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Gerloff Sixth In Final Motorland Race
Garrett Gerloff (Kawasaki WorldSBK Team) has now completed the two final races on the Motorland Aragon schedule on Sunday, May 31, taking an impressive weekend best result of sixth place in Race 2.
In recent rounds, Gerloff and his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR have posted some strong race performances, and that trend carried on into Sunday at the 3.15-mile Motorland Aragon circuit.
The 10-lap Superpole Race was not an easy one for Gerloff as he could not get into the leading groups early on, and with so few laps to try and make up ground, he ended up 12th at the checkered flag, replicating his grid position.
In the second Sunday WorldSBK race, over 18 laps, the Texan rider made a better start from 13th position on the grid. He used his early opportunity to get into 10th place, a position he held for eight laps.
He relentlessly moved forward and finally took over sixth place with five laps to go. He finished close behind the BbKRT duo of Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani, and was finally less than two seconds from Bassani.
After scoring good points in both long races at Motorland, Gerloff is 10th in the overall championship rankings, tied on 85 points with ninth-placed Miguel Oliveira.
The next round, which starts the second half of the current season, will be held at the Kawasaki WorldSBK Team’s home venue of Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’ from June 12-14.
“Not a bad day on Sunday at Motorland, but I am just frustrated with the Superpole Race. In Race 2, I felt I had a better start and was able to push and be closer to the BbKRT riders, Axel and Alex. But I was still hoping for more this weekend. In the Superpole Race, I had good pace, and again in Race 2, but I also had that good start in the second race. Thanks to Kawasaki and the whole team for their hard work, and we will try again at Misano.”
- Garrett Gerloff
