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settembre 25, 2022 - Yamaha Racing

Gerloff Returns to Podium with Sensational Race 1 Performance in Catalunya

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GYTR GRT Yamaha #worldsbk Team’s #garrettgerloff produced a superb performance in the opening FIM Superbike World Championship race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, fighting back to score his first podium of the 2022 season in third.

It was another strong Superpole for Gerloff, who qualified on the second row for a third consecutive weekend. Starting sixth, Gerloff initially lost two places early on, but then the American began a stellar comeback through the field.

With four laps to go, Gerloff managed to pull off a breathtaking double overtake for fourth on Alex Lowes (Kawasaki) and Iker Lecuona (Honda), diving down the inside of both on the run into Turn 1. The 27-year-old then took third place off Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (Pata Yamaha) at the same place a lap later, just running out of laps to challenge Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) for second. 

Having qualified 15th, Nozane battled for a points finish throughout the 20-lap contest, with the Japanese rider narrowly missing out in 16th after struggling in the closing stages.

The GYTR GRT Yamaha #worldsbk Team will be back tomorrow in Barcelona for the Superpole Race at 11:00 (CEST) and Race 2 at 14:00.

Garrett Gerloff: P3

It feels amazing to be back on the podium, I’m really happy for myself and for the team. I wanted to give them a good result, they deserve it. The start was nothing special, but I tried to be gentle on the tyres and it paid off in the latter stages of the race. The rear tyre was still toasted at the end, but I was able to make some good overtakes. Now we’re focused on tomorrow, where we’ll just continue what we’ve been doing so far this weekend.”

Kohta Nozane: P16

The Tissot Superpole wasn’t too bad, but I’m disappointed as I made a mistake in the second run which prevented me from improving my lap time. Anyway, we went into the race with a good feeling, but unfortunately our pace was not enough to stay in the points. There’s another day tomorrow and we’ll try our best to be quicker.”