The South African rider qualified second and ran in the same position for much of Saturday's race, only dropping out of the podium fight when he was passed by eventual winner Johann Zarco on the penultimate lap.
Binder was closing in on Jorge Martin, who was the only frontrunner at Phillip Island to risk the soft rear tyre, when the sister Pramac Ducati of Zarco forced his way by at the right-hand hairpin of Turn 4 (Miller Corner), giving Francesco Bagnaia and Fabio Di Giannantonio the chance to pass as well.
