The next steps in the 2022 pre-season campaign for the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team will be another two days of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in preparation of the 2022 FIM World Superbike Championship and the official bike unveiling for the upcoming season, which will take place just one day before action starts in Barcelona.

Following a successful test session held at Misano World Circuit on 16th-17th March, Kohta Nozane and Garrett Gerloff are ready for one penultimate test session in Barcelona on 25th-26th March before moving to Aragòn for the official test with all teams on 4th-5th April ahead of the first round of the season.

Previously in Italy, Nozane was able to make a lot of laps (140 in total) testing many things gaining good data for the future. Gerloff enjoyed the two days at Misano as well, completing 164 laps working on electronics over than trying new parts as his Japanese teammate did.

Before going on track, the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team will finally unveil their new Yamaha R1 for the 2022 FIM World Superbike Championship campaign. On 24th March at 17:00 CET, Garrett Gerloff and Kohta Nozane will show their new colors they will bring on the circuits for the whole season.

Make sure you will not miss that on our social channels and on our website. Therefore, both Nozane and Gerloff will use 2022 graphics on track from the Barcelona test.

Once having completed the two days at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK will head to Aragòn on 4th-5th for the official test session as said before. That will take place just a few days before the 2022 FIM World Superbike Championship season gets underway with Round 1 at the Teruel venue.

Garrett Gerloff: Garrett Gerloff: “It’s awesome to be able to get back on my Yamaha R1 after such a short time for another two days of testing in Barcelona. The sessions we had at Misano World Circuit were good and we worked really well getting information for the future and we will keep the same line at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as well. I’m also more than thrilled to unveil our new colors for the 2022 campaign. Both the bike and leathers are unbelievably cool and I cannot wait to show them to everyone tomorrow at 17:00 (CET)!”

Kohta Nozane: Kohta Nozane: “Having another session of test just one week later the one we had at Misano World Circuit is really good to keep working on what we learned during the previous tests. In Spain we’ll try to make one more step forward to improve our performance and we’re confident we can do it. Moreover, it’s time to show you our new graphics for the 2022 season. Believe me, they’re really cool and I’m so excited you all guys can see what we will bring on track this year"

Filippo Conti claims: Filippo Conti: “After having had two good days at Misano where we made step forward in preparation of the 2022 FIM World Superbike Championship, we hope to make the same thing at the Montmeló in our penultimate test session before the beginning of the season. In Barcelona we will unveil our new Yamaha R1 as well: we are so thrilled for this and cannot wait for you to see our new colors. We are sure you will like it and you will be positively surprised. You just have to be patient and wait until 24th March at 17:00 (CET)!”