Garrett Gerloff (born August 1, 1995) is an American motorcycle racer who has competed in the Superbike World Championship since 2020 riding a Yamaha YZF-R1.[1] New for 2023 is a move to a BMW M1000RR2 machine.
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| Born | August 1, 1995 Spring, Texas, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Bonovo Action BMW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He was a two-time champion MotoAmerica in the Supersport class after taking first place overall in 2016 and 2017.[2][3]
Career
editEarly career
editBeginning in 2007 Gerloff began competing in the Western Eastern Roadracing Association (WERA). By the 2010 and 2011 seasons he was competing and finishing first and second overall in the Superbike and Superstock categories on a Yamaha 600.[4]
Following success in the WERA national series, he stepped up to the AMA Daytona Sportbike Championship in 2011 and 2012 beginning in the regional series before moving into the national competition in 2013. In his two years in the Daytona Sportbike Championship, he finished 3rd in 2013 and 6th in 2014.[5] When MotoAmerica took the place as the national road racing competition, Gerloff landed in the MotoAmerica Supersport class in 2015, finishing 3rd on his first attempt.[6] He become champion in the Supersport class in 2016 and 2017.
MotoAmerica Superbike Championship
editGerloff's success in Supersport earned him a seat with the factory Yamaha team for the 2018 season in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.[7] Gerloff finished the season with 5 podiums and fifth overall in the season standings. Gerloff earned his first Superbike win at Laguna Seca on July 14, 2019.[8] In 2019 he achieved four wins overall and 11 podiums from 20 races. He ultimately finished third in the 2019 overall standings behind Cameron Beaubier and Toni Elias, 51 points behind the champion.
Superbike World Championship
editGerloff's performances in MotoAmerica lead to a move to the factory-supported GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team in the 2020 Superbike World Championship.[9] Gerloff finished the season with two third places in Catalunya and Estoril. He ended the year in 11th place with 103 points. He was subsequently signed to a further season with the GRT Yamaha team.[10]
Gerloff made further progress in his second year in World Superbike and was signed to another one year contract to compete with GRT Yamaha WorldSBK team in 2022.[11] He did not record any wins on the season but he increased his number of podium finishes and was a consistent top five finisher throughout most of 2021, though he briefly incurred controversy when he crashed into Factory Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu at Assen.[12] His improved results helped the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team clinch the Independent Team's Championship while Gerloff himself clinched the Independent Rider's Championship as the highest scoring rider not riding for a factory team.[13]
From 2023 season, he joined Bonovo Action BMW Team.[14]
MotoGP World Championship
editAfter delays to Valentino Rossi's SARS-CoV-2 recovery in November 2020, Gerloff was announced initially to replace Rossi at the European Grand Prix.[15] Gerloff completed the Friday free practice sessions, before Rossi's negative tests allowed his return to the third practice session on Saturday, and Gerloff was subsequently withdrawn from the race weekend.[16]
Gerloff made his MotoGP race debut at the 2021 Dutch TT riding for the Sepang Racing Yamaha team as a replacement for the injured Franco Morbidelli. He was the first American to race in the premier class since his idol Nicky Hayden's last outing in 2016.[17] Gerloff did not get to ride the newest YZR-M1, instead riding Morbidelli's 'A-Spec' 2019 version. Gerloff finished the race in seventeenth position.[18]
Career statistics
editMotoAmerica Superbike Championship
editBy season
edit| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SBK | Yamaha | Yamaha Factory Team | 19 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 5th |
| 2019 | SBK | Yamaha | Yamaha Factory Team | 19 | 4 | 11 | 316 | 3rd |
| Total | 38 | 4 | 11 | 524 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
editBy season
edit| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MotoGP | Yamaha YZR-M1 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | MotoGP | Yamaha YZR-M1 | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17th |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By class
edit| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MotoGP | 2020–2021 | 2021 Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2020–2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Races by year
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MotoGP | Yamaha | SPA | ANC | CZE | AUT | STY | RSM | EMI | CAT | FRA | ARA | TER | EUR WD | VAL | POR | NC | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | MotoGP | Yamaha | QAT | DOH | POR | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | GER | NED 17 | STY | AUT | GBR | ARA | RSM | AME | EMI | ALR | VAL | 17th | 0 |
