# 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.

## 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.
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.
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10* | 12th* |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 173 | 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 | | | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2022 | 2022 Qatar | | | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Total | 2015–present | 2015–present | 2015–present | 2015–present | 173 | 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 | QAT | SPA | FRA | GBR | ARA | ITA | NED | GER | CZE | AUT | HUN | CAT | RSM | JPN | INA | AUS | MAL | POR | VAL | 12th* | 10* |
* Season still in progress.