WorldSBK rider Garrett Gerloff has put his name squarely inside the Yamahꩲa MotoGP shop window for a possible 2022 ride af🥂ter a positive Dutch Grand Prix weekend. 

The American finished 17th in his first ever MotoGP race and ahead of current Ducati rookie Luca Mꦬarini.&n🍒bsp;

All weekend Gerloff was running at a very respectable pace 💞- similar to that of Marini, Enea Bastianini and Lorenzo Savadori - around two seconds down on the top 🐽times. 

Heading into the race Gerloff was hopin🌺g to clinch a debut points finish, but ‘some mistakes’ when trying to make ‘a pass’, cost the Petronas rider time to those in front.

"It just took me too long to find a place and I💝 definitely made some mi๊stakes trying to make a pass and that definitely cost me a decent amount of time, unfortunately," added Gerloff. 

"In the end, it was nice to finish and it was a great experience. I just have to thank the Petronas Yamaha SRT team fo🐓r th♒e opportunity again."

As already stated, Yamaha are likely looking for not one, but two riders he🦹ading into 2022 - both potentially with Petronas Yamaha, as rumours of Maverick Vinales leaving the factory team have officially been confirmed. 

This means Franco Morbidelli is the most likely to move into that seat next year - thus opening up two seats as V🅷alentino Rossi looks more likely to retire or leave the team th🅷an not. 

And with no American currently on the grid, one of th🐓ose bikes could well come the way of Gerloff who said his ‘life goal’ is to become a f💝ull-time MotoGP rider.  

Gerloff added: "Yeah, definitely. My goal♏ my whole life has been to race in MotoGP. I definitely would love to come back and be racing in MotoGP. 

"But I’m just here for now, for this race, and then back to𒆙 World Superbike which is still my main focus for this year. 

"I wa💛nt to do the best that I can there,🗹 and then try to earn an opportunity to come back to GP."

The full weekend in Assen means Gerloff now has four complete days of MotoGP action 🌠in his career.&n𝓰bsp;

The 25 year-old was asked to sum up ✅what he’s learned through this experience to which he said: "A lot, for sure. The bike in the dry is such a different animal than in the wet. The bike is so rigid and the tyres have so much grip that it just reacts off of every imperfection in the track. 

"It definitely canꦿ be a little bit hard to manage, but I learned a little bit about riding💯 technique and whatnot.

"As far as the riding experience and what I learned from that, it was huge. It was great to work with the team and seꩵe how Ramon and Andy, the electronics guys, do their j🍌ob and everything. 

"So, it definitely was nice to see that and kind of maybe take some of that knowledge back to World Superbike, e꧋ven though my team already does an amazing job with 🌠all that."