Something that looked like a shot in the air with a look of a crazy idea is on its way to becoming a reality … Direct jump from Moto3 to MotoGP, a la Jack Miller in 2015, from Darryn Binder. As confirmed by various sources to AS, The South African has secured one of the Yamaha satellite team Yamaha (SRT) for the 2022 season, which will continue to be owned by the Sepang circuit, although without the sponsorship of Petronas. It will be an M1 from this year, a Yamaha ‘B’ and not an official one to which only the riders of the official team will have access, the Monster Yamaha, made up of Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli, who will replace Maverick Viñales. Now what remains to be seen who will be the teammate of the little Binder …
Some of those who have dreamed of that motorcycle have been the Spanish Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge, but his options are minimal at the moment and the normal thing is that the first one ends up in the SBK, after running out of space in the KTM Tech3, where Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández arrive, and that the other remains in Moto2. A) Yes, the names that sound the loudest are those of Jake Dixon, who this weekend they test with the motorcycle of the still injured Morbidelli at the British GP, and Andrea Dovizioso. The option Sam Lowes, that was already unsuccessful in MotoGP, it has also sounded, but it seems the most unreal of all.
The British comes from Moto2, where he plays precisely in the Petronas team, with a fourth last year in Aragon as the best result, and the Italian is on sabbatical, after his resignation to continue with Ducati, having done some test with Aprilia and the Waiting for Yamaha to call on him. Yes, yesHe would only accept to get back on the M1, the motorcycle he already raced on in 2012, if he had an official motorcycle at his disposal, a 2022 prototype, which should include important news since it is year one after the freeze.
To finish off with Darryn Binder, to point out that he is one of the most experienced in Moto3, because at 23 years old (21-1-98) he has accumulated seven seasons with the current one in the small class, with one victory, six podiums and two poles. He is considered one of the tough guys on the grid, one of those who does not cut himself, something that will come in handy when he appears in MotoGP.