Remy Gardner

Remy Christopher Gardner is an Australian motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2021 Moto2 World Championship with Red Bull KTM Ajo. He is the son of 1987 premier class world champion, Wayne Gardner.

Career

Moto3 World Championship

Gardner made his first three appearances in the Moto3 World Championship in 2014, twice as replacement for injured riders and once as a wild card entry, scoring one point in Malaysia.
In 2015, Gardner was signed as a full-time rider for the Mahindra-equipped CIP team, riding next to Tatsuki Suzuki. Gardner achieved his best result, his only point scoring finish of the year, in his home GP at Phillip Island with a 10th place finish.

Moto2 World Championship

Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 (2016)

For 2016, Gardner was due to compete in the Moto2 class with AGP Racing aboard a Suter alongside Federico Fuligni, but the team withdrew from the championship. He started the season in the Moto2 European Championship, winning a race in Barcelona, and mid-season made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in Catalunya aboard Tasca Racing's Kalex as the substitute for Alessandro Tonucci. Gardner scored his first point in the class in his first race, and was kept for the remainder of the season, as Tonucci had no points in 6 races. Gardner scored points in three races, collecting eight points in the season, and earning himself a full time ride for 2017.

Tech3 Racing (2017–2018)

For 2017, Gardner switched to Tech 3 Racing, partnering Spaniard Xavi Vierge. Gardner crashed out on the first lap in both of the opening two rounds in Qatar and Argentina, and was ruled out of the following round in Austin, being replaced by Julián Simón. Gardner would come back and improve steadily throughout the season however, picking up his first points of the season in Mugello with a 14th-place finish, and he also picked up points at the Sachsenring, Brno, the Red Bull Ring, Misano, Motegi, and Phillip Island. He finished in 21st place in the riders' championship, scoring 23 points.
In 2018, Gardner remained with Tech 3, this time joined by Bo Bendsneyder, who moved up from Moto3. In the first half the season, Gardner suffered two broken legs and an ankle in a training accident and was replaced by Héctor Garzó for the rounds in Jerez, Le Mans, and Mugello. At Silverstone, Gardner achieved his first front row start in the Moto2 class, however due to heavy rain on race day, all races that weekend were cancelled due to unsafe track conditions after resurfacing. At Valencia, the last race of the season, Gardner scored his best ever result in the Moto2 class with a 5th place finish, and he finished 19th in the riders' championship, scoring 40 points.

Onexox TKKR SAG Team (2019–2020)

For 2019, Tech 3 decided to replace Gardner and Bendsneyder with Marco Bezzecchi and Philipp Öttl. In October 2018, it was announced that Gardner would join SAG Team, joining Tetsuta Nagashima. Gardner started the season really well, finishing 4th in the opening round at Qatar, and scoring his first podium in Moto2 with a 2nd place finish in Argentina the next race weekend. Gardner finished the season 15th in the standings with 77 points, once again improving his tally from previous years, and just one point back from teammate Nagashima.
In the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, Gardner would be paired by Kasma Daniel, after Nagashima left to join Red Bull KTM Ajo. Gardner once again steadily improved, collecting 135 points total, finishing third in Austria, second in France, and third in Valencia, before winning the last race of the season in Portugal, his first victory in the Moto2 category. His teammate Daniel scored no points during the season, and Gardner finished 44 points ahead of ex-teammate Nagashima, who he would eventually replace at the Red Bull KTM Ajo team for 2021.

Red Bull KTM Ajo (2021)

Following Jorge Martín's graduation to MotoGP, and Tetsuta Nagashima's disappointing season, for the 2021 Moto2 World Championship, Red Bull KTM Ajo Motorsport signed Gardner, and Raúl Fernández. The pair dominated the season, winning 13 out of the 18 races held that year. Gardner scored 5 race wins, 6 second places, and a third place, never finishing outside the top ten during the season, besides a crash in the USA. The championship came down to the last race in Valencia, but a tenth place finish saw Gardner crowned world champion, winning the title with 311 points, four points over teammate Fernández.

MotoGP World Championship

Tech3 KTM Factory Racing (2022)

In September 2021, it was announced that both Gardner and Raúl Fernández would step up to the premier class for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship, riding for the KTM Tech3 team.
In September 2022, Gardner announced that he would be sacked from KTM at the end of the season, as he was told that he was "not professional enough", despite being ahead of teammate Fernández in the standings during that time.

