Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) used the best machine set-up he and his crew had found over the whole Donington race weekend to finish a confident sixth in the 23-lap duration Race Two.
In the Sunday morning Superpole Race Gerloff placed ninth after ten intense laps of the 4.023km circuit located in the English Midlands. He gained two places on his grid position thanks to his Superpole Race finishing position, and started the final ‘long’ race from ninth place.
Working with a strong set-up on his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR machine, Gerloff moved into sixth place at the flag, just a second behind the rider in fifth place, Alex Lowes. His Race Two results meant that he had scored points in all three of the Donington races.
In the championship standings, after eight rounds of 12, Gerloff is eighth overall, with 110 points.
A vastly long summer break will now take place in the race action, with the next round not taking place until 4-6 September, at Magny-Cours in France.
Manuel Puccetti – Team Principal
“With the Superpole Race Gerloff again proved that he’s a regular top ten finisher, while in Race 2 he achieved an excellent sixth place, which I think is the best result we can obtain right now. This weekend our rider was in the points in every race, and this repays both his efforts and those of the team.”
Garrett Gerloff
“It was really nice to finish the weekend pretty strongly here in Donington. The team did an awesome job, and we have been changing bike settings all weekend, changing electronics and so on all weekend. It is always good when we finish the weekend with the best set-up. I felt I was really able to do the best I could have done. I wish I had been able to get a little bit closer to Axel and Alex in Race Two. I think maybe if I didn’t get caught up behind Sam Lowes for a lap I could be there, but anyway it was nice to cross the line and still be within a second of them. Top six is something we will take.”
