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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 (age 30) Potchefstroom, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Brad Binder 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brad Binder (born 11 August 1995) is a South AfricanGrand Prix motorcycle racer competing forRed Bull KTM Factory Racing. He is the2016 Moto3 World Champion.
Previously, he had competed in the Moto2 class during 2019, with the Ajo KTM team,[1] finishing the championship in second place. Prior to moving up into Grand Prix level, Binder contested three seasons of theRed Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, with a best finish of fifth overall in the championship standings.
At the2016 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix in Jerez, Binder became the first South African to win a motorcycle Grand Prix sinceJon Ekerold won the 350 cc class at the1981 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix. From2017, Binder raced in the Moto2 class having agreed to a deal withAjo Motorsport.[2]
Binder's younger brotherDarryn is also a motorcycle racer, and competed alongside Binder in Moto3 in both 2015 and 2016.
Binder became the first, and so far, the only South African to win aMotoGP championship race at the2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, also becoming the first rider to win withKTM in the premier class, as well as being the first rookie to win in MotoGP sinceMarc Márquez at the2013 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas.
He began his motorsports career in go-karting in 2003. In 2005, he switched to two wheels, immediately winning several titles in the 50cc, 125cc and 150cc categories. In 2008, he made his international debut, competing in the Aprilia Superteens Series, a British competition. In his first race he finished in second place, but in the second race he crashed. In 2009, he raced in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup finishing 14th, in 2010 he finished 5th, and in 2011, he finished 7th.
Binder started his Grand Prix career in the 125cc class riding anAprilia forRW Racing GP in the2011 season with his bike number as 14. Binder finished the season pointless, with his best position being a 17th place in Indianapolis.
In 2012, he switched to theKalexKTM with his bike number changed to 41. Binder's first Moto3 point came at the2012 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix. 2012 was a crash-filled season for Binder, with seven crashes. Binder scored four times in the season, with his best result of fourth place coming in Valencia. He finished the season at 21st place with 24 points.
In2013, Binder switched from Kalex KTM toSuterHonda and later toMahindra with the team Ambrogio Racing. 2013 was a consistent year for Binder; he scored in 14 out of the 18 races, his best result being a fourth place at Spain; he finished the final standings at 13th place with 66 points. In2014, he improved with 2 podiums to 11th place.
In2015, Binder again switched teams to the KTM factory-supportedAjo Motorsport. His first season on the new machine was largely positive with regular points finishes and 4 podiums leading to an overall 6th place finish.
In the2016 season, he built on this success with 7 wins and 14 podiums en route to his first world championship, with a 142 point margin over 2nd place.
In2017, Binder moved up to the Moto2 class, continuing with Red Bull KTM Ajo. In his first season he achieved 3 podiums on the way to 8th place in the riders' standings; despite having an injury and being forced to miss a few rounds.
In2018, Binder improved with 3 wins and consistent points finishes to achieve 3rd place in the championship.
In2019, after a difficult start to the season for KTM with the newTriumph engine, Binder took 5 wins and 9 podiums to finish in 2nd place as the best KTM rider, just 3 points off championÁlex Márquez.
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Binder made his MotoGP debut withRed Bull KTM Factory Racing team in the2020 season.[1] Binder won his first MotoGP race at the third round of the season in Brno. This was also the first race win for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team in the premier class.[3]
Binder, along with KTM, had a rough start to the2021 season. Despite this, he maintained top ten positions and got into the top 5 four times, with two 5th places atPortimao andMugello and two 4th place finishes atSachsenring andAssen.
Binder scored a surprise home track victory for KTM at theAustrian MotoGP Grand Prix when, with 5 laps remaining and rain beginning to fall, he decided to take the chance of finishing the race on slicks while most other leading riders chose to pit and swap to motorcycles fitted with wet tires. The gamble paid off and despite extremely slick conditions and mostly ineffective brakes due to the wet and cold track surface, he was able to withstand a late charge byDucati riderFrancesco Bagnaia and win the race.
Binder stayed withRed Bull KTM Factory Racing team for a third consecutive season for the2022 World Championship.[4] He started off the year with an overachieving 2nd place finish at theQatar Grand Prix.[5] From then on, Brad has been a consistent top 10 finisher, with a tendency to perform better in race trim than in qualifying trim, as has been the case with his teammateMiguel Oliveira.[6] He attained his first ever top 3 qualifying result in MotoGP at the2022 Japanese Grand Prix, which he followed up with his second podium finish of the season, in 2nd position. Thefinal round of the season also saw Binder finish on the podium, with second position and the fastest lap of the race.
Binder signed a contract withRed Bull KTM Factory Racing in June 2021, to remain with the team for the2023 World Championship and 2024.[7] He showed his class by winning the sprint race in Argentina at the 2nd race of the season coming from 15th on the grid, and ended the season with 5 podium finishes in Spain, Great Britain, Austria, Thailand, and Valencia, ending the season in 4th, the highest placing for a non-Ducati rider.[8]
On the weekend of the2023 Austrian round, Binder extended his contract, which keeps him there until the end of 2026.[9]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SPA1 13 | SPA2 10 | ITA Ret | NED 16 | GER Ret | GBR 15 | CZE1 11 | CZE2 14 | 14th | 17 | ||||||
| 2010 | SPA1 4 | SPA2 Ret | ITA 3 | NED1 7 | NED2 7 | GER1 2 | GER2 2 | CZE1 7 | CZE2 4 | RSM Ret | 5th | 109 | ||||
| 2011 | SPA1 2 | SPA2 Ret | POR1 1 | POR2 17 | GBR1 15 | GBR2 Ret | NED1 10 | NED2 20 | ITA 10 | GER1 2 | GER2 9 | CZE1 12 | CZE2 10 | RSM Ret | 7th | 95 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SuterHonda | JER | NAV | ARA | CAT | ALB1 | ALB2 | VAL 1 | 17th | 25 |
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125cc | Aprilia | RW Racing GP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | – |
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| 2012 | Moto3 | KalexKTM | RW Racing GP | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 21st | – |
| 2013 | Moto3 | SuterHonda | Ambrogio Racing | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 13th | – |
| Mahindra | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| 2014 | Moto3 | Mahindra | Ambrogio Racing | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 11th | – |
| 2015 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 6th | – |
| 2016 | Moto3 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 18 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 319 | 1st | 1 |
| 2017 | Moto2 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 8th | – |
| 2018 | Moto2 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 201 | 3rd | – |
| 2019 | Moto2 | KTM | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 19 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 259 | 2nd | – |
| 2020 | MotoGP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 11th | – |
| 2021 | MotoGP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 6th | – |
| 2022 | MotoGP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 6th | – |
| 2023 | MotoGP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 293 | 4th | – |
| 2024 | MotoGP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 5th | – |
| 2025 | MotoGP | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 11th | – |
| Total | 258 | 17 | 46 | 7 | 14 | 2353 | 1 | ||||
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st pod | 1st win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125cc | 2011 | 2011 Indianapolis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moto3 | 2012–2016 | 2012 Qatar | 2014 Japan | 2016 Spain | 88 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 677 | 1 |
| Moto2 | 2017–2019 | 2017 Qatar | 2017 Australia | 2018 Germany | 52 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 585 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2020–present | 2020 Spain | 2020 Czech Republic | 2020 Czech Republic | 113 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1091 | 0 |
| Total | 2011–present | 258 | 17 | 46 | 7 | 14 | 2353 | 1 | |||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
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