Brad Binder

Brad Binder (born 11 August 1995, in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from South Africa competing in the Moto2 class, best known for winning the 2016 Moto3 World Championship. Prior to moving up to 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, Brad Binder became the first South African to win a motorcycle Grand Prix since Jon Ekerold won the 1981 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.

Binder's younger brother Darryn is also a motorcycle racer, and competed alongside Brad in Moto3 in 2015. Binder will race in the Moto2 Series in 2017, having agreed a deal with Ajo Motorsport.^[1]

Moto3 World Championship

2011

Binder started his Moto3 career in the 125cc class riding a Aprilia in the 2011 season with his bike number as 14. Binder finished the season pointless with his best position being a 17th place in Indianapolis.

2012

In 2012 started racing in the Kalex KTM with his bike number changed to 41. Binder's first Moto3 point came at the 2012 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix. 2012 has been a crash filled season for Binder with seven crashes. Binder scored four times in the season with his best result of fourth place came in Valencia. He finished the season at 21st place with 24 points.

2013

In 2013 Binder switched from KTM to Suter Honda and in the same year changed to Mahindra bike. 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.

Career statistics

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2011	125cc	Aprilia	Andalucia Banca Civica	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Moto3	Kalex KTM	RW Racing GP	41	17	0	0	0	0	24	21st
2013	Moto3	Suter Honda	Ambrogio Racing	41	17	0	0	0	0	66	13th
2013	Moto3	Mahindra	Ambrogio Racing	41	17	0	0	0	0	66	13th
2014	Moto3	Mahindra	Ambrogio Racing	41	18	0	2	0	1	109	11th
2015	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	41	18	0	4	0	3	159	6th
2016	Moto3	KTM	Red Bull KTM Ajo	41	18	7	14	6	3	319	1st
Total					93	7	20	6	7	677

By class

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
Total	2011–2016				93	7	20	6	7	677	1

Races by year

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos.	Pts
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT	SPA	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	CZE	IND 17	RSM	ARA	JPN 20	AUS 21	MAL Ret	VAL Ret		NC	0
2012	Moto3	Kalex KTM	QAT Ret	SPA Ret	POR 11	FRA Ret	CAT Ret	GBR 17	NED 20	GER Ret	ITA 24	IND Ret	CZE 20	RSM 16	ARA 16	JPN Ret	MAL 12	AUS 14	VAL 4		21st	24
2013	Moto3	Suter Honda	QAT 12	AME 9	SPA 4	FRA 8	ITA 14	CAT 12	NED 15	GER 9	IND Ret	CZE Ret	GBR Ret								13th	66
2013	Moto3	Mahindra												RSM 18	ARA 12	MAL 11	AUS 15	JPN 10	VAL 12		13th	66
2014	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 15	AME Ret	ARG 14	SPA Ret	FRA 14	ITA 9	CAT 6	NED 9	GER 2	IND 9	CZE 6	GBR 15	RSM 6	ARA 8	JPN 3	AUS 15	MAL Ret	VAL 9	11th	109
2015	Moto3	KTM	QAT 10	AME 5	ARG 5	SPA 3	FRA Ret	ITA 10	CAT 9	NED 7	GER 7	IND 8	CZE 3	GBR Ret	RSM 5	ARA Ret	JPN 17	AUS 3	MAL 2	VAL 4	6th	159
2016	Moto3	KTM	QAT 2	ARG 3	AME 3	SPA 1	FRA 1	ITA 1	CAT 2	NED 12	GER 8	AUT 2	CZE Ret	GBR 1	RSM 1	ARA 2	JPN 2	AUS 1	MAL 17	VAL 1	1st	319

References

↑ "Red Bull KTM Ajo take on Moto2 in 2017". Dorna Sports. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Danny Kent	Moto3 World Champion 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent

125cc/Moto3 Motorcycle World Champions

1949 – N. Pagani

1950 – B. Ruffo
1951 – C. Ubbiali
1952 – C. Sandford
1953 – W. Haas
1954 – R. Hollaus
1955 – C. Ubbiali
1956 – C. Ubbiali
1957 – T. Provini
1958 – C. Ubbiali
1959 – C. Ubbiali

1960 – C. Ubbiali
1961 – T. Phillis
1962 – L. Taveri
1963 – H. Anderson
1964 – L. Taveri
1965 – H. Anderson
1966 – L. Taveri
1967 – B. Ivy
1968 – P. Read
1969 – D. Simmonds

1970 – D. Braun
1971 – Á. Nieto
1972 – Á. Nieto
1973 – K. Andersson
1974 – K. Andersson
1975 – P. Pileri
1976 – P. Bianchi
1977 – P. Bianchi
1978 – E. Lazzarini
1979 – Á. Nieto

1980 – P. Bianchi
1981 – Á. Nieto
1982 – Á. Nieto
1983 – Á. Nieto
1984 – Á. Nieto
1985 – F. Gresini
1986 – L. Cadalora
1987 – F. Gresini
1988 – J. Martínez
1989 – À. Crivillé

1990 – L. Capirossi
1991 – L. Capirossi
1992 – A. Gramigni
1993 – D. Raudies
1994 – K. Sakata
1995 – H. Aoki
1996 – H. Aoki
1997 – V. Rossi
1998 – K. Sakata
1999 – E. Alzamora

2000 – R. Locatelli
2001 – M. Poggiali
2002 – A. Vincent
2003 – D. Pedrosa
2004 – A. Dovizioso
2005 – T. Lüthi
2006 – Á. Bautista
2007 – G. Talmácsi
2008 – M. Di Meglio
2009 – J. Simón

2010 – M. Márquez
2011 – N. Terol
2012 – S. Cortese
2013 – M. Viñales
2014 – Á. Márquez
2015 – D. Kent
2016 – B. Binder

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