Brad Binder

Brad Binder

Nation:	South Africa
Motorcycle world championship
Status:	active ( MotoGP )
Start number:	33
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 148 16 7th 11
World title:	1
World Cup points:	1290
Podiums:	36
Status: 2020 Czech Grand Prix
According to class (es): 125 cc class First start: Indianapolis Grand Prix 2011 Last start: 2011 Valencia Grand Prix Constructors 2011  Aprilia World Cup balance no World Cup placement Starts Victories Poles SR 5 - - - World Cup points: - Podiums: - Moto3 class First start: 2012 Qatar Grand Prix Last start: 2016 Valencia Grand Prix Constructors 2012  Kalex - KTM  • 2013–2014  Mahindra  • 2015–2016  KTM World Cup balance World Champion ( 2016 ) Starts Victories Poles SR 88 7th 6th 7th World Cup points: 677 Podiums: 20th Moto2 class First start: 2017 Qatar Grand Prix Last start: 2019 Valencia Grand Prix Constructors 2017-2019  KTM World Cup balance Vice World Champion ( 2019 ) Starts Victories Poles SR 52 8th 1 3 World Cup points: 585 Podiums: 15th MotoGP class First start: 2020 Spanish Grand Prix Constructors 2020  KTM World Cup balance Newcomers Starts Victories Poles SR 3 1 - 1 World Cup points: 28 Podiums: 1

Brad Binder (born August 11, 1995 in Potchefstroom ) is a South African motorcycle racer and world champion in the Moto3 class.

Career

The 170 cm tall binder began his racing career in national championships. In 2009 (14th place overall), 2010 (3 podium places; 5th place overall) and 2011 (1 victory; 7th place overall) Binder started in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup .

In 2011 he made his first appearance in the 125 cm³ class of the motorcycle world championship .

Motorcycle world championship

Moto3 class

In 2012 Brad Binder started his first full season in the Motorcycle World Championship. He rode in the RW Racing GP team on a Kalex - KTM in the newly created Moto3 class. This year, fourth place in Valencia was his best result. At the end of the season he finished 21st overall. In the 2013 season, Binder moved to the Ambrogio Racing team . He could this year, in the first eleven races still on a Suter - Honda and the rest of the season then on a Mahindra improve to 13th place overall. In 2014 , Binder stayed with the team. His first place on the podium came in second at the German Grand Prix . Which, until then, was the best result for Mahindra. With another podium position, Binder finished eleventh overall at the end of the season.

2015 he transferred to the team Red Bull KTM Ajo of Aki Ajo . There he rode a KTM. His teammates were the Czech Karel Hanika and the Portuguese Miguel Oliveira . With four podium places, Binder was sixth overall at the end of the season. In 2016 , Binder will again be part of Aki Ajo's team. This year the Dutchman Bo Bendsneyder is his teammate. Binder achieved his first pole position in Argentina . He was finally able to celebrate his first victory two races later in Spain at the Circuito de Jerez , although he had to start from 35th and last place after a penalty transfer. Binder was also victorious in the next two races; four more victories followed in the second half of the season. He finally won the world title four races before the end of the season.

Moto2 class

For the 2017 season, Binder switched to the Moto2 class but remained loyal to KTM and the team. In his first season he made three podiums and finished eighth in the World Championship. The year 2018 was even more successful, he won the races in Germany , Aragon and the Australian Grand Prix . In his second season in the Moto2 class, he finished third behind world champion Francesco Bagnaia and his teammate Miguel Oliveira, which meant that Ajo KTM also won the team title.

In 2019 he even won five races (including Aragon and Australia) and was runner-up in the world championship, just three points behind Álex Márquez .

MotoGP class

In the early summer of 2019 it was announced that Binder will be joining the MotoGP in 2020 . First he was supposed to compete for Tech3 KTM , alongside Oliveira, but after KTM factory rider Johann Zarco announced that he would be leaving KTM due to differences, Binder took over his place again, initially only with a one-year contract. Even before the start of the 2020 season, which was delayed to July 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it was announced that Binder will remain with the team in 2021. His first victory in MotoGP was the Czech Grand Prix .

statistics

title

• 2016 - Moto3 - World Champion on KTM
• 16 Grand Prix victories

In the motorcycle world championship

(Status: GP of the Czech Republic 2020)

season	class	team	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
2011	125 cc	RW Racing GP / Andalucia Banca Civica	Aprilia	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Moto3	RW Racing GP	Kalex - KTM	17th	-	-	-	-	-	24	21st
2013	Moto3	Ambrogio Racing	Suter - Honda / Mahindra	17th	-	-	-	-	-	66	13.
2014	Moto3	Ambrogio Racing	Mahindra	18th	-	1	1	-	1	109	11.
2015	Moto3	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	18th	-	1	3	-	3	159	6th
2016	Moto3	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	18th	7th	5	2	6th	3	319	World Champion
2017	Moto2	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	15th	-	2	1	-	2	125	8th.
2018	Moto2	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	18th	3	-	-	1	1	201	3.
2019	Moto2	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	19th	5	3	1	-	-	259	2.
2020	MotoGP	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	3	1	-	-	-	1	28	5.
total				148	16	12	8th	7th	11	1290	1 world title

Web links

Commons : Brad Binder  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brad Binder on the Official Motorcycle World Championship website.
• Official website (English)