Remy relishes points finish at Phillip Island
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
The local hero started his home race from the seventh row.
Remy Gardner says he enjoyed his first race Australian Grand Prix in the MotoGP™ class after claiming a points finish at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
The local hero started his home race from the seventh row of the grid in 19th before climbing up to tenth by lap 10 on his Tech3 KTM machine. Gardner said he was pleased with the opening stages of his race before his tyres started falling away.
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“I took a rather good start to the race and stayed close to the front group for 13-14 laps more or less as I felt strong on the bike,” the 24-year-old said after the race.
“At one point, we were in P10. Then the tyres started dropping and we lost a couple of positions but I had a lot of fun riding here today.”
Gardner was proud to be racing in front of a bumper crowd at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit - the first time MotoGP™ had returned to Australia since 2019. A total of 91,158 fans attended the Animoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2022 across the three-day event. The highest attendance since Casey Stoner’s retirement year in 2012 where he also won the race.
“The fans have been incredible all weekend, and it was good to spend some time with them on the cooling-down lap after the race. Thank you to all of them who came supporting us this weekend, they have been amazing.”
Gardner sits 23rd in the championship on 10 points with two races to go this season.
The penultimate round of the MotoGP™ world championship heads back to Sepang for the first time since 2019 for the Malaysian Grand Prix on October 21-23.
