At the home round of his Kawasaki WorldSBK Team, Garrett Gerloff scored points in the final race
of the Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’ weekend. He finished 12th in Race Two, having
started from 22nd place on the starting grid.
The seventh round of the 2026 WorldSBK Championship was a challenging one at times after
Garrett fell on the out lap in Superpole Qualifying. On Sunday 14 June, however, Gerloff was 14th
in the ten-lap Superpole race and then 12th in the 21-lap Race Two.
Gerloff made strong forward progress aboard his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR in Race Two, and
added four more points to his Misano race weekend total after finishing 14th in Saturday’s first
long race.
After seven championship rounds and 21 individual races, Garrett is ranked 11th in the overall
standings, tied on a points total of 91 with one other rider.
The championship will now have three ‘free’ weekends before the next competitive round, which
will be held at Donington Park, in the UK, between 10-12 July.
Manuel Puccetti
“This weekend, Garret Gerloff’s races were compromised by his crash in Superpole, which meant he had to start from the back of the grid. Starting from last position, our rider could only try to make up as man positions as possible and that’s what he did in both of today’s races, which he finished not far from the top ten.”
Garrett Gerloff
“That was a difficult weekend. I really wish I could say that it wasn’t, but after crashing in the first lap of Superpole Qualifying and not having a time set, then starting from the back row of the grid, it made my life way more difficult than it should have been. I am really sorry to the team because this is their home round and they had all their sponsors here. There was a really cool atmosphere, and I hope everybody really enjoyed it, but I feel bad that we had one of our worst on-track weekends on the weekend that they all came along. I hope we can get back to our strongest form, like we had before, at Donington Park.”
