The second round of the 2022 MotoGP championship was thrown into disarray when the heavens opened and soaked the track. Not surprisingly, this had implications for every rider, some bad, some good.

MotoGP Indonesia: Rain, The Great Leveller

If there is one thing that rain can almost guarantee, it is that the results of any race will be a bit topsy-turvy. That was certainly the case at the Indonesian round of the 2022 MotoGP championship.

Whilst the Moto3 and Moto2 races were run in the dry, before the MotoGP grid could form, the heavens opened and completely flooded the track. It was only over an hour later that the track was deemed 'dry' enough for the race to get under way.

Before that happened, however, Marc Marquez suffered an horrendous high-side crash in Sunday morning's Warm Up practice that ruled him out of the race with concussion, a diagnosis that has now been revised to include a return of the diplopia, or double vision which could see him miss the next race as well or possibly, even more races.

The race itself was fascinating, with Jack Miller's Ducati leading the early stages with Miguel Oliveira's KTM right up his exhaust pipe. Oliveira soon got past and sailed off into the distance to take an untroubled win.

Behind him, however, things were really hot. Quartararo failed to convert his pole position into the lead and looked as if he was heading the wrong way down the field. He halted the rot when lying sixth and, from there, managed to work his way back to second at the end, with Johann Zarco beating Miller to the last place on the podium.

But the real story of the race was a fantastic midfield battle in which two-race-old rookie Darryn Binder was making lots of other riders - who should know better - rather silly. Having started right at the back of the grid, he moved inexorably through the pack and getting as high as eighth before finally finishing tenth.

What that gave us was the sight of Binder Junior on a satellite Yamaha overtaking Binder Senior on his factory KTM - among many others, of course! To be fair, Binder Senior did recover to finish eighth himself which, in itself was no mean feat as his ride height lowering system had failed on the start line, leaving his bike in its lowest suspension setting. In those conditions, that was a heroic ride.

Let's not miss the point, also, that while Darryn Binder was mixing it with the established stars, fellow-rookie - and the rider who needed to have a 'word' with Binder after the first race in Qatar - Remy Gardner - finished dead last! Sometimes justice is best served soaking wet!

So, kudos to the Binder Brothers. With Binder's team mate winning the race and Brad finishing ahead of first race winner Bastianini, that means that Binder lies only two points off the lead of the championship and KTM tops the constructor's table for the first time in its short history.

What is even more interesting is that pre-season favourite Pecco Bagnaia has but a single point and now lies 29 points off the lead, while last year's champion Quartararo has hauled himself up to third, just three points off the lead. How do Ducati manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory so often?

It's shaping up to be a fascinating season and we can only hope that Marc Marquez recovers quickly enough to still fight for the championship and Ducati can get their act together.