was so nice to put in better tyres than yesterday. I can’t complain. 

"We tried a couple of di♐fferent things which felt good and we found a good direction but we needed a few more runs to play with it a bit. Unfortunately the🦩 rain came down but when the rain came down I felt strong as well."

Binder w💧as seen testing a new fairing that included new diffusers on the f༒ront-end in a bid to improve turning, however, the South African felt very little difference. 

Binder sꦦaid: "Honestly, I was ju🦩st trying to figure out what they were for. I didn’t feel much of a difference. 

"Basic꧟ally we just played with the balance of the bike. Yesterday we just threw parts at the thing and figured out what we liked. 

"We kind of put that together a l💛ittle bit and today was just about narrowing that down. We tried to get a little bit more stability on the brakes and throttle to make the bike൲ a little bit less nippy." 

Key to KTM’s potential success in 𒐪2023 will be sorting out their qualifyi🐷ng woes which have impacted the Austrian manufacturer majorly over the last few seasons.

But after choosing not to set a time attack on day on🍃e, Binder will now have to wai♛t until Sunday.

"♔I planned on putting in a new tyre to see what we could really do but it’s complicated at this track because tyre drop is so huge," added Binde💎r. 

"By the time you get to the end of the tyre you are two-and-a-half seconds slower and you’re doing that th💎e whole afternoon, the whole morning and then when you put in a new one you kind of don’t have any references. 

"It was tricky but I'm really loo🔴king forward to putting in another one and seeing what we can do."