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The iconic track in the heart of Italy’s Emiglia-Romagna region is absolutely new territory for Dominique Aegerter, which is why he quickly acquired basic knowledge of the circuit in a race Porsche.

Teams and riders of Superbike World Championship are busy in the middle of summer, of all times. Imola, the seventh stop of the series this year, is the second of three events in July. The almost 5 kilometres long track with the sonorous name «Autodromo Internazionale Enze e Dino Ferrari di Imola» has a long tradition in the world championship with production-based race bikes. After a four-year break, the WorldSBK series returns there this weekend.

For Dominique Aegerter, however, Imola is still little-known terrain. An excursion into the car racing scene organized at short notice helped the 32-year-old Swiss to gain some track knowledge, which should make his start to the weekend easier. Apart from that, stable weather conditions should help Aegerter to return to the top ten this time after his mediocre performance last time at Donington Park.

As usual, the race weekend begins on Friday with two free practice sessions at 10:30 and 15:00, followed by the third free practice session on Saturday morning, as well as the decisive Superpole qualifying session on Saturday morning and the first main race at 14:00 on the same day in the afternoon. Sunday's schedule includes the sprint race back at the normal time of 11:00 am and the second main race of the weekend at 2:00 pm. ServusTV offers extensive live coverage, and there is also the live stream on worldsbk.com.

#77 Dominique AEGERTER (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team, Yamaha YZF R1)

"After a race-free weekend, I am happy to get back on my Yamaha superbike and see my team again. Donington was unfortunately not so good for us. I think we mainly lacked practice time to better adapt to the track. But now it is off to Imola, which is completely new for me. Since it was not possible at short notice to get to know the track with a bike during a track day event, I was there three weeks ago at an event organized by Fredy Barth. The day with the Porsche was a lot of fun and, above all, I now know where to go in Imola now."

"The track is very varied and technically demanding which is often uphill and downhill and there are two tight chicanes and some blind corners. Hopefully the weather will be better this weekend than last time, it is supposed to be very hot. Then we can set the bike up properly on Friday to be optimally prepared for Saturday and Sunday and get back into the top 10. Imola is not very far from Switzerland. I therefore expect many fans from home, which will make the weekend even more enjoyable."

Dominique AEGERTER’s Profil:
Alter: 32 (geboren am 30. September 1990)
Beruf: Rennfahrer
Wohnort: Rohrbach (Schweiz)
Größe: 174 cm
Gewicht: 69 kg
Motorrad: Yamaha YZF R1
Team: GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team
Startnummer: 77

Grand Prix Debut: Estoril (Portugal) 2006, 125ccm
Erste Grand Prix Pole-Position: Sachsenring (Deutschland) 2014, Moto2™
Erste schnellste Grand-Prix-Rennrunde: Assen (Niederlande) 2014, Moto2™
Erstes Grand Prix Podium: Valencia (Spanien) 2011, Moto2™
Erster Grand Prix Sieg: Sachsenring (Deutschland) 2014, Moto2™
Grand Prix Siege: 1
Grand Prix Podium: 7
Grand Prix Pole-Position: 1
Grand Prix Schnellste Rennrunde: 1
Grand Prix Starts (insgesamt): 220 (52 in 125 ccm / 168 in Moto2™)
WorldSSP Debüt: MotorLand Aragón (Spanien) 2021
WorldSSP Rennen: 44
WorldSSP Siege: 27
WorldSSP Podium: 35
WorldSSP Pole-Position: 11
WorldSSP schnellste Rennrunden: 20
WorldSBK Debüt: Phillip Island (Australien) 2023
WorldSBK Rennen: 18
WorldSBK Siege: -
WorldSBK Podium: -
WorldSBK Pole-Position: -
WorldSBK schnellste Rennrunden: 1

Dominique AEGERTER’s Karriere:
2003: ADAC Junior Cup – Gesamt 7.
2004: 125 ccm Internationale Deutsche Motorradmeisterschaft - Gesamt 15.
2005: 125 ccm Internationale Deutsche Motorradmeisterschaft - Gesamt 9.
2006: 125 ccm Internationale Deutsche Motorradmeisterschaft - Vize-Titel
2006: 125 ccm Weltmeisterschaft – 2 Starts (0 Punkte)
2007: 125 ccm Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 23. (7 Punkte)
2008: 125 ccm Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 16. (45 Punkte)
2009: 125 ccm Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 13. (70,5 Punkte)
2010: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 15. (74 Punkte)
2011: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 8. (94 Punkte)
2012: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 8. (114 Punkte)
2013: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 5. (158 Punkte)
2014: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 5. (172 Punkte)
2015: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 17. (62 Punkte)
2016: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 12. (61 Punkte)
2017: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 12. (88 Punkte)
2018: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 17. (47 Punkte)
2019: Moto2™ Weltmeisterschaft – Gesamt 22. (19 Punkte)
2020: MotoE™ World Cup - Gesamt 3. (97 Punkte)
2021: MotoE™ World Cup - Vize-Titel (93 Punkte)
2021: WorldSSP - World Champion mit Ten Kate Racing Yamaha
2022: MotoE™ World Cup - Gesamtsieger mit Dynavolt Intact GP
2022: WorldSSP - World Champion mit Ten Kate Racing Yamaha

#ITAWorldSBK - WSBK Zeitplan des Wochenendes in MESZ:
Freitag, 14. Juli: FP1 10:30 - 11:15
Freitag, 14. Juli: FP2 15:00 - 15:45
Samstag, 15. Juli: FP3 09:00 - 09:30
Samstag, 15. Juli; Superpole 11:10 - 11:25
Samstag, 15. Juli: Rennen 1 14:00 (19 Runden - 93,784 km)
Sonntag, 16. Juli: Warm Up 09:00 - 09:15
Sonntag, 16. Juli: Superpole-Race 11:00 (10 Runden - 49,360 km)
Sonntag, 16. Juli: Rennen 2 14:00 (19 Runden - 93,784 km)

Streckendaten Imola:
Länge: 4.936 Meter
Breite: 12 Meter
Längste Gerade: 358 Meter
Linkskurven: 13
Rechtskurven: 9
WSBK Allzeit-Rekord: 1´45.180 (2019)
Beste WSBK Pole-Position: 1´45.180 (2019)
Schnellste WSBK Rennrunde: 1´46.023 (2019)

WorldSBK Stand:
1 Alvaro BAUTISTA / SPA / Ducati / 357
2 Toprak RAZGATLIOGLU / TUR / Yamaha / 364
3 Andrea LOCATELLI / ITA / Yamaha / 175
4 Jonathan REA / GBR / Kawasaki / 163
5 Axel BASSANI / ITA / Ducati / 146
6 Michael Ruben RINALDI / ITA / Ducati / 102
7 Alex LOWES / GBR / Kawasaki / 99
8 Danilo PETRUCCI / ITA / Ducati / 98
9 #77 Dominique AEGERTER / SWI / Yamaha / 97
10 Xavi VIERGE / SPA / Honda / 92
11 Remy GARDNER / AUS / Yamaha / 69
12 Iker LECUONA / SPA / Honda / 66
13 Scott REDDING / GBR / BMW / 63
14 Garrett GERLOFF / USA / BMW / 61
15 Philipp ÖTTL / GER / Ducati / 52