Remy Gardner: KTM ‘maybe did me a favour’, reveals Ducati WorldSBK interest
The former Moto2 world champion will make his official ꦫWorldSBK debut during his home round at Phillip Island next month, after leaving the Tech 3 KTM team to join GRT Yamaha 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 weren🦹’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 deciding to sign with the Japanese brand due to a much ‘💃simple𝓡r and clearer contract’ being offered.
Speaking to , Gardner said: "Ducati sought me out to race in Superbike. I got to talk wi😼th Serafino Foti and it was a very interesting conversation. But, in the end, I chose Yamaha because after all the difficulti🐼es 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.&🐲nbsp;
"I saw Yamaha was very convinced and it was nice to see the representativ🌳e 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,ౠ a switch that is very rarely completed in the other direction, the Australian is still holding out 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, tha🐷t some things be changed. Unfortunately there was nothin💟g they could do,” added Gardner.
"In the end that’s what happened and today I’m here in Superbike. Maybe I deserved a second chanc🅺e, and If I had been given one I would𒅌 have signed, doing my best as I always have.
"I’m a rider wh🤪o always tries to do his best, but mayb🦩e they did me a favour."