Superbike World Championship
editBy season
edit| Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 11th |
| 2021 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 7th |
| 2022 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 11th |
| 2023 | BMW M1000RR | Bonovo Action BMW | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 12th |
| 2024 | BMW M1000RR | Bonovo Action BMW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29* | 12th* |
| Total | 137 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 646 | |||
Races by year
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | ||||
| 2020 | Yamaha | AUS 14 | AUS DNS | AUS DNS | SPA 11 | SPA 8 | SPA 10 | POR 14 | POR 10 | POR 11 | SPA Ret | SPA 13 | SPA 10 | SPA 11 | SPA 13 | SPA 10 | SPA 8 | SPA 5 | SPA 3 | FRA Ret | FRA 8 | FRA 8 | POR 3 | POR 2 | POR Ret | 11th | 103 | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Yamaha | SPA 9 | SPA 3 | SPA 7 | POR 4 | POR 4 | POR Ret | ITA 12 | ITA 8 | ITA 5 | GBR 7 | GBR 5 | GBR 2 | NED 6 | NED 8 | NED Ret | CZE 6 | CZE 6 | CZE 8 | SPA 9 | SPA 9 | SPA Ret | FRA 11 | FRA 13 | FRA 9 | SPA Ret | SPA 8 | SPA 7 | SPA 10 | SPA C | SPA 10 | POR 6 | POR 8 | POR 5 | ARG 7 | ARG 7 | ARG 8 | INA 11 | INA C | INA 6 | 7th | 228 |
| 2022 | Yamaha | SPA 9 | SPA 10 | SPA 9 | NED 8 | NED 7 | NED Ret | POR DNS | POR DNS | POR DNS | ITA 8 | ITA 9 | ITA Ret | GBR 7 | GBR 10 | GBR 11 | CZE 10 | CZE 9 | CZE 18 | FRA 5 | FRA 8 | FRA 8 | SPA 3 | SPA 10 | SPA Ret | POR 10 | POR Ret | POR 9 | ARG 13 | ARG 13 | ARG 12 | INA 7 | INA 13 | INA 8 | AUS 6 | AUS 7 | AUS Ret | 11th | 142 | |||
| 2023 | BMW | AUS 10 | AUS 15 | AUS 14 | INA 14 | INA 12 | INA 11 | NED 12 | NED 17 | NED 12 | SPA 9 | SPA 7 | SPA 10 | ITA 13 | ITA 9 | ITA 8 | GBR 7 | GBR Ret | GBR 9 | ITA 13 | ITA Ret | ITA 13 | CZE Ret | CZE 9 | CZE 20 | FRA 4 | FRA Ret | FRA 5 | SPA 8 | SPA 9 | SPA 10 | POR 4 | POR 8 | POR 4 | SPA 14 | SPA Ret | SPA 9 | 12th | 144 | |||
| 2024 | BMW | AUS 9 | AUS 13 | AUS 9 | SPA 12 | SPA 17 | SPA 10 | NED 16 | NED 11 | NED 12 | ITA | ITA | ITA | GBR | GBR | GBR | CZE | CZE | CZE | POR | POR | POR | FRA | FRA | FRA | ITA | ITA | ITA | SPA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | SPA | 12th* | 29* | |||
* Season still in progress.
References
edit- ^ "WorldSBK". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ^ "Championship Standings of MotoAmerica Supersport" (PDF). September 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ "Championship Standings of Supersport" (PDF). September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ "WERA Racer Profile: Garrett Gerloff". www.wera.com. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ "2014 Media Guide - AMA Pro Road Racing" (PDF). November 17, 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ "Championship Standings of MotoAmerica Supersport" (PDF). September 13, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ "Garrett Gerloff Set For MotoAmerica Motul Superbike On Factory Team". MotoAmerica.com. November 17, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ^ Le Pard, Michael (July 15, 2019). "Garrett Gerloff Gets His First Career Superbike Win". Total Motorcycle. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Beeler, Jensen (October 10, 2019). "Garrett Gerloff Is Headed to WorldSBK Next Season". Asphalt & Rubber. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Thukral, Rachit; Fränzschky, Sebastian (November 6, 2020). "Yamaha explains why Gerloff didn't get factory WSBK seat". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Dosoli, Andrea (July 22, 2021). "World Superbike: Gerloff Staying With Yamaha For 2022". Road Racing World and Motorcycle Technology. Roadracing World Publishing LLC. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ Barstow, Ollie. "WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO TOUTED FUTURE MOTOGP STAR GARRETT GERLOFF IN WORLDSBK?". VisorDown. CMG Full Throttle Network. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ Bice, Sean (November 21, 2021). "GARRETT GERLOFF WINS WORLD SUPERBIKE INDEPENDENT RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". MotoAmerica.com. MotoAmerica. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Bonovo Action BMW confirms Garrett Gerloff for 2023".
- ^ Patterson, Simon (November 6, 2020). "Gerloff replaces Rossi in Valencia practice at least". The Race. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "Rossi will take part in the European Grand Prix". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ Duncan, Lewis. "Yamaha WSBK rider Gerloff replaces Morbidelli for Dutch MotoGP". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ Beaver, Dan (June 28, 2021). "Fabio Quartararo wins Dutch GP MotoGP as Garrett Gerloff makes his series debut". NBC Sports. NBC Universal. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
External links
edit- Garrett Gerloff at MotoGP.com
- Garrett Gerloff at WorldSBK.com
