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After Andrea Iannone's renewal comes another piece of market news, with the confirmation of Remy Gardner and Dominique Aegerter as GRT team riders in 2025. In fact, Yamaha Motor Europe has decided to renew confidence in both riders for next season, in which they will be called upon to defend the colors of the formation headed by Filippo Conti for the third consecutive year.
A reconfirmation that Gardner has earned by showing continuous progress since his debut in the championship in 2023, which led him to win just this year at Assen his first podium in World Superbike.
"I am happy to be staying for another year with the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK team. 2024 has been a bit mixed, but overall there are a lot of positives, including my first podium in WorldSBK at Assen," Gardner noted. "I’m still hungry for more and hopefully we can build on some of the steps we’ve made this year to be fighting at the front more consistently with another year under our belt in WorldSBK with the R1".
More complex is the 2024 of Aegerter, whose renewal has been in the balance for several months precisely because of the Swiss's poor results. Conditioned by some health problems, which forced him to skip winter testing, and a training injury, which prevented him from competing at Magny-Cours, Cremona and Aragon, Domi will, however, have a chance to make up for it next year.
"It’s been a challenging season for me with illness and injury, so I am grateful to Yamaha and the team for continuing to believe in me. I feel like I have unfinished business in WorldSBK, so I am very happy to be able to continue for another year with the GRT team," said Aegerter. "I am looking forward to wrapping up this season with the team so we can look at building nicely into 2025 and show exactly what we can do".
Confirming the current GRT team lineup in its entirety, Yamaha has decided to focus on continuity for 2025. Reaffirmed by the presence of Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli in the Pata Prometeon Yamaha team.
"We are pleased to have confirmed Gardner and Aegerter for World Superbike 2025, with GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team. Remy has had a strong season, fighting for the podium on numerous occasions as well as often finishing as the top R1 rider. We are confident he can continue this trajectory towards more success in 2025," commented Yamaha Motor europe's Superbike manager, Andrea Dosoli. "For Dominique, it has not been the easiest of years and luck has not been on his side. We know how fast he can be and do not believe he has shown his true potential in WorldSBK yet, so given the challenges of this year, it made sense to continue with him for 2025."
Words in line with those of Team Principal, Filippo Conti.
"We are pleased to announce our our 2025 lineup. We have had a good run with both Remy and Domi, and we are very happy to be able to continue with them next season. We had some great moments with this duo and we are looking forward to sharing many more," he remarked. "We look forward to a great 2025 together and reaping the fruits of the work done in these two years, where both proved their speed and talent and we are sure that they will continue to do so and make further progress."
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