WorldSBK Donington: Aegerter equals record with WorldSSP win

Dominique Aegerter strengthened his WorldSSP title defence with another victory on the Ten Kate Yamaha at Donington Park on Sunday.

A typical late-race battle between the Swiss rider and Lorenzo Baldassarri saw the Evan Bros. rival dispatched to second once again with Aruba Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega completing the celebrations in third.

Sunday’s Supersport action kicked off without Jules Cluzel after the Frenchman sustained breaks in both feet and a dislocated shoulder in a monster highside in race one. MTM Kawasaki’s Adrian Huertas suffering a Goddards crash on the sighting lap as he made his way to the starting line.

Saturday afternoon’s winner Aegerter commanded the grid ahead of the full 19-lap battle with Andrea Locatelli’s nine consecutive victories target now in sight.

Lights out and Aegerter maintained his control from Bulega and Kawasaki’s Can Öncü. Puccetti teammate Yari Montella crashing out after contact with EAB’s Glenn van Straalen as Althea’s Federico Caricasulo stormed through to fourth.

Bulega was in the lead on lap two as Dynavolt Triumph’s Hannes Soomer captured fourth from the second Panigale V2. Bahattin Sofuoglu the next to crash with Tom Booth-Amos doing likewise.

Caricasulo quickly regrouped and was into the final podium position, from fifth, next time around as Öncü dropped down to seventh. Van Straalen ending his race early with his second crash of the weekend.

Baldassarri was hunting down the podium trio as lap five fired up. Öncü the next through on Soomer with Orelac Ducati’s Raffaele de Rosa, the second Triumph of Stefano Manzi, Huertas and GMT94’s Andy Verdoia completing the early top ten. Wildcard rider Harry Truelove retiring from the race after a non-start on Saturday.

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