WorldSBK Donington: Eight in a row for Aegerter in WorldSSP

Ten Kate Yamaha’s Dominique Aegerter continued his domination of WorldSSP with his eighth victory in a row on Saturday at Donington Park.

Evan Bros. Yamaha’s Lorenzo Baldassarri was denied the spoils by half a second after leading the majority of the reduced race distance with the pair unstoppable once again. Orelac Verdnatura Ducati’s Raffaele de Rosa completed the podium after a late battle with Puccetti Kawasaki’s Yari Montella.

Aegerter headed the grid for Saturday’s 19-lap race with Bulega and Glenn van Straalen alongside on the front row. A delayed start saw Bulega grab the holeshot as the lights finally released the pack with Aegerter defending from Can Öncü as van Straalen dropped to fifth. A dramatic incident just four corners round saw Hannes Soomer off track as Peter Sebestyen highsided leaving Unai Orradre with nowhere to go and the race immediately red flagged due to track conditions. Wildcard Harry Truelove failing to start the initial action with Issac Vinales retiring in the opening stages on the DG34 Ducati.

After a quick restart, 12 laps were underway with Aegerter in command. Öncü through on Bulega fro second with van Straalen fighting for fourth from Baldassarri before the EAB dropped to seventh.

The Puccetti rider was into the lead as lap one concluded with the leading group of seven almost inseparable through Goddards. Bulega claiming second as Baldassarri demoted the Swiss rider further as the next lap played out.

GMT94 Yamaha’s Jules Cluzel and Montella bickered for fourth as Bulega crashed the Aruba Ducati out at the Melbourne loop, Baldassarri released into the lead at the start of lap three with the two Puccetti riders sitting third and fourth.

De Rosa was up to fifth from van Straalen and