Wayne Gardner’s Son Set For Australian Grand Prix

Paul Carruthers | September 8, 2014
Remy Gardner the son of 1987 World Champion Wayne Gardner will make his Moto3 debut in the Australian Grand Prix.

According to Wayne Gardner’s Twitter feed, the 1987 500cc World Champion’s 15-year-old son Remy will compete as a wild card in the Australian Grand Prix, October 17-19.

That means the young Gardner, the eldest of the two racing Gardner boys, will compete on the circuit that his father won on back in 1989 when the Australian Grand Prix made its debut at Phillip Island.

Remy Gardner has been competing in the Moto3 class of the Spanish CEV Championship with Team Laglisse Calvo.

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Paul Carruthers took over as the editor of Cycle News in 1993 after serving as associate editor since starting his career at the publication in 1985. Carruthers has covered every facet of the sport in his near-28-year tenure at America’s Daily Motorcycle News Source.