Moto3 World Champ Brad Binder - All you need to know
South African Brad Binder has been crowned Moto3 world champion with four races still to go this season following his second place finish in the Aragon Grand Prix in Spain on Sunday.
Binder, riding a KTM Red Bull KTM, has won five races this season and with a maximum of 100 championship points left to fight for, Binder has opened up a 106 point lead at the top of the standings.
The 21-year-old Potchefstroom resident, who is a Krugersdorp High School old boy, became the first South African rider to win a major Grand Prix title since Jon Ekerold on a 350cc machine back in 1980.
Here's everything you need to know about the 21-year-old South African rider (Courtesy RedBull.com).
Brad Binder factfile
Birthdate: August 11, 1995
Home town: Potchefstroom, South Africa
Height: 170cm
Weight: 61kg
1. He started out racing karts, and was national champion of South Africa aged just eight, before he took up two-wheeled racing at the grand old age of 10.
2. He was inscripted to the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2009, and rode in the World Championship's feeder series for three seasons. His Rookies Cup displays earned him a ride in the 125cc World Champion for a few rounds in 2011.
3. He's ridden alongside his younger brother Darryn in the Moto3 class for the past two seasons.
4. He will remain with the Ajo Motorsports team in 2017, when he steps up to Moto2.
5. His victory at Jerez earlier this season made him the first South African to win a Grand Prix since 1981. He's now South Africa's first Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion in 36 years.
ARAGON MOTOGP RESULTS
1. Jorge Navarro (Spain) Honda 39:56.973
2. BRAD BINDER (South Africa) KTM 39:57.003
3. Enea Bastianini (Italy) Honda 39:57.080
4. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Italy) Honda 39:57.135
5. Joan Mir (Spain) KTM 39:58.697
6. Jorge Martin (Spain) Mahindra 39:58.876
7. Aron Canet (Spain) Honda 39:58.952
8. Gabriel Rodrigo (Argentina) KTM 39:59.981
9. Juanfran Guevara (Spain) KTM 40:00.074
10. Philipp OEttl (Germany) KTM 40:00.532
11. Andrea Migno (Italy) KTM 40:00.567
12. Fabio Quartararo (France) KTM 40:03.856
13. John McPhee (Britain) Peugeot 40:06.715
14. Niccolo Antonelli (Italy) Honda 40:06.731
15. Bo Bendsneyder (Netherlands) KTM 40:06.749
MOTO3 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
1. BRAD BINDER (South Africa) KTM 249
2. Jorge Navarro (Spain) Honda 143
3. Enea Bastianini (Italy) Honda 139
4. Joan Mir (Spain) KTM 117
5. Nicolo Bulega (Italy) KTM 113
6. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Italy) Honda 111
7. Francesco Bagnaia (Italy) Mahindra 110
8. Romano Fenati (Italy) KTM 93
9. Niccolo Antonelli (Italy) Honda 81
10. Jakub Kornfeil (Czech Republic) Honda 80
11. Andrea Locatelli (Italy) KTM 65
12. Philipp OEttl (Germany) KTM 62
13. Aron Canet (Spain) Honda 60
14. Jorge Martin (Spain) Mahindra 56
15. Fabio Quartararo (France) KTM 56