Garrett Gerloff
Garrett Gerloff
Garrett Gerloff, Donington World Superbike 2024
Born (1995-08-01) August 1, 1995Spring, Texas
Current teamKawasaki WorldSBK Team
Bike number31
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2020–2021
ManufacturersYamaha
Championships0
2021 championship position17th (0 pts)
StartsWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPoints
100000
Superbike World Championship
Active years2020–
ManufacturersYamaha(2020–2022)BMW(2023–2024)Kawasaki(2025–)
Championships0
2025 championship position15th (88 pts)
StartsWinsPodiumsPolesF. lapsPoints
1980810881

Garrett James Gerloff (born August 1, 1995) is an American motorcycle racer who has competed in the Superbike World Championship since 2020.

He was a two-time champion MotoAmerica in the Supersport class after taking first place overall in 2016 and 2017.[1][2]

Career

Early career

Beginning 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.[3]

Following success in the WERA national series, Gerloff stepped up to the AMADaytona 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.[4] 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.[5] He become champion in the Supersport class in 2016 and 2017.

MotoAmerica Superbike Championship

Gerloff's success in Supersport earned him a seat with the factory Yamaha team for the 2018 season in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.[6] 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.[7] 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

Gerloff's performances in MotoAmerica lead to a move to the factory-supported GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team in the 2020 Superbike World Championship.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

From 2023 season, Gerloff joined Bonovo Action BMW Team.[13]

MotoGP World Championship

After delays to Valentino Rossi's SARS-CoV-2 recovery in November 2020, Gerloff was announced initially to replace Rossi at the European Grand Prix.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17]

Career statistics

MotoAmerica Superbike Championship

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pts Plcd
2018 SBK YamahaYamaha Factory Team 19 0 0 208 5th
2019 SBK YamahaYamaha Factory Team 19 4 11 316 3rd
Total 38411524

Races by year

Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
2019SuperBikeYamahaATLRetATL9COA3COA4VIR3VIR2RAM3RAM3UMC3UMC3LGS2LGS1SON1SON2PIT1PIT1NJRRetNJR1BAR2BAR23rd 316

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2020MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1Petronas Yamaha SRT1 0 0 0 0 0 29th
Total 100000

By class

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st pod 1st win Race Win Podiums PoleFLap Pts WChmp
MotoGP 2020–2021 2021 Netherlands1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2020–2021 1000000

Races by year

(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
2020MotoGP YamahaSPAANCCZEAUTSTYRSMEMICATFRAARATEREURWDVALPORNC 0
2021MotoGP YamahaQATDOHPORSPAFRAITACATGERNED17STYAUTGBRARARSMAMEEMIALRVAL29th 0

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium PoleFLapPts Plcd
2020Yamaha YZF-R1GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team 22 0 3 0 0 103 11th
2021Yamaha YZF-R1GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 37 0 2 0 0 228 7th
2022Yamaha YZF-R1GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team 33 0 1 0 0 142 11th
2023BMW M1000RRBonovo Action BMW 36 0 0 1 0 144 12th
2024BMW M1000RRBonovo Action BMW 36 0 2 0 0 176 9th
2025Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RRKawasaki WorldSBK Team 34 0 0 0 0 88 15th
2026Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RRKawasaki WorldSBK Team 0 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
Total 1980810881

Races by year

(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
2020YamahaAUS14AUSDNSAUSDNSSPA11SPA8SPA10POR14POR10POR11SPARetSPA13SPA10SPA11SPA13SPA10SPA8SPA5SPA3FRARetFRA8FRA8POR3POR2PORRet11th 103
2021YamahaSPA9SPA3SPA7POR4POR4PORRetITA12ITA8ITA5GBR7GBR5GBR2NED6NED8NEDRetCZE6CZE6CZE8SPA9SPA9SPARetFRA11FRA13FRA9SPARetSPA8SPA7SPA10SPACSPA10POR6POR8POR5ARG7ARG7ARG8INA11INACINA67th 228
2022YamahaSPA9SPA10SPA9NED8NED7NEDRetPORDNSPORDNSPORDNSITA8ITA9ITARetGBR7GBR10GBR11CZE10CZE9CZE18FRA5FRA8FRA8SPA3SPA10SPARetPOR10PORRetPOR9ARG13ARG13ARG12INA7INA13INA8AUS6AUS7AUSRet11th 142
2023BMWAUS10AUS15AUS14INA14INA12INA11NED12NED17NED12SPA9SPA7SPA10ITA13ITA9ITA8GBR7GBRRetGBR9ITA13ITARetITA13CZERetCZE9CZE20FRA4FRARetFRA5SPA8SPA9SPA10POR4POR8POR4SPA14SPARetSPA912th 144
2024BMWAUS9AUS13AUS9SPA12SPA17SPA10NED16NED11NED12ITA12ITARetITA18GBR14GBR14GBR13CZE8CZE12CZE12POR4POR11POR8FRA12FRA6FRA3ITA8ITA9ITA4SPA3SPA5SPA5POR6POR11PORRetSPA10SPA8SPA79th 176
2025KawasakiAUSRetAUSRetAUS13POR12POR16POR12NED13NED16NED16ITA15ITA15ITA12CZE11CZE12CZE10EMI14EMI11EMI8GBR8GBR8GBR6HUN9HUNDNSHUNDNSFRARetFRA14FRA11ARA15ARA15ARA14POR10POR12POR11SPA14SPA17SPARet15th 88
2026KawasakiAUSAUSAUSPORPORPORNEDNEDNEDHUNHUNHUNCZECZECZEARAARAARAEMIEMIEMIGBRGBRGBRFRAFRAFRAITAITAITAPORPORPORSPASPASPANC* 0*

References

  1. ^"Championship Standings of MotoAmerica Supersport"(PDF). September 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  2. ^"Championship Standings of Supersport"(PDF). September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  3. ^"WERA Racer Profile: Garrett Gerloff". www.wera.com. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  4. ^"2014 Media Guide - AMA Pro Road Racing"(PDF). November 17, 2015. Archived(PDF) from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  5. ^"Championship Standings of MotoAmerica Supersport"(PDF). September 13, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  6. ^"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.
  7. ^Le Pard, Michael (July 15, 2019). "Garrett Gerloff Gets His First Career Superbike Win". Total Motorcycle. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  8. ^Beeler, Jensen (October 10, 2019). "Garrett Gerloff Is Headed to WorldSBK Next Season". Asphalt & Rubber. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  9. ^Thukral, Rachit; Fränzschky, Sebastian (November 6, 2020). "Yamaha explains why Gerloff didn't get factory WSBK seat". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  10. ^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.
  11. ^Barstow, Ollie. "WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO TOUTED FUTURE MOTOGP STAR GARRETT GERLOFF IN WORLDSBK?". VisorDown. CMG Full Throttle Network. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  12. ^Bice, Sean (November 21, 2021). "GARRETT GERLOFF WINS WORLD SUPERBIKE INDEPENDENT RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". MotoAmerica.com. MotoAmerica. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  13. ^"Bonovo Action BMW confirms Garrett Gerloff for 2023".
  14. ^Patterson, Simon (November 6, 2020). "Gerloff replaces Rossi in Valencia practice at least". The Race. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  15. ^"Rossi will take part in the European Grand Prix". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. November 6, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
  16. ^Duncan, Lewis. "Yamaha WSBK rider Gerloff replaces Morbidelli for Dutch MotoGP". Autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  17. ^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.

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