Garrett Gerloff🐼 will join the Puccetti Kawasaki World Superbike squad in 2025 as pဣart of a one-bike effort.

The American made his WSBK debut in 2020 with Yamaha at the GRT squad and managed three podium💎s in his first season, scoring three more across his final two years with the Japanese brand.

A move to BMW with the Bonovo Action team followed in 2023, though he has since struggled to replicate the form he showed on the Yamaha with a best of fourth o📖n three occasions last year.

Gerloff became linked to Puccetti follow💖ing the Bonovo squad's announcement that it would be quitting the championship at the end of the curre🌌nt season in June.

Ahead of this weekend’s Portimao ro♑und of the 2024 campaign, Puccetﷺti announced it had signed Gerloff for 2025 to ride current-spec Kawasaki ZX-10RR machinery.

Speaking about the news, team owner Manuel Puccetti said: “On behalf of myself and my team - a🧔s well as my sponsors and my family - I would like to express what an honour and privilege this is.

“Since my fir🍷st days in racing I personally appreciate th💃e 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 in🥂cludes over 120 podiums.

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

“Rest assured we will do our best to fulfil the ambitions of Ninja fans across the world i🌸n the coming season. We are truly honoured.”    

🎃Gerloff currently sits 13th in the championship on 50 points.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi had been in contention for a Pucc♛ettꦉi ride, as had British Superbike star Ryan Vickers before Gerloff got the nod.

It is unclear what the futu♌re holds for current Puccetti rider Tito Rabat, who has endured a tough 2024 having scored just six points.