Senna Agius scores call up to stand in for injured Binder at Jerez

MotoGP 2023

Round Four – Jerez

17-year-old Sydneysider Senna Agius will step in to replace the injured Darryn Binder in the LIQUI MOLY Husavarna Intact GP Moto2 team this weekend at Jerez.

Agius was signed to the Memmingen-based outfit to contest the 2023 FIM Moto2 European Championship, a series that Agius finished runner-up in 2022. But with the 2023 FIM JuniorGP season not getting underway until May 7 at Estoril, and the teams Moto2 World Championship rider Darryn Binder declared unfit, the team has promoted him to the seat for Jerez.

The young Australian was in Portugal until Tuesday for the final JuniorGP test before he starts the 2023 European Moto2 Championship with the Intact GP Junior Team. There, the 2022 runner-up took over from last year’s champion Lukas Tulovic, who will now be his team-mate this weekend.

Senna Agius

“We didn’t really expect to have the first race with Intact GP in the World Championship. First of all I must say sorry to Darryn, because it is never nice to see a rider get injured and I wish him a speedy recovery. I also want to say thank you to Jürgen and his team for the opportunity to start as the replacement rider. I will try my best. World Championship is a very high level, but this is a fantastic crew and I think we can make a good weekend.”

A few days after undergoing surgery on a double fracture of his right hand sustained in Saturday’s crash in Austin, Darryn Binder travelled to Andalusia ready to attack. But the medical team in Jerez decided this was too early and declared him not fit to race.

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