2023-07-01 18:58:19
Superbike rookie Domi Aegerter rides the 1000cc at Donington Park for the first time this weekend. After some adverse conditions and the associated little track time, he only finished 18th on Friday’s practice session.
In FP3 he moved up to 12th but lost over 2sec to the top.
The Swiss showed what he really can do in qualifying when he secured the perfect sixth place on the grid. Of course, Aegerter was hurt that he dropped back to 12th place in the race.
“We didn’t have the training time for the race set-up,” analyzed the two-time Supersport champion from Mirko Giansanti’s Yamaha team. “That should not be an excuse, because the conditions were the same for everyone. But the drivers with more experience had a small advantage and could also benefit from their track knowledge.”
Domi continues: «The first laps of the race were okay. I was able to stay in the top 10 and fight for eighth place. But then the grip gradually decreased. It was difficult to maintain a constant pace. I also suffered a little physically, because the 23 laps were very exhausting. In the end I made a mistake when I saw that something on Phillip Öttl’s bike was broken. It was smoking and you could smell it too. That irritated me so much that I braked two meters too late in a curve and was afraid of missing the entrance. That’s why I thundered into the gravel bed. This carelessness cost me two places. I’m sorry, this error is my responsibility. But I feel well prepared for Sunday, even if there is still a lot to do. Hopefully the Superpole race and the second race will take place on a dry track.”
Ergebnis Superbike-WM Donington Park, Rennes 1: Pos Fahrer Motorrad Diff 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha + 3.718 sec 3. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki + 6.115 4. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati + 7,855 5. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha + 10,738 6. Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki + 11,143 7. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati + 12,025 8. Scott Redding (GB) BMW + 12,638 9. Tom Sykes (GB) BMW + 12.754 10. Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha + 25.944 11. Xavier Vierge (E) Honda + 26.050 12. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha + 30.859 13. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati + 31.558 14. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha + 52.605 15. Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki + 56.037 16. Tito Rabat (E) Kawasaki + 57.082 17. Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda + 57.216 18. Oliver König (CZ) Kawasaki + > 1 min 19. Eric Granado ( BR) Honda + > 1 min – Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati – Iker Lecuona (E) Honda – Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW – Loris Baz (F) BMW – Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha Superbike-WM 2023: Stand at of 36 Races Pos Fahrer Motorrad Points 1. Alvaro Bautista (E) Ducati 323 2. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TR) Yamaha 232 3. Andrea Locatelli (I) Yamaha 161 4. Jonathan Rea (GB) Kawasaki 145 5. Axel Bassani (I) Ducati 135 6. Michael Rinaldi (I) Ducati 102 7. Xavier Virgin (E) Honda 92 7. Dominique Aegerter (CH) Yamaha 92 9. Alex Lowes (GB) Kawasaki 85 10. Danilo Petrucci (I) Ducati 77 11. Remy Gardner (AUS) Yamaha 65 12. Iker Lecuona (E) Honda 64 13. Garrett Gerloff (USA) BMW 51 14. Scott Redding (GB) BMW 49 15. Philipp Öttl (D) Ducati 46 16. Michael v Mark (NL) BMW 19 17. Loris Baz (F) BMW 13 18. Tom Sykes (GB) Kawa/BMW 11 19. Lorenzo Baldassarri (I) Yamaha 9 20. Hafizh Syahrin (MAL) Honda 7 21. Bradley Ray (GB) Yamaha Ivo Lopes (PT) BMW 1 22. Isaac Vinales (E) Kawasaki
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