Garrett Gerloff ended his first day of action at the third round of the 2026 FIM Superbike World Championship in an overall 17th place, after completing the two scheduled free practice sessions.
The evocative TT Circuit Assen featured fine weather conditions for the first day of track action, as the championship moved from Portugal in March to the Netherlands in April. After FP1, held on Friday morning, Gerloff had been 14th, before taking to the track again for FP2 in the afternoon.
Official Ninja ZX-10RR rider Gerloff had hoped to finish his first day in Assen on a higher note than his final position on the timesheets provided, but he and his technical crew will have another free practice session on Saturday morning in which to find some set-up improvements. After FP3, Saturday will feature the Tissot Superpole qualifying session and then Race One, which will be run over 21 laps.
Sunday will feature a ten-lap Tissot-Superpole race and the action at Assen will end with a 21-lap Race Two.
Garrett Gerloff
“Assen has been a bit more complicated than I wanted it to be. Last year, we struggled a lot and this year I thought maybe we would have more coming into the weekend from the past couple of rounds, which were good. At the minute I am still struggling to get the most out of myself and the bike. The team has a lot of work to do to understand what we need to change for tomorrow. I wish I could give them a bit more direction, but I am honestly a bit confused. We will sleep on it, come back tomorrow stronger and try to have a good race weekend.”
