In 1981 Wayne Gardner launched his international career with Moriwaki Engineering.
Now, thirty years later the famous Gardner/Moriwaki pairing are set to further cement their historical partnership.
Team Gardner prepares to relocate to Barcelona Spain to advance the road racing careers of Gardner’s young sons, they have been appointed as Moriwaki Engineering’s only factory team in Europe.
Thirteen year old Remy Gardner will step up to the Spanish road racing championship, the CEV Buckler and under the experienced direction of his father will help develop the MD250GP3 (Moriwaki Dream 250cc GP3) for the new MotoGP category.
Eleven year old Luca Gardner will also train and race a Moriwaki MD250H (pre-GP) in the Mediterranean Championship later in the year.
Remy raced the MD250H to take 2nd place in in the Mediterranean Championship in his debut season of road racing.
“The time has come for Gardner and Moriwaki to reunite through the second generation,” said Mamorou Moriwaki.
“I’m very excited to be working with Wayne san and Luca san.
We hope to build more history between our two families, and now with the new Moto2 and Moto3 rules allowing chassis manufacturers entry into GPs, we can work together to go all the way to the top.
”An exciting Wayne Gardner said, “This is an outstanding and timely opportunity for Remy and Luca, but there is so much significant history between myself and the Moriwaki family.
I’m overwhelmed that Mamorou believes in our ability to develop the new Moto3 chassis.
Remy has proven he’s skilled in providing solid and useful feedback to his engineers, and with my guidance and Moriwaki’s incredible knowledge I believe we will be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
”Mamorou Moriwaki discovered Wayne in 1980 while scouting talent in Australia in the 1980 Swan Series at Sandown.
He then launched Wayne to the world at Daytona in the US in February 1981, followed by a full season in the UK Superbike and F1 championships as Moriwaki’s factory rider.
The following year Wayne was signed by Honda Britain and the rest is history.