Binder was a highly rated rookie when he stepped up to MotoGP in 2020 with the factory KTM team, having won the Moto3 crown in 2016 and runner-up in Moto2 in 2019.
The South African showed podium pace in his first race at Jerez in 2020 and would score a historic maiden win for KTM just three rounds into his MotoGP career at Brno.
But he considers that things were easier for him as a rookie than they are now for the new crop stepping up.
“I remember stepping into MotoGP and struggling at the first test,” he said.
“And then I got to the first race and thought ‘I’m super-fast’. And I ended up crashing a lot.
“But I would remember just rolling, always feeling like I could outbrake people, do funny things, and then you realise that they are saving tyres or something.
“You kind of catch these surprises along the way. But I think it’s always exciting at the beginning, you’re racing against the guys you looked up to.
Source: Autosport