Brad Binder is ready to embark on a significant new chapter in his profession. After seven seasons in MotoGP with Crimson Bull KTM, the standout South African rider will depart the Mattighofen manufacturing facility to affix BMW Motorrad in WorldSBK for 2027, the place he’ll reunite with former teammate Miguel Oliveira.
Binder will exchange Danilo Petrucci within the Bavarian squad, rejoining forces with Oliveira. The pair beforehand shared a storage throughout 4 completely different courses, spanning the 125cc World Championship, Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP in 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022.
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Eleven-year partnership between Brad Binder and KTM to finish
The 2016 Moto3 World Champion made his premier class debut in 2020, securing KTM’s first-ever MotoGP victory throughout his rookie season at Brno, within the third spherical of the season. He claimed a second and last-to-date Grand Prix win on the Crimson Bull Ring, in Austria, in 2021.
Over seven seasons within the class, and eleven complete years underneath the KTM banner, Binder has amassed 11 premier class podiums and earned a fame amongst his friends as a tough rider to overhaul.
Binder’s WorldSBK problem
Regardless of his intensive premier class pedigree, Binder will enter WorldSBK as a rookie in 2027. The transition would require adapting to a special calendar that includes “old-school, extra stop-start and gradual tracks”, the place MotoGP doesn’t race, similar to Most, Donington Park, Magny-Cours, Cremona, and Estoril.
After spending over a decade with a single producer, the 31-year-old face of KTM can even must grasp a very new machine. Whereas the BMW M 1000 RR reached the summit of WorldSBK with Toprak Razgatlıoğlu’s championship titles in 2024 and 2025, the German outfit has confronted a extra demanding marketing campaign this season, betting on Binder and Oliveira pairing up for 2027 to drive machine growth again to the entrance.
BMW Motorrad on signing Brad Binder for WorldSBK 2027
“We’re delighted to welcome Brad to the BMW Motorrad Motorsport household,” rejoiced Sven Blusch, head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport.
“What significantly impresses us is his absolute willpower to begin a brand new chapter in WorldSBK. His aim is evident. He desires to battle for the World Championship title. Initially, he might want to get accustomed to the BMW M 1000 RR and to a brand new World Championship, and we’re assured that he’ll accomplish that rapidly.
“With Brad and Miguel, two former teammates are reunited who complement one another completely, each by way of their personalities and their driving kinds. This mixture has nice potential. On the similar time, we wish to thank Danilo for his super dedication. Collectively, we need to end the present season strongly and are working in the direction of a future collectively in different.
