Remy Gardner: KTM ‘maybe did me a favour’, reveals Ducati WorldSBK interest
The former Moto2 world champion will make his official WorldSBK debut during his home round at Phillip Island next month, after leaving the Tech 3 KTM team to join GRT Yam💮aha on a one-year deal towards the end of last season.
Gardner, who will ride alongside back-to-back WorldSSP champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dominique Aegerter, has since revealed that Yamaha wer🎉en’t the only manufacturer to approach him about moving to WorldSBK.
Discussions with Aruba.it Ducati Racing Team Manager, Serafino Foti, 🦹also took place before deꦆciding to sign with the Japanese brand due to a much ‘simpler and clearer contract’ being offered.
Speaking to , Gardner said: "Ducati sought me out to ra♌ce in Superbike. I got to talk with Serafino Foti and it was a very interesting conversation. But, in the🦄 end, I chose Yamaha because after all the difficulties I encountered in 2022 they made me realise that they really wanted me and presented me with a much simpler and clearer contract.
"Ducati🎀 wanted me too but it was nothing concrete, since I would have been repositioned in a satellite team.
"I saw Yamaha was very co🐼nvinced and it was nice to see the representative of a factory team say to me, ‘We want you. Here is the contract. Let’s make it happen’."
While Gardner has moved away from MotoGP to WorldSBK, a switch that is very rar♉ely completed in the other direction, the Australian is still holding o🌌ut hope for a second chance in Grand Prix racing, which he feels was ‘maybe deserved’.
"My 2022 was a really complicated year. I tried to do my best asking, among other things, that some things be changed. Unfortunᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚately the👍re was nothing they could do,” added Gardner.
"In the end that’s what happened and today I’m here in Superbike. Maybe I deserved a second cha⛦nce, and If I had been given one I would have signed, doing my best a♊s I always have.
"I’m a ri⛎der who always tries to do his best, but maybe they did me a favour."
