2023-07-15 19:33:31
19th place in the combined time sheet from FP1 and FP2 on Friday did not correspond to Dominique Aegerter’s claim – even if he only knew the “Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari” from a few laps with the Porsche.
12th place in qualifying was a clear step forward. In the race, he was also in this position for a long time. When he overtook fellow Yamaha rider Bradley Ray, the Swiss was eleventh. In the 15th of 19 laps, Aegerter’s Yamaha started to bitch and he was passed down to 16th place, in the next lap he had to retire.
“We’ve improved our performance and gotten closer to the top drivers,” said the two-time Supersport champion. “We still have problems in the slow chicanes, but we’ve made progress. In the race I was on the limit in the first laps. Also, we were dealing with very hot conditions and the bike’s behavior was a bit different. Unfortunately, in the closing stages of the race, the clutch began to slip and I had to retire. We hope that we can improve on Sunday and finish in the top nine in the sprint race to have a better starting position for the second main race.”
In the overall standings, Aegerter is ninth following 19 races with 97 points.
Result Superbike World Championship Imola, Race 1: Pos Rider Motorcycle Diff 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha + 3.672 sec 3. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki + 7.847 4. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha + 13.543 5th Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati + 15.898 6th Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 18.551 7th Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 20.633 8th Loris Baz (F) BMW + 21.727 9th Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki +22.082 10 Scott Redding (GB) BMW +26.052 11 Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha +36.865 12 Xavier Vierge (E) Honda +37.032 13 Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW +37.282 14 Leon Haslam(GB) BMW + 37.827 15 Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha + 38.943 16 Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki + 58.025 17 Gabriele Ruiu (I) BMW + 58.206 18 Roberto Tamburini (I) Honda + 59.022 – Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha – Iker Lecuona (E) Honda – Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki – Eric Granado (BR) Honda – Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki – Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati – Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha Superbike World Championship 2023: Status following 19 of 36 Race Pos Rider Bike Points 1st Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 382 2nd Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha 284 3rd Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha 188 4th Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki 179 5th Axel Bassani (I) Ducati 155 6th Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati 113 7th Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati 108 8th Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki 106 9th Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha 97 10th Xavier Vierge (E) Honda 96 11th Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha 74 12 Scott Redding (GB) BMW 69 13 Iker Lecuona (E) Honda 66 14 Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW 64 15 Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati 52 16 Loris Baz (F) BMW 21 17 Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW 19 18 Tom Sykes (GB) Kawa/BMW 11 19 Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha 9 19 Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha 9 21 Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda 8 22 Leon Haslam(GB) BMW 2 23 Ivo Lopes (PT) BMW 1 23 Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki 1
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