Official: Remy Gardner joins GRT Yamaha for 2023 WorldSBK season

After bringing you the news that Remy Gardner was close to agreeing a switch to WorldSBK, GRT Yamaha have now confirmed the Australian from 2023 onwards.
Remy Gardner, KTM MotoGP Silverstone
Remy Gardner, KTM MotoGP Silverstone

The reigning Moto2 world champion will join WorldSBK after just one season in MotoGP with the Tech 3 KTM team, replacing the outgoing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Garrett Gerloff at GRT Yamaha. 

Despite 🍒showing flashes of potential in his rookie MotoGP campaigꦫn, Gardner and KTM appeared destined for a split as the relationship between the two sides deteriorated in recent months. 

Gardner, who has since been replaced for next season by Pol Espargaro, follows the likes of current WorldSBK championship leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Iker Lecuona and168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Loris Baz as riders to make the direct swit🐻ch from MotoGP to Superbikes in recent years. 

“Remy is an exciting young talent, who boasts an impressive career inside the Grand Prix paddock,” said Yamaha Motor Europe Road Ra🍌cing Ma𝓰nager, Andrea Dosoli.  “We are obviously delighted to have a rider on board who’s not only shown great progression but has experience at the top level of motorcycle racing. 

“We believe t💧hat he is the perfect fit for Yamaha’s WorldSBK programme and are keen to see꧂ what he can do on one of our R1 WorldSBK machines. 

“We’d also like to thank Garrett Gerloff for his commitmen😼t to Yamaha these past three seasons and we wish him all the best for the future.”

Although Gardner looks set to be the only MotoGP rider to switch to WorldSBK for 2023 - earlier this season it appeared as though several others were in contention to do the same - the 2023 grid continues to get stronger wit🧸h the addition of Gardner. 

The Australian will ride a full factory R1-spec Yamaha, the same machine as reigning Superbike champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli.

Gardner is not the only big addition Yamaha could make as Kohta Noz꧂ane is also expected to depart the team, with Tarran Mackenzie, Dominique Aegerter and Lorenzo Baldassarri all names that have been☂ highlighted.

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