Garrett Gerloff Signs With Puccetti Kawasaki For WSBK 2025 Season

Saajan Jogia | Aug 8, 2024

Bonovo action BMW Racing Team, #31 BMW M 1000 RR, Garrett Gerloff (USA) | BMW Press Image /

Ahead of this weekend’s Portimao round of the WSBK 2024 season, Puccetti Racing announced that Garrett Gerloff will join their World Superbike team in 2025. Gerloff will ride the current-spec Kawasaki ZX-10RR as part of a single-bike effort for the team.

Gerloff's signing with Puccetti for the 2025 season follows a competitive selection process that also involved Michael Ruben Rinaldi and British Superbike star Ryan Vickers. Meanwhile, Tito Rabat's future with the team remains uncertain after a challenging 2024 season. With only six points to his name, Rabat's struggles have cast significant doubt on his continued role with the team.

The American rider is currently positioned 13th in the championship with 50 points. After joining BMW with the Bonovo Action team in 2023, his future became a topic of speculation when the Bonovo team announced in June that it would withdraw from the championship at the end of the current season. This development sparked links between Gerloff and a potential move to Puccetti for 2025.

The 29-year-old rider made his WSBK debut in 2020 with Yamaha's GRT team, where he quickly made an impression by securing three podiums in his first season. Over the next two years with Yamaha, he continued to showcase his talent, adding three more podium finishes to his tally.

Revealing Gerloff's signing, team owner of Puccetti Racing, Manuel Puccetti said in a statement:

“On behalf of myself and my team - as well as my sponsors and my family - I would like to express what an honour and privilege this is.

“Since my first days in racing I personally appreciate the elements that make a rider or team successful.

“I started racing on a 125cc production machine in an Italian cup race in the late 1990s and by 2002 I had taken the challenging step to become a team owner.

“Just one truck, some motorcycles and a loyal group of sponsors to start with.

“Yet, from these beginnings, we worked and worked to become what we are now; a team with World, European and National Championships to our credit and a success record that includes over 120 podiums.

“In 2025, we will field current season KRT Ninja ZX-10RR machinery and I can only say this is a dream come true.

“Rest assured we will do our best to fulfill the ambitions of Ninja fans across the world in the coming season. We are truly honored.”

Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Gerloff revealed in a statement:

"I am really excited to have an opportunity to stay in World Superbikes for next year.

"Especially with them (Puccetti) it seems like a really good opportunity for both of us, I am going to do my best like I always do. I am confident from what I have seen from the other guys riding the bike now that we can do a good job. I will be with new people so they need to get to know me and I need to get to know them. But I am confident."