Garre𒐪tt⛦ Gerloff recovered from an early crash at turn 13 to claim seventh place in the final WorldSBK race of the opening round in Aragon. 

The A✤merican was running second behind championship leader Jonathan Rea and lining up a move for the lead during the opening laps.&n♋bsp;

But as the pair arrived into turn 13, Gerloff was unable to stop his R1 and💦 had to avoid hitting the rear of Rea’s Kawasaki. Subsequently, it led to a rather late surge to the ins𝄹ide however, contact was still made as Gerloff lost the front after hitting Rea.

The six-time world champion used his motocross skills to full effect as he managed to stay aboard his Ninja ZR-10RR. ☂; 

It was not the outcome Gerloff would have been anticipating or hoping for after having taken his first podium of 2021 in the Superpole raꦗce.

Speaking about both rac🌳es, the GRT Yamaha man added: "Our Sunday started off really well with a third place in the Superpole Race. The team and I made a perfect decision to go with the intermediate tyre, and it worked." 

"It was nice to be on the podium, even though I felt like I could have gotten second place. In Race 🦹2 I felt really good since the start, and wanted to at least fight for the podium, so I’m very frustrated with the mist💙ake I made. 

"I was behind Johnny (Rea), but I couldn’t stop as quickly as he did, and my optio🃏ns were eitherꦗ to hit him in the back or to get to his inside and hopefully miss him, so that’s what I tried to do. 

"Unfortunately I still ran intoඣ him, but at least he was able to stay on two wheels. I crashed, but I managed to pick up the bike right away and keep going. It was a bit bent, but overall the bike was good, so I tried to give the team the best possible result despite the mistake. 

"It was nice to be the top independent rider at the fi✃nish. Ne💫xt week we go to Estoril, a track that both I and my R1 really like, so see you there."