Darryn Binder

Darryn Binder (born 21 January 1998) is a South African professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the 2025 Moto2 World Championship for Italjet Gresini Moto2.

Darryn Binder
Binder in 2019
Nationality	South African
Born	(1998-01-21) 21 January 1998 (age 27) Potchefstroom, South Africa
Current team	Italjet Gresini Moto2
Bike number	15
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2022 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2022 championship position 24th (12 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 0 0 0 0 12 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2023– Manufacturers Kalex 2024 championship position 19th (55 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 38 0 0 0 0 99 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2015–2021 Manufacturers Mahindra (2015–2016) KTM (2017–2020) Honda (2021) Championships 0 2021 championship position 7th (136 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 117 1 6 3 6 431

Career

Binder was born in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His older brother, Brad Binder, is also a professional motorcycle racer, and competed alongside Darryn in Moto3 in both 2015 and 2016.

In 2022, he moved up into MotoGP with WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team, alongside Andrea Dovizioso.^[1]

Following the 2022 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, Binder announced that he would race in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship for Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP alongside Lukas Tulovic as Binder was unable to secure a seat in MotoGP for 2023.^[2]

Binder continues to race with Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP for the 2024 Moto2 season.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Pts
2013	AME1 17	AME2 5	JER1 10	JER2 Ret	ASS1 16	ASS2 Ret	SAC1 14	SAC2 Ret	BRN 12	SIL1 Ret	SIL2 16	MIS 5	ARA1 5	ARA2 Ret	15th	45
2014	JER1 6	JER1 5	MUG Ret	ASS1 10	ASS2 11	SAC1 Ret	SAC2 13	BRN1 18	BRN2 Ret	SIL1 10	SIL2 12	MIS DNS	ARA1 13	ARA2 9	13th	55

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2015	Moto3	Mahindra MGP3O	Outox Reset Drink Team	18	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2016	Moto3	Mahindra MGP30	Platinum Bay Real Estate	18	0	0	0	0	27	25th
2017	Moto3	KTM RC250GP	Platinum Bay Real Estate	13	0	0	0	0	35	19th
2018	Moto3	KTM RC250GP	Red Bull KTM Ajo	16	0	1	0	1	57	17th
2019	Moto3	KTM RC250GP	CIP Green Power	19	0	1	0	1	54	22nd
2020	Moto3	KTM RC250GP	CIP Green Power	15	1	2	1	2	122	8th
2021	Moto3	Honda NSF250RW	Petronas Sprinta Racing	18	0	2	2	2	136	7th
2022	MotoGP	Yamaha YZR-M1	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	20	0	0	0	0	12	24th
2023	Moto2	Kalex	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	14	0	0	0	0	34	20th
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	20	0	0	0	0	55	19th
2025	Moto2	Kalex	Gresini Moto2	4	0	0	0	0	10*	19th*
Total				175	1	6	3	6	542

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto3	2015–2021	2015 Qatar	2018 Japan	2020 Catalunya	117	1	6	3	6	431	0
Moto2	2023–	2023 Portugal			38	0	0	0	0	99	0
MotoGP	2022	2022 Qatar			20	0	0	0	0	12	0
Total	2015–present				175	1	6	3	6	542	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Pts
2015	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 19	AME Ret	ARG 24	SPA 24	FRA Ret	ITA 18	CAT Ret	NED 19	GER 20	INP 27	CZE 16	GBR Ret	RSM 18	ARA Ret	JPN 27	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 18					NC	0
2016	Moto3	Mahindra	QAT 23	ARG 30	AME Ret	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA Ret	CAT 12	NED 17	GER Ret	AUT 17	CZE Ret	GBR 21	RSM Ret	ARA 26	JPN 22	AUS 4	MAL 10	VAL 12					25th	27
2017	Moto3	KTM	QAT 13	ARG 12	AME 10	SPA 20	FRA Ret	ITA 4	CAT Ret	NED 13	GER 10	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA 22	JPN 20	AUS 24	MAL Ret	VAL DNS					19th	35
2018	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	ARG 22	AME 13	SPA DNS	FRA 10	ITA 13	CAT Ret	NED 7	GER	CZE 23	AUT 19	GBR C	SMR 8	ARA 18	THA Ret	JPN 3	AUS 12	MAL 7	VAL 19				17th	57
2019	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	ARG 2	AME 15	SPA 11	FRA Ret	ITA 10	CAT 15	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE 10	AUT 15	GBR 12	RSM Ret	ARA 17	THA 20	JPN Ret	AUS 6	MAL Ret	VAL Ret				22nd	54
2020	Moto3	KTM	QAT Ret	SPA 18	ANC 4	CZE 12	AUT 6	STY 6	RSM Ret	EMI Ret	CAT 1	FRA Ret	ARA 2	TER 8	EUR 5	VAL 5	POR 6								8th	122
2021	Moto3	Honda	QAT 3	DOH 2	POR 20	SPA 22	FRA 20	ITA 5	CAT 5	GER 14	NED 7	STY 6	AUT 9	GBR 7	ARA 7	RSM 6	AME 7	EMI 4	ALR DSQ	VAL Ret					7th	136
2022	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 16	INA 10	ARG 18	AME 22	POR 17	SPA Ret	FRA 17	ITA 16	CAT 12	GER Ret	NED Ret	GBR 20	AUT Ret	RSM 16	ARA 18	JPN Ret	THA 21	AUS 14	MAL Ret	VAL Ret			24th	12
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 16	ARG 6	AME DNS	SPA	FRA	ITA Ret	GER Ret	NED 14	GBR 15	AUT Ret	CAT	RSM	IND 7	JPN 10	INA 13	AUS Ret	THA 15	MAL DNS	QAT 14	VAL 20			20th	34
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 18	POR 15	AME 27	SPA 19	FRA 14	CAT 14	ITA Ret	NED 15	GER 25	GBR 6	AUT 7	ARA 9	RSM 10	EMI 16	INA 5	JPN 15	AUS 12	THA Ret	MAL Ret	SLD 15			19th	55
2025	Moto2	Kalex	THA 17	ARG 6	AME DNS	QAT Ret	SPA 19	FRA DNS	GBR	ARA	ITA	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	HUN	CAT	RSM	JPN	INA	AUS	MAL	POR	VAL	19th*	10*

* Season still in progress.