Dominique Aegerter

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Dominique Aegerter
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Aegerter in 2014
NationalitySwiss
Born (1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 (age 33) [1]
Rohrbach, Switzerland
Current teamGYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team
Bike number77
Website https://www.domi77.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years 2010–2020
Manufacturers Suter, Kalex, KTM, MV Agusta, NTS
Championships 0
2020 championship position28th (4 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
1681711903
125cc World Championship
Active years 2006–2009
Manufacturers Aprilia, Derbi
Championships 0
2009 championship position13th (70.5 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
520000122.5
MotoE World Championship
Active years 2020–2022
Manufacturers Energica
Championships1 (2022)
2022 championship position1st (227 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
2651844417
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2023-
Manufacturers Yamaha (2023– )
Championships 0
2023 championship position8th (163 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
360201163
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2021–2022
Manufacturers Yamaha
Championships 2 (2021, 2022)
2022 championship position1st (498 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
4427351120915

Dominique Aegerter (born 30 September 1990) is a Swiss professional circuit racer of solo motorcycles, competing in World superbike Championship. He won the Supersport World Championship in 2021 and 2022. He also won the MotoE World Cup in 2022. He is also the first Swiss rider to set foot on a world SBK podium.

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For 2023, Aegerter joined the GRT Yamaha team in World Superbikes. [2]

Career

Early career

Born in Rohrbach, Switzerland, Aegerter started his career in motocross. He then competed in the ADAC Pro Junior Cup 125cc class in 2003 and 2004. In 2005 he moved into the equivalent IDM class, where he competed until the end of 2006. Also in 2006, Aegerter was called up by Multimedia Racing to compete in the 125cc World Championship. Aegerter made his world championship debut in the Portuguese Grand Prix replacing fellow Swiss rider Vincent Braillard. He remained with the team for the rest of the season.

125cc World Championship

Aegerter continued with Multimedia Racing for the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and still had Italian teammates Raffaele De Rosa and Simone Grotzkyj. He had a very slow start only managing to score back to back 15th place at the 2007 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix and at the 2007 Dutch TT, and later at the wet 2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix at 11th place. This championship points scoring finishes only manage he finished at 23rd place with 7 points.

For the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, he was offered alongside Frenchman Mike Di Meglio by Ajo Motorsport to ride for them. They both accepted it, while Di Meglio has a full factory Derbi RSA 125, he uses only a standard Derbi RS 125 making him the only Derbi rider to use a standard Derbi bike. Results improved however, as he finished 16th overall, peaking with three 8th places – ahead of di Meglio in Spain, and in San Marino and Malaysia.

For 2009, Aegerter stays with the team alongside Sandro Cortese. Both riders use the factory Derbi RSA 125, giving Aegerter hope for a stronger year than 2008. Sixth place in the wet at Le Mans was the highlight of the first half of the season.

Moto2 World Championship

At the 2014 German Grand Prix, Aegerter achieved both his first Grand Prix pole position and victory in his 129th fending off Mika Kallio's advances in the closing stages. [3]

MotoGP test

Kawasaki (2015)

In 2015, Aegerter took part in tests with Akira Kawasaki MotoGP who supplied Kawasaki engines to the Avintia Racing team in MotoGP along with the WSBK riders. [4]

Suzuki (2022)

Aegerter made a debut-ride in September 2022 at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, near Misano, Italy, with Team Suzuki Ecstar in a mid-season test. He rode a Suzuki GSX-RR motorcycle due to injury of the regular rider. Aegerter has previously competed for Suzuki in the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, when the Swiss racer was on the podium twice. [5]

Supersport World Championship

He competed in the 2021 Supersport World Championship, winning the title with Ten Kate Racing Yamaha team. [6]

In the 2022 Supersport World Championship, he received a one race ban for unsporting behaviour when leading the championship with nine consecutive wins. After a crash caused by another rider at the first corner of lap one at the Most round, he simulated an injury to try to force a red flag and start the race again. [7] [8]

Superbike World Championship

GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team (from 2023)

After he clinch as World Supersport world champion in 2022, he joined Yamaha for the 2023 Superbike World Championship. [9]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

SeasonClassMotorcycleTypeTeamRaceWinPodium Pole FLapPtsPlcd
2006 125cc Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 Multimedia Racing200000NC
2007 125cc Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 Multimedia Racing170000723rd
2008 125cc Derbi Derbi RS 125 Ajo Motorsport 1700004516th
2009 125cc Derbi Derbi RSA 125 Ajo Interwetten 16000070.513th
2010 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX Technomag-CIP1700007415th
2011 Moto2 Suter Suter MMXI Technomag-CIP170100948th
2012 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Technomag-CIP1700001148th
2013 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Technomag carXpert1701001585th
2014 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Technomag carXpert1814111725th
2015 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 Technomag Racing Interwetten1401006217th
2016 Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 CarXpert Interwetten1200007112th
2017 Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 Kiefer Racing1700008812th
2018 Moto2 KTM KTM Moto2 Kiefer Racing1600004717th
2019 Moto2 MV Agusta MV Agusta F2 MV Agusta Idealavoro Forward 1900001922nd
2020 MotoE Energica Energica Ego Corsa Dynavolt Intact GP72411973rd
Moto2 NTS NTS NH7 NTS RW Racing GP 40000428th
2021 MotoE Energica Energica Ego Corsa Dynavolt Intact GP70401932nd
2022 MotoE Energica Energica Ego Corsa Dynavolt Intact GP12310322271st
Total246625551442.5

