Gardner Ready for British GP Wild-Card Entry with the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team
This weekend Remy Gardner will spearhead the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team as a wild-card rider at Round 10 of the 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship, held at the Silverstone Circuit. His main aim for this weekend is to work on prototype-parts analysis in a premier-class race setting.
Silverstone (UK), 31st July 2024
Yamaha is pleased that Remy Gardner is able to step in for the injured Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team rider Cal Crutchlow this weekend. Garner will take on the wild-card entry in the Monster Energy British Grand Prix, where he will be trying out several parts for the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team.
Garner, who is the 2021 Moto2 World Champion and former premier-class rider (2022), filled in for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Álex Rins at the German GP before the MotoGP summer break. This gig allowed him to gain experience aboard the YZR-M1 on which he can build on during the British GP. The Australian is highly motivated to continue his testing endeavours this weekend with the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team at the track where he scored a Moto2 win in 2021.
The British GP, round 10 of the 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship, is promising to be a must-watch event with special liveries unveiled by all teams to mark MotoGP's 75th anniversary.
Like Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins, Gardner will be sporting the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP livery on the Friday and Saturday and have a special 75th-anniversary livery M1 at his disposal on the Sunday.
In 2023, MotoGP moves back to the international paddock at the Silverstone track. The races are run in the same clockwise direction as before, but in the current layout Abbey is Turn 1 and Club is last. Counting 18 corners and with a total length of 5.9 km, Silverstone is the longest track on the MotoGP calendar. It was added in 2010 but has a racing history of over sixty years. Thanks to innovations and investments, the circuit became one of the fastest tracks on the calendar and has earned high praise from the riders.
The Grand Prix of Britain is held in the GMT +1 time zone. FP1 will take place on Friday from 10:45 - 11:30 local track time and Practice will be held from 15:00 – 16:00. On Saturday, FP2 will be held from 10:10 - 10:40, and the qualifying sessions from 10:50 - 11:30, followed by the Sprint which starts at 15:00. On Sunday, Warm Up is held from 09:40 - 09:50 and the Race starts at 13:00.
Garner, who is the 2021 Moto2 World Champion and former premier-class rider (2022), filled in for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Álex Rins at the German GP before the MotoGP summer break. This gig allowed him to gain experience aboard the YZR-M1 on which he can build on during the British GP. The Australian is highly motivated to continue his testing endeavours this weekend with the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team at the track where he scored a Moto2 win in 2021.
The British GP, round 10 of the 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship, is promising to be a must-watch event with special liveries unveiled by all teams to mark MotoGP's 75th anniversary.
Like Fabio Quartararo and Álex Rins, Gardner will be sporting the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP livery on the Friday and Saturday and have a special 75th-anniversary livery M1 at his disposal on the Sunday.
In 2023, MotoGP moves back to the international paddock at the Silverstone track. The races are run in the same clockwise direction as before, but in the current layout Abbey is Turn 1 and Club is last. Counting 18 corners and with a total length of 5.9 km, Silverstone is the longest track on the MotoGP calendar. It was added in 2010 but has a racing history of over sixty years. Thanks to innovations and investments, the circuit became one of the fastest tracks on the calendar and has earned high praise from the riders.
The Grand Prix of Britain is held in the GMT +1 time zone. FP1 will take place on Friday from 10:45 - 11:30 local track time and Practice will be held from 15:00 – 16:00. On Saturday, FP2 will be held from 10:10 - 10:40, and the qualifying sessions from 10:50 - 11:30, followed by the Sprint which starts at 15:00. On Sunday, Warm Up is held from 09:40 - 09:50 and the Race starts at 13:00.
Remy Gardner
Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Test Team Rider