Despite having a difficult 2024 season Brad Binder believes it allowed him to learn 'how to handle certain situations.
The 2025 MotoGP World Championship will be Brad Binder's sixth season in the premier class, it will also be his sixth year with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team.
It is no secret that the 2024 season was a difficult season for the four KTM riders across the two teams. After two podiums at the start of the season in Qatar Binder failed to stand on the rostrum throughout the rest of the season.
After the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team launch on Thursday, the South African spoke to the media, including BSN, and was asked how he could help solve the Austrian manufacturer's issues in 2025.
"Last year came with a tonne of challenges, it is no secret that I wanted to do a lot better," Binder stated.
"At the end of the day considering how many challenges we had, how much I fell off, and how difficult times got during the season, I think I learnt a lot about myself and how to handle certain situations.
"Going into 2025 I want things to go a lot better than last season, there are some small things I need to change in my riding style. I need to be more direct with what I am doing and not as round and flowy.
"I think when you have a good offseason and time to absorb everything and what it is going on, it is easier to understand where I went wrong last year. I am really looking forward to getting started in Sepang and I want to be fighting way further up the field than I was last season."
The manufacturer that dominated the 2024 MotoGP World Championship was Ducati. The Italian manufacturer won 19 of the 20 Grands Prix that took place throughout the year.
If Binder and KTM want to win a World Championship, they need to match and pass Ducati. When questioned about the current gap to Ducati Binder gave a positive answer.
"I think it is different at many places, at some tracks I think we are right there and we are in with a shot," Binder explained.
"But at some tracks and other situations, it seems a lot more difficult. However, if you actually run the numbers and the gap per lap, it is really not that much.
"So, I’ve seen it before where gaps have looked like it’s a long way maybe but in reality when you make some small steps, like two, three small steps, at the end of the day that gap disappears and just shrinks.
"So, that’s our goal coming into this pre-season, especially with the testing coming up in Malaysia and Thailand. When we line up in Thailand, I want to be in the best form of my life."