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Video: Darryn Binder gets away with it: why a rider with a victory in seven years of Moto3 will go straight to MotoGP
2024 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-10 16:34
On the day prior to the Emilia Romagna MotoGP Grand Prix, all the enigmas surrounding the RNF Racing team, the remains of Petronas, were solved in one fell swoop. They will race with a Yamaha, although only with 2022 guaranteed, they will be sponsored by WithU and, yes, Darryn Binder is going to be her second pilot.
You don't have to be avid motorcyclist to realize that Binder's rise straight from Moto3 to MotoGP it does not respond to pure sporting aspects, as it was, successful or not, that of Jack Miller. On the contrary, Binder is promoted by contract and with a practically null record.
It is more profitable for RNF Racing to carry a year with Binder than to break its contract
"It's something I don't understand, I don't understand anything about this movement, it's not that I don't like it … but I can't find a reason for it, it's the strangest move I've ever seen in my life ", Aleix Espargaró commented at Misano's press conference when asked about Binder's promotion. What eludes the Catalan is the following.
Binder had a signed contract with Petronas to race with them next season, in principle in Moto3 or, if things were going well, in Moto2. But, suddenly, Petronas announced his departure from the World Cup. Razlan Razali was left with the remains and, without many financial resources, decided to close Moto3 and Moto2 to focus on MotoGP.
But there was still the Binder contract. At RNF Racing they hoped that with the change of name they would be free of a Binder that, given the situation, intended to fulfill his contract and race in MotoGP. And finally it will be. RNF Racing finds it more profitable to get Binder on the motorcycle, and take the sponsorships that can bring, that break the contract.
"It is a super strange situation, I agree that there should be a Super License or something like that," added Espargaró who did not explain how a rider with Binder's results could directly ascend from Moto3 to MotoGP. " He is not a pilot who has many victories or podiumsNor has he finished in the top three in the Moto3 world, "he concluded.
Specifically, Binder has been racing in the Moto3 category for seven seasons and he has only won one race, the 2020 Catalan Grand Prix. In addition to that, he has achieved five more podiums in Moto3. Not even one per year. His best result in a general classification is the sixth position that, so far, he has been in 2021.
Binder's contract with RNF Racing is limited to 2022 Although, since we are, the team has saved an option for 2023, in case the flute sounds. It looks like Binder is not going to be a long-distance rider in MotoGP. At least, on the bright side, it doesn't seem like he's taken the spot from any great talent either.
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