Technical update has helped Binder as he heads to Catalonia

Red Bull KTM says Brad Binder's revival in the second half of the MotoGP season is down to a technical update that finally allowed him to return to "his old strengths".

- Jaco van der Merwe

Binder (right) started the season with all sorts of problems on his RC16. But since the summer break, Binder's newfound confidence has seen him record two solid seventh places in Austria and Hungary which puts him in good stead ahead of this weekend's Catalonia Grand Prix.

Sebastian Risse, KTM's technical director, told the MotoGP website that an update in Spielberg was key to Binder's revival.

"Now we start to see the old Brad. Last year we had rear tyre degeneration and the front was not solid any more.