2023-10-01 19:41:06
Only 17th in Superpole and 14th in the first run and in the Superpole race – that was not what Dominique Aegerter had planned for the 2023 Superbike World Championship meeting in Portimão. Only in eighth place in the second race did the Swiss in the Yamaha Team GRT show an all-round appealing performance that he himself was happy with.
«We took a step in the warm-up. That wasn’t visible in the result, but we were closer to the top,” explained Aegerter. “We were also able to improve the feeling a little in the Superpole race. Still, it was difficult to overtake the guys in front of me and in just ten laps there isn’t much time to make up ground.”
A week ago in Aragon, Aegerter missed the top 10 in all three races. In Portugal, the two-time supersport world champion really wanted to be able to show a single-digit result once more. “In the second race I think I found my way back to my old form. But it was not only thanks to the driver, but also the efforts of the entire team that we found something that gave me more confidence. I think finishing the race only ten seconds behind Bautista is a strong performance,” emphasized the Rohrbacher. «Of course we also benefited a little from the incident with some drivers in turn three, where we gained a few positions. But towards the end of the race our pace became stronger and stronger. Unfortunately, I made a small mistake on the last lap when I went a little too far while trying to overtake Petrucci, which Lecuona immediately took advantage of.
Finishing less than two seconds behind sixth place one day following his 33rd birthday upsets Aegerter. “I’m a bit annoyed that I missed out on sixth or seventh place. “But our performance with eighth place corresponded to what we had been missing for a few races,” the Superbike rookie consoled himself. «It’s a nice end to the weekend and a belated birthday present. A big thank you to the whole team, because I can well imagine that it is not always easy to work with me. But I rewarded them for their hard work with a strong result today.”
Bitter for Aegerter: His teammate Remy Gardner, whom he had a loose grip on at the start of the season, passed him in the overall standings on the eleventh race weekend. As eleventh in the World Championship, the Swiss is only one point behind the Australian and only two behind Xavi Vierge (Honda) in 8th place.
Result Superbike World Championship Portimao, Race 2: Pos Driver Motorcycle Diff 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha + 0.126 sec 3. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati + 1.764 4. Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW + 2,864 5. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha + 6,373 6. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 9,305 7. Iker Lecuona (E) Honda + 10,154 8. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha + 10,262 9. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati + 12,253 10. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki + 19,155 11. Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW + 20,468 12. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 20,970 13. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha + 23,800 14. Scott Redding (GB) BMW + 29,871 15. Xavier Vierge (E) Honda + 41,408 16. Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki + 42,685 17. Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki + 42,967 18. Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha + 51,507 19. Gabriele Ruiu (I) BMW + 51,529 – Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha – Loris Baz (F) BMW – Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda Result Superbike World Championship Portimao, Superpole Race: Pos Driver Motorcycle Diff 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha + 0.142 sec 3. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha + 4.024 4. Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha + 6.984 5. Iker Lecuona (E) Honda + 7.236 6. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati + 7.549 7. Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW + 8,387 8. Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW + 9,898 9. Xavier Vierge (E) Honda + 11,003 10. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati + 11,230 11. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 11,362 12. Loris Baz (F) BMW + 12,751 13. Scott Redding (GB) BMW + 12,806 14. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha + 13,053 15. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 13,609 16. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha + 18,858 17. Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha + 21,305 18. Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki + 21,363 19. Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda + 23,818 20. Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki + 24,348 21. Gabriele Ruiu (I) BMW + 31,299 – Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki – Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki – Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki Result Superbike World Championship Portimao, Race 1: Pos Driver Motorcycle Diff 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha + 2,098 sec 3. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki + 6,790 4. Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW + 12,093 5. Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki + 13,148 6. Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha + 13,714 7. Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW + 14,171 8. Iker Lecuona (E) Honda + 15,442 9. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha + 17,792 10. Xavier Vierge (E) Honda + 21,198 11. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati + 21,723 12. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 21,910 13. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 23,381 14. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha + 23,457 15. Scott Redding (GB) BMW + 29,872 16. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha + 34,162 17. Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha + 36.702 18. Loris Baz (F) BMW + 40.829 19. Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki + 46.446 20. Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda + 52.185 21. Eric Granado (BR) Honda + 53.598 22. Gabriele Ruiu (I) BMW + 53,916 23. Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki + > 1 min – Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati – Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki Superbike World Championship 2023: Standings following 33 of 36 races Pos Driver Motorcycle Points 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 566 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha 506 3. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki 350 4. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha 300 5. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati 244 6. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati 233 7. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati 205 8. Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki 140 8. Xavier Vierge (E) Honda 140 10. Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha 139 11. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha 138 12. Iker Lecuona (E) Honda 136 13. Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW 135 14. Scott Redding (GB) BMW 118 15. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati 102 16. Loris Baz (F) BMW 57 17. Michael vd Mark (NL) BMW 48 18. Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha 19 19. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha 15 20. Tom Sykes (GB) Kawa/BMW 11 21. Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda 10 22. Leon Haslam(GB) BMW 2 23. Ivo Lopes (PT ) BMW 1 23. Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki 1 24. Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki 1 24. Hannes Soomer (EST) Honda 1 24. Florian Marino (F) Kawasaki 1
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