By class

ClassSeasons1st GP1st Pod1st WinRaceWinPodiums Pole FLapPtsWChmp
125cc2006–2009 2006 Portugal 520000122.50
Moto22010–2020 2010 Qatar 2011 Valencia 2014 Germany 16817119030
MotoE2020–2022 2020 Spain 2020 Spain 2020 Andalusia 26518444171
Total2006–2022246625551442.51

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
2006 125cc Aprilia SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR
26		 VAL
29		NC0
2007 125cc Aprilia QAT
20		 SPA
19		 TUR
24		 CHN
21		 FRA
20		 ITA
15		 CAT
15		 GBR
Ret		 NED
28		 GER
21		 CZE
29		 RSM
23		 POR
Ret		 JPN
11		 AUS
19		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
18		23rd7
2008 125cc Derbi QAT
17		 SPA
8		 POR
12		 CHN
17		 FRA
23		 ITA
24		 CAT
12		 GBR
19		 NED
16		 GER
10		 CZE
14		 RSM
8		 INP
11		 JPN
19		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
8		 VAL
Ret		16th45
2009 125cc Derbi QAT
11		 JPN
9		 SPA
9		 FRA
6		 ITA
19		 CAT
20		 NED
13		 GER
9		 GBR
8		 CZE
18		 INP
10		 RSM
15		 POR
8		 AUS
12		 MAL
14		 VAL
11		13th70.5
2010 Moto2 Suter QAT
11		 SPA
13		 FRA
30		 ITA
16		 GBR
9		 NED
18		 CAT
Ret		 GER
8		 CZE
16		 INP
11		 RSM
8		 ARA
7		 JPN
12		 MAL
8		 AUS
13		 POR
9		 VAL
9		15th74
2011 Moto2 Suter QAT
13		 SPA
28		 POR
4		 FRA
8		 CAT
Ret		 GBR
20		 NED
18		 ITA
11		 GER
12		 CZE
8		 INP
12		 RSM
13		 ARA
9		 JPN
8		 AUS
12		 MAL
5		 VAL
3		8th94
2012 Moto2 Suter QAT
18		 SPA
8		 POR
12		 FRA
14		 CAT
7		 GBR
9		 NED
7		 GER
10		 ITA
8		 INP
7		 CZE
14		 RSM
6		 ARA
14		 JPN
10		 MAL
8		 AUS
4		 VAL
5		8th114
2013 Moto2 Suter QAT
4		 AME
4		 SPA
8		 FRA
4		 ITA
10		 CAT
8		 NED
3		 GER
9		 INP
5		 CZE
13		 GBR
5		 RSM
5		 ARA
13		 MAL
5		 AUS
6		 JPN
8		 VAL
10		5th158
2014 Moto2 Suter QAT
Ret		 AME
3		 ARG
4		 SPA
2		 FRA
7		 ITA
5		 CAT
14		 NED
21		 GER
1		 INP
3		 CZE
5		 GBR
21		 RSM
6		 ARA
6		 JPN
18		 AUS
8		 MAL
5		 VAL
6		5th172
2015 Moto2 Kalex QAT
15		 AME
18		 ARG
13		 SPA
16		 FRA
10		 ITA
3		 CAT
9		 NED
12		 GER
10		 INP
4		 CZE
13		 GBR
13		 RSM
24		 ARA
Ret		 JPN AUS MAL VAL
WD		17th62
2016 Moto2 Kalex QAT
5		 ARG
5		 AME
4		 SPA
8		 FRA
13		 ITA
10		 CAT
Ret		 NED
9		 GER
10		 AUT
10		 CZE
17		 GBR RSM ARA
22		 JPN AUS MAL VAL 12th71
2017 Moto2 Suter QAT
11		 ARG
14		 AME
5		 SPA
7		 FRA
6		 ITA
7		 CAT
16		 NED
12		 GER
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 AUT
9		 GBR
10		 RSM
DSQ		 ARA
12		 JPN
9		 AUS
8		 MAL
WD		 VAL
10		12th88
2018 Moto2 KTM QAT
15		 ARG
8		 AME
9		 SPA FRA ITA
12		 CAT
20		 NED
14		 GER
14		 CZE
17		 AUT
17		 GBR
C		 RSM
13		 ARA
21		 THA
16		 JPN
13		 AUS
6		 MAL
14		 VAL
11		17th47
2019 Moto2 MV Agusta QAT
18		 ARG
20		 AME
14		 SPA
13		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
17		 CAT
16		 NED
9		 GER
20		 CZE
21		 AUT
17		 GBR
18		 RSM
18		 ARA
19		 THA
16		 JPN
14		 AUS
27		 MAL
15		 VAL
12		22nd19
2020 MotoE Energica SPA
3		 ANC
1		 RSM
3		 EMI1
1		 EMI2
16		 FRA1
14		 FRA2
4		3rd97
Moto2 NTS QAT SPA ANC CZE
21		 AUT
12		 STY
Ret		 RSM EMI CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL
20		28th4
2021 MotoE Energica SPA
2		 FRA
4		 CAT
2		 NED
18		 AUT
3		 RSM1
2		 RSM2
12		2nd93
2022 MotoE Energica SPA1
2		 SPA2
4		 FRA1
2		 FRA2
1		 ITA1
1		 ITA2
2		 NED1
1		 NED2
2‡		 AUT1
2		 AUT2
3		 RSM1
2		 RSM2
4		1st227

‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

Suzuka 8 Hours results

YearTeamCo-RidersBikePos
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Team KAGAYAMA & Verity Flag of Japan.svg Yukio Kagayama
Flag of Japan.svg Noriyuki Haga 		Suzuki GSX-R1000 3rd
2015 Flag of Japan.svg F.C.C. TSR Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Hook
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Smith 		Honda CBR1000RR 2nd
2016 Flag of Japan.svg F.C.C. TSR Flag of the United States.svg P. J. Jacobsen
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe 		Honda CBR1000RR 18th
2017 Flag of Japan.svg F.C.C. TSR Flag of France.svg Randy de Puniet
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Hook 		Honda CBR1000RR 3rd

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearBike1234567891011PosPts
2020 Kalex EST1 EST2 POR1 POR2 JER1 JER2 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 VAL1
3		 VAL2
2		16th36

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearBike123456789101112131415161718192021222324PosPts
2021 Yamaha SPA
2		 SPA
5		 POR
4		 POR
1		 ITA
1		 ITA
1		 NED
1		 NED
1		 CZE
4		 CZE
1		 SPA
1		 SPA
1		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 SPA SPA SPA
C		 SPA
1		 POR
3		 POR
5		 ARG
5		 ARG
3		 INA
2		 INA
3		1st417
2022 Yamaha SPA
2		 SPA
1		 NED
1		 NED
1		 POR
1		 POR
1		 ITA
1		 ITA
1		 GBR
1		 GBR
1		 CZE
Ret		 CZE
EX		 FRA
3		 FRA
1		 SPA
1		 SPA
1		 POR
4		 POR
1		 ARG
1		 ARG
1		 INA
4		 INA
1		 AUS
5		 AUS
1		1st498

Superbike World Championship

By season

SeasonClassTeamRaceWinPodium Pole FLap PtsPlcd
2023 Yamaha YZF-R1 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team3602011638th
2024 Yamaha YZF-R1 GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team9000046*10th*
Total450201209

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearBike123456789101112PosPts
R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2
2023 Yamaha AUS
13		 AUS
Ret		 AUS
7		 INA
8		 INA
10		 INA
12		 NED
6		 NED
7		 NED
4		 SPA
5		 SPA
6		 SPA
8		 ITA
6		 ITA
21		 ITA
11		 GBR
12		 GBR
11		 GBR
11		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
14		 ITA
12		 CZE
8		 CZE
11		 CZE
11		 FRA
11		 FRA
6		 FRA
Ret		 SPA
16		 SPA
14		 SPA
12		 POR
14		 POR
14		 POR
8		 SPA
18		 SPA
2		 SPA
3		8th163
2024 Yamaha AUS
6		 AUS
7		 AUS
12		 SPA
8		 SPA
10		 SPA
9		 NED
13		 NED
14		 NED
7		 ITA
ITA
ITA
GBR
GBR
GBR
CZE
CZE
CZE
POR
POR
POR
HUN
HUN
HUN
FRA
FRA
FRA
ITA
ITA
ITA
SPA
SPA
SPA
SPA
SPA
SPA
10th*46*

* Season still in progress.

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  2. ↑ Supersport champion Aegerter secures 2023 WSBK graduation motorsport.com, 29 September 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022
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  4. ↑ "Aegerter Ikut Tes Kawasaki MotoGP Bareng Pembalap WSBK - Naik Motor - Jurnal Pengendara Motor".
  5. ↑ Suzuki hands Dominique Aegerter surprise MotoGP debut at Misano test Crash.net 5 September 2022
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  7. ↑ "Aegerter banned from Race 2 at Most due to unsporting behaviour". 31 July 2022.
  8. ↑ ""I am sorry for the whole situation" – Aegerter issues apology after Most Race 2 ban". 1 August 2022.
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