Brad Binder frustrated after British Grand Prix struggles, eyes reset in Aragon

Brad Binder’s 2025 MotoGP woes deepened at the British Grand Prix, as the South African endured another underwhelming weekend to extend his run of disappointing results.

The 29-year-old will be desperate for a turnaround as MotoGP next heads to Aragon, Spain, where he trails his teammate Pedro Acosta by 24 points, having collected just a single point from the last two races.

Binder acknowledged that both he and his team need to take a closer look at their shortcomings to deliver a stronger performance in Spain.

“We need to figure things out a little bit and step up for Aragon,” Binder said, after the race.

Once again, a poor qualifying performance proved costly for the Red Bull KTM rider. Despite making some progress on Sunday, his weekend was marred by a crash in Saturday’s sprint race — his third in the last two race weekends..

He has yet to start any race this season inside the top ten, and his ongoing struggles with the RC16 continued as he qualified a season-worst 19th at Silverstone.

Although crashes from both Marc and Alex Marquez in the opening laps of the main race allowed Binder to climb as high as 11th, he eventually slipped back to 15th after the restart, unable to hold his position.

Reflecting on the British GP, Binder summed up the whole weekend as not ideal as a lot didn’t go his way.

 “A tough weekend for us here in Silverstone. Qualifying was difficult, we didn’t finish the Sprint and the race on Sunday was also tough. 

“I got a good start before the red flag and didn’t on the second start. I struggled with confidence and to know where I could push and where I couldn’t. 

“As soon as I started to feel okay, then I would have some ‘moments’. It’s hard at the moment." 

Despite the struggles, KTM racing manager Aki Ajo remained upbeat, drawing some positives from their overall performance and hoping for progress ahead of Aragon.

“This was a challenging week, generally, and fortunately today showed us more light at the end of the tunnel and we were more competitive. Ajo commented.

“It is clear that we need to improve with the new tire for qualifying but also the start of the races. When the grip level is low, like it was here, then we struggled more than other races. 

“But, we had clear information about what to improve. We have to be openminded about Aragon and the test will be good to make more laps and to go forward.”