Binder is hoping for a fresh start

MOTOGP: SEEKING TO RECAPTURE EARLY SEASON FORM

- Jaco van der Merwe

Brad Binder hopes his Red Bull KTM team can start on a clean slate when the MotoGP season resumes at Silverstone this weekend after a four-week summer break.

Binder started the season like a man possessed by recording two runner-up places at the Qatar Grand Prix. But the first half of the season went pearshaped as the RC16 struggled to keep up to the high-flying Ducatis and Aprillias at times.

The KTM rider has not been on the podium in a sprint or main race since Doha and finds himself seventh in the MotoGP title race on 108 points. Ducati quartet Pecco Bagnaia (212), Jorge Martin (202), Marc Marquez (166) and Enea Bastianini (155) are the current top four in the championship.