Australian Remy Gardner , 23, will make the jump to MotoGP next season riding a Tech3 KTM Factory Racing RC16, the Mattighofen -based manufacturer announced on Wednesday.
Gardner, leader of the Moto2 championship, prevailed on the last lap at the Italian Moto2 Grand Prix, adding the fifth podium in six races for the Red Bull KTM Ajo team.
The Australian has signed a contract to debut in MotoGP next year in the satellite structure of KTM, in which Danilo Petrucci is currently competing, who has not been renewed for 2022, and the Spanish Iker Lecuona.
Gardner will debut in 2022 in the premier class of the World Championship, almost three decades after his father, the great Wayner Gardner, retired in 1992 from grand prix racing.
“I am very happy that KTM has given me this opportunity. It is a dream come true for me and what we have worked for until now. It’s an amazing opportunity and I can’t wait to get on the bike. I just want to thank KTM for believing in me. Right now we have to focus on finishing 2021 in a strong way. I also want to thank everyone who has supported me to get to MotoGP. We are just starting,” the pilot said in a statement.
KTM, which on Tuesday announced the three-year renewal of Brad Binder for the factory team, does not clarify which rider from the current Tech3 lineup Gardner will replace, although everything indicates that neither Petrucci nor Lecuona will continue in 2022 and that, He speculates that the Spaniard Raúl Fernández, second in the Moto2 World Championship and teammate of the Australian in KTM-Ajo, will accompany him next year in the French formation.
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