Brad Binder

Brad Binder
Binder at the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix
Nationality	South African
Born	(1995-08-11) 11 August 1995 (age 29) Potchefstroom, South Africa
Current team	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Bike number	33
Website	Brad Binder 33
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2020– Manufacturers KTM Championships 0 2023 championship position 4th (293 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 74 2 11 0 4 761 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017–2019 Manufacturers KTM Championships 0 2019 championship position 2nd (259 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 52 8 15 1 3 585 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2012–2016 Manufacturers Kalex KTM (2012) Suter Honda (2013) Mahindra (2013–2014) KTM (2015–2016) Championships 1 (2016) 2016 championship position 1st (319 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 88 7 20 6 7 677 125cc World Championship Active years 2011 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2011 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 5 0 0 0 0 0

Brad Binder (born 11 August 1995) is a South African Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He is most-known for winning the 2016 Moto3 World Championship. In November 2019 he was confirmed as Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider in MotoGP class for the 2020 season,^[1] replacing Johann Zarco who had abandoned his factory ride earlier during that year.

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 the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, with a best finish of fifth overall in the championship standings.

At the 2016 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix in Jerez, Binder became the first South African to win a motorcycle Grand Prix since Jon Ekerold won the 350 cc class at the 1981 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix. From 2017, Binder raced in the Moto2 class having agreed to a deal with Ajo Motorsport.^[2]

Binder's younger brother Darryn 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 a MotoGP championship race at the 2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, also becoming the first rider to win with KTM in the premier class, as well as being the first rookie to win in MotoGP since Marc Márquez at the 2013 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas.