Press Release | September 28, 2024
Remy Gardner will appear on the MotoGP grid as a Yamaha wild-card rider in his third MotoGP event of the 2024 season. The World Superbike rider subbed for the injured Alex Rins at the German Grand Prix and rode in place of Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP test rider Cal Crutchlow at the British Grand Prix, as Crutchlow was still recovering from surgery on his right hand.
Remy Gardner will appear on the MotoGP grid as a Yamaha wildcard rider in his third MotoGP event of the 2024 season. Photo courtesy of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Here is the press release from Yamaha…
Iwata, Japan (September 28, 2024) — Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce that Remy Gardner will spearhead the Yamaha Factory Racing Team as a wild-card rider at round 16 of the 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship, held at the Mobility Resort Motegi.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Remy Gardner will be a wild-card entry in the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Round 16 of the 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship. He will be riding the Yamaha Factory Racing Team YZR-M1 (with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP livery) at the Mobility Resort Motegi circuit in the race weekend of 4 – 6 Oct.
Gardner already rode the 2024 Yamaha YZR-M1 in the German GP and the British GP, making him the ideal choice for the Yamaha Factory Racing Team for their home GP. The former Moto2 World Champion’s participation in the 2024 Japanese GP will be his first time riding at the Motegi track on a premier-class bike since 2022.
KAZUTOSHI SEKI | Yamaha Factory Racing Test Team Leader
Bike development is at the heart of Yamaha’s every move this year. The engineers are working very hard, and I am fully convinced that this wild-card entry will accelerate Yamaha’s endeavors to develop prototype parts and increase bike performance. Remy Gardner has already successfully tested prototype items for the M1 on two occasions earlier this year, so his prior experience makes him a logical choice in Cal Crutchlow’s absence due to injury.
REMY GARDNER | Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team Replacement Rider
I am really excited to race in Japan, it’s a country I always enjoyed visiting in Grand Prix racing, but to go to Japan and race for a Japanese manufacturer in MotoGP in front of the Japanese fans will be something special. It is nice that, after Sachsenring and Silverstone, Yamaha have asked me to come back. They clearly feel that I bring something to the development program, so hopefully we can have a productive weekend in Motegi, too. It will be a busy period for me with five races in five weeks, but I ride bikes almost every weekend anyway, so it’s nothing new for me!
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