TAKING HOME POINTS: finishing in the top 15Īndy Verdoia (GMT94 Yamaha) narrowly missed out on a place in the top ten as he finished in 11th place, just 0.046s behind Bulega ahead of him. Nicolo Bulega ( Racing WorldSSP Team) took a top-ten finish despite starting from 30 th on the grid after being unable to set a lap time in Saturday’s Tissot Superpole session, as the Italian rider fought back for a top-ten finish. Despite the penalty, he was almost two seconds clear of Estonian rider Hannes Soomer (Dynavolt Triumph) in eighth, while Isaac Vinales (D34G Racing) took ninth place. Baldassarri was in the podium fight but came out in seventh place after taking his Long Lap Penalty and finished 3.7 seconds down on Cluzel. Tuuli was taken to the medical centre and diagnosed with a contusion of the fifth finger on his right hand and a right thigh abrasion. He was given a Long Lap Penalty for irresponsible riding after a clash with Niki Tuuli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) and Race 1 winner Stefano Manzi (Dynavolt Triumph) at Turn 1, which put both Tuuli and Manzi out of the race. WorldSSP Yamaha Team) took seventh place but it was a complicated race for the rookie. He had to fend off a late challenge from Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) as the Frenchman battled back from running wide to take sixth place, only 0.100s behind Sofuoglu.ĭRAMA IN THE TITLE RACE: Portimao could prove pivotal… He was ahead of Bahattin Sofuoglu (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) in fifth place, with the Turkish rookie ending his WorldSSP Challenge campaign with his joint-best result of the season. Third for Oncu gave him his eighth podium in WorldSSP and the third consecutive race he’s been on the podium.Ĭaricasulo took fourth place at the end of the 17-lap race, finishing just 0.005s behind Oncu as he narrowly missed out on a podium place after running in the lead group throughout the race. It also put Switzerland on 30 wins on WorldSSP, while De Rosa took his second podium of the season and his best result of 2022 with second place. In 2020, Locatelli took 12 wins in his rookie campaign with Aegerter now on 13 for this season. He lost out through Turn 9 to Raffaele De Rosa (Orelac Racing VerdNatura WorldSSP) as the Italian battled his way from tenth on the grid to second and then to Can Oncu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) shortly after as Oncu went from 14 th on the grid to 30 th.Īegerter’s victory gave him his 13 th win of the season making 2022 a record-breaking campaign for the Swiss rider, putting him clear of Andrea Locatelli’s record for wins in a season. However, Aegerter was able to make his move at Turn 8 to take the lead of the race and the win, his first at Portimao, while Caricasulo dropped to fourth place.
Aegerter made it stick on Lap 15 but Caricasulo responded at Lap 16 a lap later but the pair engaged in a last-lap scrap for the win.Īegerter made the move into Turn 1 on the final lap but Caricasulo was able to respond by cutting back into Turn 2 as he searched for his first WorldSSP win in three years. The pair had been at the head of a long lead group throughout the race, with Aegerter often making his move into Turn 1 under braking but Caricasulo responding with the cutback move into Turns 2 and 3. It means that Aegerter has now broken the record for wins a season as the reigning Champion extended his Championship lead.ĭECIDED ON THE LAST LAP: an unconventional overtaking placeĪegerter’s race-winning overtake came on Lap 17 of 17 at Turn 8, a corner not normally used for making moves, on Federico Caricasulo (Althea Racing) who ended up in fourth place.
Swiss rider Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha) made FIM Supersport World Championship history on Sunday during Race 2 in the Pirelli Portuguese Round as he took a last-lap victory, his 13 th of the 2022 season, at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve.
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