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The 23-year-old is leading the Moto2
championship for the Red Bull KTM Ajo team after six rounds and
took his first win of the 2021 season at last weekend's Italian
Grand Prix at Mugello.
His MotoGP debut will come 30 years after his father, the first
Australian to win the top class of grand prix motorcycling,
retired in 1992.
The youngster, who has come up through KTM's rider academy,
competed for Tech3's Moto2 team in 2017 and 2018.
"It’s a dream come true for me and what we have worked for up
until this point. It’s an incredible chance for me and I cannot
wait to ride the bike," said Gardner.
"Right now we need to focus on finishing 2021 in a strong way. I
want to thank also everyone who has supported me to reach MotoGP.
We’re just getting started."
Tech3 have Spaniard Iker Lecuona and Italian Danilo Petrucci as
their current riders, with one of them now set to leave at the
end of the year.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Christian
Radnedge)
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