Darryn Binder: "I hope to go to Moto2, MotoGP is no longer an option for me"

August 22, 2022

The weekend in Austria has refueled a cataract of announcements and news regarding the future of MotoGP , the last one was released by the young rider of the RNF-Yamaha team, Darryn Binder, who announced that he is looking for a team to debut in Moto2 next season, giving for closing the door of the queen class for him in 2023.

A few minutes after Remy Gardner lamented, in his appearance before the media after the Spielberg race, in which he suffered a fall, that the options of continuing in MotoGP next year had vanished before finishing his first year as Rookie in the class riding a KTM from the Tech3 team, the South African Binder made an announcement of the genre.

“Right now I hope to go to Moto2 next year, because MotoGP is no longer an option for me,” said the youngest of the Binder brothers, 24, after the race in Austria, in which he crashed after 16 laps. for the end.

The rider of the current RNF-Yamaha team will almost certainly give up his place to the Spaniard Raúl Fernández, who this weekend managed to reach an agreement with KTM to alleviate the economic amount of his escape clause, closing an agreement with Aprilia , the brand with which Razlan Razali ‘s team will run from 2023, which will also not have Andrea Dovizioso after announcing the Italian his retirement after the San Marino Grand Prix , which takes place next week.

That means, right now, that up to three riders from the current grid, Dovi, Remy and Darryn, will not take a place next year in MotoGP, which opens the doors of the premier class to a new rider.

For Binder, the experience of climbing directly to the major series from Moto3 has been more positive than one might think, the South African, despite not shining at any time, has never been out of tune, nor has he been involved in incidents on the track beyond the usual career hauls.

Now, the rider, whose management is in the hands of an American agency, hopes to find a place in Moto2, where he has never competed.

“I don’t know exactly where I’m going to go next year,” Binder said. “I’m waiting for my rep to come up with offers for me and I’ll pick the best one,” said the boy from Potchefstroom .

In the 13 races so far, the South African has scored points in two, at the Indonesian Grands Prix, where he was 10th in the rain, his best result, and in Barcelona , where he finished 12th. The rest of the races that finished outside the points and only four have not crossed the finish line.