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team (2024)

Gardner made a comeback with Yamaha as replacement to injured Álex Rins. Gardner raced the German and British Grands Prix and later in the season as a wildcard at the Japanese Grand Prix but failed to finish in the points in any of the three races.

Superbike World Championship

GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team (from 2023)

After Gardner was unable to find a seat for the 2023 MotoGP World Championship, he joined Yamaha for the 2023 Superbike World Championship.

Career statistics

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

Year

Bike

Pos

Pts

2012

Moriwaki Honda

JER
Ret

NAV
15

ARA

CAT
Ret

ALB1
13

ALB2
14

VAL
19

26th

2013

KTM

CAT1
Ret

CAT2
20

ARA
Ret

ALB1

ALB2
5

NAV
7

VAL1
11

VAL2
Ret

JER
24

16th

2014

KTM

JER1
12

JER2
11

LMS
14

ARA
17

CAT1
10

CAT2
14

ALB
3

NAV
DNS

ALG
4

VAL1
7

VAL2
11

9th

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Pts
2016	Kalex	VAL1 Ret	VAL2 13	ARA1 Ret	ARA2 5	CAT1 Ret	CAT2 1	ALB	ALG1	ALG2	JER	VAL	16th	39

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

Year

Class

Bike

Pos

Pts

Moto3

Kalex KTM

QAT

AME

ARG

SPA

FRA

ITA

CAT

NED

GER

INP

CZE

GBR

RSM
27

ARA

JPN

32nd

Moto3

KTM

AUS
26

MAL
15

VAL

32nd

Moto3

Mahindra

QAT
Ret

AME
18

ARG
19

SPA
25

FRA
Ret

ITA
23

CAT
25

NED
26

GER
23

INP
17

CZE
17

GBR
17

RSM
Ret

ARA
19

JPN
Ret

AUS
10

MAL
22

VAL
Ret

30th

Moto2

Kalex

QAT

ARG

AME

SPA

FRA

ITA

CAT
15

NED
20

GER
12

AUT
19

CZE
21

GBR
20

RSM
19

ARA
19

JPN
19

AUS
Ret

MAL
13

VAL
18

26th

Moto2

Tech3

QAT
Ret

ARG
Ret

AME

SPA
22

FRA
20

ITA
14

CAT
19

NED
16

GER
12

CZE
9

AUT
15

GBR
20

RSM
12

ARA
20

JPN
12

AUS
15

MAL
Ret

VAL
22

21st

Moto2

Tech3

QAT
12

ARG
6

AME
17

SPA

FRA

ITA

CAT
15

NED
18

GER
11

CZE
Ret

AUT
Ret

GBR
C

RSM
12

ARA
19

THA
12

JPN
15

AUS
Ret

MAL
Ret

VAL
5

19th

Moto2

Kalex

QAT
4

ARG
2

AME
11

SPA
DNS

FRA
Ret

ITA
13

CAT
Ret

NED
Ret

GER
13

CZE
16

AUT
Ret

GBR
4

RSM
Ret

ARA
13

THA
12

JPN
Ret

AUS
6

MAL
14

VAL
15

15th

Moto2

Kalex

QAT
5

SPA
7

ANC
14

CZE
13

AUT
Ret

STY
3

RSM
DNS

EMI

CAT
16

FRA
2

ARA
5

TER
4

EUR
3

VAL
7

POR
1

6th

135

Moto2

Kalex

QAT
2

DOH
2

POR
3

SPA
4

FRA
2

ITA
1

CAT
1

GER
1

NED
2

STY
4

AUT
7

GBR
1

ARA
2

RSM
2

AME
Ret

EMI
7

ALR
1

VAL
10

1st

311

MotoGP

KTM

QAT
15

INA
21

ARG
17

AME
20

POR
14

SPA
20

FRA
Ret

ITA
19

CAT
11

GER
15

NED
19

GBR
18

AUT
20

RSM
19

ARA
16

JPN
19

THA
Ret

AUS
15

MAL
18

VAL
13

23rd

MotoGP

Yamaha

QAT

POR

AME

SPA

FRA

CAT

ITA

NED

GER
19

GBR
18

AUT

ARA

RSM

EMI

INA

JPN
17

AUS

THA

MAL

SLD

26th