#brad binder

Brad Binder appears increasingly likely to leave Moto GP at the end of the 2026 season. KTM's factory team will field an all-new rider line-up in 2027, while Tech3 has already made it clear that Binder is not part of its plans. With few opportunities remaining in Moto GP, Binder is now expected to continue his career in another championship.

Reports suggest that Brad Binder is close to agreeing a deal with BMW for the 2027 World SBK season. If the move is completed, he would be reunited with former Moto GP temmate Miguel Oliveira, who joined BMW the previous year. Although no contract has been officially signed, the two parties are reportedly close to reaching a final agreement.

Brad Binder, who has spent his entire career with KTM and won the 2015 moto 3 title with them, appears set to leave the company at the end of the 2026 season. Both Binder and his current teammate, Pedro Acosta, will be replaced, with Acosta heading to Ducati while Binder's future remains uncertain.

A move to KTM's satellite Tech3 team also appears to be off the table. Tech3 Team Boss Gunther Steiner suggested that the team is looking to make a fresh start for 2027.

Although Gunther Steiner did not mention Brad Binder by name, his comments were widely interpreted as ruling out a move for riders with long-standing ties to the KTM organisation.

As Steiner said.

"There's a long history there [between KTM and Binder], and somehow, sometimes you need to start from fresh, not to carry too much over. I mean, we speak all about these difficult situations, and in the end, we need to be, I call it a ‘happy team’ going forward. We don't want any ‘old baggage’. We want to start afresh.

Therefore, maybe it doesn't fit in, people which were associated with the group – not only with Tech3 and KTM, but with the group – for too long of a time, because you always go back to how it was in the old days, you know. Sometimes you need a fresh start."

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