Lap records broken. A championship is taking shape. V1 Moto-sponsored Darryn Binder is proving that a decade of Grand Prix experience translates – fast – to American soil.
We talk a lot about what it means to be performance-first. Darryn Binder is living it every weekend.
At Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, Binder broke the Supersport lap record on Saturday – then came back Sunday and broke it again. He swept both races, collected his third win in a row, and now holds four victories in seven races since arriving in America for the first time. He’s also stood on the podium in every single race he’s finished this season except the Daytona 200.
This is not a slow build. This is a statement.
Who is Darryn Binder – and why does it matter?
If you’re new to following MotoAmerica, here’s the short version: Darryn Binder spent over a decade racing at the highest level of motorcycle racing in the world. He went from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup straight to Moto3, then made a rare direct jump to MotoGP, a path very few riders ever take, before spending three seasons in Moto2. He won a Grand Prix. He scored points in MotoGP. He raced against the best on the planet, week after week.
For 2026, he made the call to come to America and race a Ducati Panigale V2 in MotoAmerica Supersport. The results have been immediate.
The 2026 season so far – Binder race by race
To understand where this championship is heading, it helps to see the full picture. Binder arrived at Daytona as an unknown quantity on American tracks. Seven races later, this is what the season looks like:
Round 1 · Daytona
4th Place – Daytona 200
First time on an American track. Darryn Binder showed impressive pace in his Daytona 200 debut, running with the front group early in the race and looking comfortable among the leading contenders. He came up just short of a podium finish in the first race.
Round 2 · Road Atlanta – Race 1
1st Place – First MotoAmerica win
Led every lap in his first-ever MotoAmerica sprint race. Immediate.
Round 2 · Road Atlanta – Race 2
Podium finish
Backed up the win with another top-three result the very next day.
Round 3 · Barber – Race 1
1st Place
Win number two. Three consecutive rounds on the podium.
Round 3 · Barber — Race 2
Podium finish
Consistent across both races at Barber. Championship momentum is building.
Round 4 · Road America – Race 1
1st Place – New lap record
Set a new Supersport race lap record on Saturday. Win number three in a row.
Round 4 · Road America – Race 2
1st Place – Broke his own lap record
Came back Sunday and went faster. Four wins. The championship picture is becoming very clear.
The bike beneath him
Binder is winning on a Ducati Panigale V2 – the same platform his South African countryman Cam Petersen raced to eight podium finishes last season. It’s a bike built for exactly this kind of racing: responsive, fast through sweeping corners, with the kind of character that rewards riders who know how to use every bit of what’s available. Binder, coming from a world where every tenth is fought for, knows how to use it.
What’s next
MotoAmerica heads to Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, Washington, on June 26–28 – a very different kind of circuit, tight and technical compared to Road America’s sweeping four-mile layout. It’ll be a genuine test of whether Binder’s momentum is track-specific or something bigger.
We think it’s something bigger. We’ll be following every session. So should you.
We sponsor Darryn. We sell the bike he races.
The Ducati Panigale V2 is on our floor in Houston. Come see what all the lap records are being set on.
