october 24, 2022 - Yamaha Racing
Aegerter Doubles up in Argentina
Dominique Aegerter fought to his 15th victory in the 2022 #fimsupersportworldchampionship, beating championship rival #lorenzobaldassarri in a San Juan Villicum classic.
Ten Kate Racing’s #dominiqueaegerter backed up his race one victory in Argentina with another sensational performance in race two as he battled his way through to beat #lorenzobaldassarri on the final lap.
After a record-breaking pole position and race one victory, Aegerter searched for a 15th win of the season from the pole position but didn’t make the cleanest of starts as he fell through the pack to fourth behind title rival Baldassarri before losing a further place to Niki Tuuli on lap five; and as Aegerter relinquished fourth, Baldassarri began his charge forward, passing Federico Caricasulo at turn five.
It wasn’t long until Aegerter dropped his pace and began making headway, first capitalising on a mistake from Tuuli ahead, the Swiss rider then set the fastest lap at the halfway point as he chased the leading group. A crash for Raffaele De Rosa promoted Baldassarri to the lead and Aegerter onto the podium but it would quickly become a Yamaha one-two as the 32-year-old cleared the Ducati.
With three laps remaining, the championship leader was able to shake off the Ducati behind, leaving a head-to-head duel to develop between the two title protagonists. Running wide at turn nine, Aegerter dealt the first blow, passing the number seven R6 on the exit, but Baldassarri was quick to retaliate as he re-claimed the lead a lap later.
Locked together as the duo began the final lap, Baldassarri held the advantage, dragging Aegerter around before a sublime final corner lunge from the Swiss rider secured his victory, leaving the Italian to run wide and re-join just behind Caricasulo and finish the race in third.
Jules Cluzel saw a top five narrowly escape from him as he crossed the line in sixth aboard his GMT94 Yamaha with team-mate Andy Verdoia inside the top ten in ninth.
Glenn van Straalen bounced back from an early race one crash to finish 11th with second Evan Bros.WorldSSP Yamaha Team rider Peter Sebestyen securing another 12th place in race two. Ondrej Vostatek and Marcel Brenner claimed the final points on offer in 14th and 15th places respectively.
Bradley Smith was unfortunate not to repeat his strong debut performance on Saturday which saw him finish 14th after being taken out at turn one by another rider.
Thanks to a superb double tango in Argentina, #dominiqueaegerter has one hand firmly on the title as he leads Baldassarri in the championship race by 72 points meaning it’s match point Aegerter ahead of race one in Indonesia.
The #fimsupersportworldchampionship will take a short break before returning to action at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit in Indonesia for the penultimate round of the season on 11-13 November ahead of the final battle in Australia the following week.
Further information in the press release to download
R10 San Juan WorldSSP 2022 Saturday Aegerter GB9 9148
4000x2667, 8MB
R10 San Juan WorldSSP 2022 Sunday Baldassari G72 5151
4000x2667, 9MB
RD10 San Juan WSSP Friday Aegerter GB9 3019
4000x2667, 3MB
RD10 San Juan WSSP Saturday Aegerter G72 2651
4000x2667, 4MB
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