The Red Bull KTM ♒star, who took his second Sprint victory of the season on Saturday, was chasing Francesco Bag🍒naia as the pair headed into the famous final corner for the last time.

It’ꦛs been the scene of famous showdowns in the past; Valentino Rossi and Sete Gibernau in 2005, then Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez in 2013.

Both clashes are proudly celebrated on the wall of the Jerez media centre, alongside other fierce battles at the track between Mick Doohan and Alex Criv🌊ille in 1996, plus Lorenzo and D🥀ani Pedrosa in 2010.

But the Bagnaia-Binder contest wa🥀sn't to 🅠join them.

With plenty of Long Lap penalties already haꦰnded out for contact with other riders this season, including bo🎶th red flag incidents at the start of the Spanish races, Binder elected against launching a risky move.

“Nowadays racing isn’t how it used to be and the reality i♛s you get penalties if you make mistakes and hit people, so takes a bit of the f🌱un out of it, but I suppose it makes it safer,” said Binder, who crossed the finish line just 0.221s from Bagnaia’s Ducati.

“Defᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚinitely,” he replied when asked if the possibility of a penalty was on his mind heading iꦇnto the last corner.

“I mean, I’m not a guy that likes to leave anything on the table. I felt likജe🅷 I was almost close enough, but I wasn’t. So it would have been one of those ‘roll the dice and see what happens’ moments.

“But the thing is, with the way things are nowadays, it wouldn't be in your benefit to… It might work out fine, but there's a very good chanc𒅌e you might have a bit of contact.

“So that position you might gain would probably ꦕjust get taken away an🍸yway.”

Earlier in the race, Bagnaia was ordered to hand♛ a position back to Binder’s team-mate Jack Miller for a close pass at the 𝓡Turn 6 hairpin, which saw Miller take evasive action.

Binder added: “The reality is nowadays if you hit somebody, you're going to get some sort of penalty, so you’ve got to keep that in the back of your mind. And even though it's the last corner, the last lap, it doesn't ch💖ange anything.

“But anyway, on one hand, it's safer, for ♊sure. And it can work in your favour, depending on where you are [💖the rider ahead or rider being chased].”

MotoGP riders aඣre due to meet with the FIM Stewards to better understand the penalty criteria during next weekend’s 🌊French MotoGP at Le Mans.

Binder is third in the world championship, 25 points behind Bagnaia, wi♛th Marco Bezzecchi in b෴etween.