Remy Gardner, son of the 1987 MotoGP world champion, Wayne Gardner, is one of the five rookies who will debut in MotoGP in 2022. His status as world champion in Moto2 served as a direct point towards the premier class, the dream destination in the mind of any pilot.
The Australian has moved up to the premier class with the KTM Tech3 team and will be joined by 2021 Moto2 runner-up Raúl Fernández.
Both riders will share the track with three more rookies who have also made the leap to the premier class in 2022: Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio and Darryn Binder.
With the exception of Darryn, who comes directly from Moto3, the rest of the rookies come from the intermediate class, a category that both veteran and rookie riders have defined on several occasions as the “perfect” prelude to becoming a MotoGP rider.
Moto2 is a category that has motorcycles powered by Triumph three-cylinder 765 cc engines. These came into use in 2019, replacing the older Honda CBR600 four-cylinder engines used from the category’s inception in 2010 through 2018.
While his teammate made a strong case for Moto2 being “completely different to MotoGP”, Gardner did feel the intermediate division had prepared him well for the move to MotoGP.
“100%. I think Moto2 is a very, very good school when things don’t go well, especially when it comes to bike set-up,” he told Motorsport.com.
“In Moto2 you can usually deal with problems and make the best of the situation,” he added.
“It’s a place to learn a lot to get to MotoGP , because on the bikes there are so many adjustments and things to change that you will never have the perfect bike for Sunday’s race.”
“So, I think Moto2 is quite important to know where those limits are, without going too far,” completed Remy Gardner, who will make his debut this weekend at the Losail International Circuit.
