America’s Garrett Gerloff took part in two WorldSBK Sunday races at the Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’, recording his best individual finishing position since he joined Kawasaki this season.
In the short Superpole Race, held over ten laps, Gerloff finished a battling 11th, having started from 14th place on the grid. He had ambitions on finishing inside the top ten but was passed in the later stages and could not improve his starting position fo the final race of the weekend.
In the second race Gerloff was able to use his Ninja ZX-10RR machine very effectively, despite starting from the fifth row of the grid.
Despite the hot ambient air conditions of 32°C Gerloff was able to fight his way to eighth place, which was two places better than his previous best race result this season. Gerloff scored points in both full distance races at Misano, which was a home round for his Italian team.
In the championship Garrett is 17th, with an enhanced points total of 40.
Donington Park in the UK is the venue for the seventh round of the championship. The UK round will take place between 11-13 July, at the same venue WorldSBK first appeared as a championship in its own right, in 1988.
Garrett Gerloff
“Today ended up not so bad. I was a bit frustrated after the Superpole Race because I was in eighth place, then I was just trying my best to stay in the top nine, to try to make sure that I could have a better starting position for Race Two. I didn’t get one, so I was definitely frustrated. We had not the best start in Race Two but we had pretty good pace and I felt better and better the more laps I did, and the more the fuel load started to go down. I finished inside the top ten and it was nice to have a single digit next to my name. We made some progress and I hope we make more in the next race, and keep improving, I hope.”
