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The 32-year-old Swiss rider and his GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK team have moved over directly from Aragón to Portimao in southern Portugal for the penultimate stop of the series.

The circuit of the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in the hilly outback of the port city of Portimao has long since made a name for itself, and not just because of its challenging layout. Because of the beautiful surroundings and other amenities, the FIM Superbike World Championship likes to pitch its tents at the Algarve coastline.

Dominique Aegerter has not yet had too many opportunities to familiarize himself with the roller coaster of Poritmao. But a test at the start of the season should be useful to get a better start to the weekend and also to finish consistently in the top 10 again.

As usual, the race weekend begins on Friday with two free practice sessions at 10:30 a.m. local time (11:30 a.m. CEST) and at 3:00 p.m. local time (CEST), followed by free practice three on Saturday morning as well as the decisive Superpole qualifying session on Saturday morning and the first main race at 2:00 p.m. local time (3:00 p.m. CEST) on the same day in the afternoon. Sunday's schedule includes the sprint race at normal time at 11:00 local time (12:00 CEST). The second main race of the weekend will again start as usual at 14:00 local time (15:00 CEST). In addition to the livestream on worldsbk.com, where all sessions can be seen, Eurosport and ServusTV will also be reporting from Portugal.

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

"I look forward every time we come to Portimao. The track is very special, almost unique in fact, because of its good mix of fast and slow corners, which are mostly approached blind, the many elevation changes and the long start-finish straight, which first goes a bit uphill and then drops again in the braking zone to the first corner. A lap is like a roller coaster ride. We had a test at Portimao at the beginning of the season. So, we already have data to work with before the race weekend starts. That is certainly a plus."

"Last weekend in Aragón things did not go as well as I wanted. But that is history and now we are starting all over again. In the last few days, I have given my shoulder a bit of a rest, spending the short break in Barcelona, Lisbon and Portimao before we start the penultimate race weekend of the season. My goal for Portimao is to be consistently in the top ten and fight for the honour of the best-placed privateer and rookie, because that is where we belong. I am looking forward to Portimao and cannot wait to race there again. I want to put in a strong performance right from the start this weekend."

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: 30
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

#PORWorldSBK - WSBK Zeitplan des Wochenendes in MESZ:
Freitag, 29. September: FP1 11:30 - 12:15
Freitag, 29. September: FP2 16:00 - 16:45
Samstag, 30. September: FP3 10:00 - 10:30
Samstag, 30. September: Superpole 12:10 - 12:25
Samstag, 30. September: Rennen 1 15:00 (20 Runden - 92,840 km)
Sonntag, 1. Oktober: Warm Up 10:00 - 10:15
Sonntag, 1. Oktober: Superpole-Race 12:00 (10 Runden - 45,920 km)
Sonntag, 1. Oktober: Rennen 2 15:00 (20 Runden - 92,840 km)

Streckendaten Portimao:
Länge: 4.592 Meter
Breite: 15 Meter
Linkskurven: 6
Rechtskurven: 9
WSBK Allzeit-Rekord: 1´39.610 (2022)
Beste WSBK Pole-Position: 1´39.610 (2022)
Schnellste WSBK Rennrunde: 1´40.135 (2022)

WorldSBK Stand:
1 Alvaro BAUTISTA / SPA / Ducati / 504
2 Toprak RAZGATLIOGLU / TUR / Yamaha / 457
3 Jonathan REA / GBR / KAWASAKI / 328
4 Andrea LOCATELLI / ITA / Yamaha / 275
5 Axel BASSANI / ITA / Ducati / 237
6 Michael Ruben RINALDI / ITA / Ducati / 219
7 Danilo PETRUCCI / ITA / Ducati / 191
8 Xavi VIERGE / SPA / Honda / 132
9 Alex LOWES / GBR / Kawasaki / 129
10 #77 Dominique AEGERTER / SWI / Yamaha / 128
11 Remy GARDNER / AUS / Yamaha / 123
12 Scott REDDING / GBR / BMW / 115
13 Iker LECUONA / SPA / Honda / 114
14 Garrett GERLOFF / USA / BMW / 107
15 Philipp ÖTTL / GER / Ducati / 90