Australian Remy Gardner will follow in his father Wayne's footsteps next season when he joins the MotoGP ranks with Tech3 KTM.

Gardner, the current Moto2 championship leader, Italian Grand Prix victor and owner of five podiums from six events this season as part of Aki Ajo’s Red Bull KTM Ajo squad, has signed a contract to make his MotoGP debut next year and completes the final step on the KTM GP Academy career ‘ladder’ by joining his former team.
 
The 23-year-old’s potential has been evident through an education that involved one term in Moto3 and five in Moto2.

He was finally snared by KTM to round-off advanced phases of his development under Ajo’s watchful eye and in the crew that has pushed both the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing athletes – Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira – to triumph in MotoGP

“I’m extremely happy that KTM have given me this opportunity. It’s a dream come true for me and what we have worked for up until this point," said Gardner.

"It’s an incredible chance for me and I cannot wait to ride the bike. I just want to thank KTM for believing in me. Right now we need to focus on finishing 2021 in a strong way. I want to thank also everyone who has supported me to reach MotoGP. We’re just getting started.”