17 Facts About Garrett Gerloff

Garrett Gerloff was born on August 1,1995 and is an American motorcycle racer who has competed in the Superbike World Championship since 2020.

Garrett Gerloff was a two-time champion MotoAmerica in the Supersport class after taking first place overall in 2016 and 2017.

When MotoAmerica took the place as the national road racing competition, Garrett Gerloff landed in the MotoAmerica Supersport class in 2015, finishing 3rd on his first attempt.

Garrett Gerloff become champion in the Supersport class in 2016 and 2017.

Garrett Gerloff finished the season with 5 podiums and fifth overall in the season standings.

Garrett Gerloff earned his first Superbike win at Laguna Seca on July 14,2019.

Garrett Gerloff ultimately finished third in the 2019 overall standings behind Cameron Beaubier and Toni Elias, 51 points behind the champion.

Garrett Gerloff finished the season with two third places in Catalunya and Estoril.

Garrett Gerloff ended the year in 11th place with 103 points.

Garrett Gerloff was signed to a further season with the GRT Yamaha team.

Garrett Gerloff made further progress in his second year in World Superbike and was signed to another one year contract to compete with GRT Yamaha WorldSBK team in 2022.

Garrett Gerloff did not record any wins on the season but he increased his number of podium finishes and was a consistent top five finisher throughout most of 2021, though he briefly incurred controversy when he crashed into Factory Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu at Assen.

Garrett Gerloff's improved results helped the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team clinch the Independent Team's Championship while Gerloff himself clinched the Independent Rider's Championship as the highest scoring rider not riding for a factory team.

Garrett Gerloff completed the Friday free practice sessions, before Rossi's negative tests allowed his return to the third practice session on Saturday, and Garrett Gerloff was withdrawn from the race weekend.

Garrett Gerloff made his MotoGP race debut at the 2021 Dutch TT riding for the Sepang Racing Yamaha team as a replacement for the injured Franco Morbidelli.

Garrett Gerloff was the first American to race in the premier class since his idol Nicky Hayden's last outing in 2016.

Garrett Gerloff did not get to ride the newest YZR-M1, instead riding Morbidelli's 'A-Spec' 2019 version.