Dominique Aegerter is reassured for the rest of his career within a Yamaha factory which has just confirmed him in its ranks for the 2024 season. After having missed the renewal of Toprak Razgatlioglu and succeeded in that of Locatelli, the Swiss thus appears as the second driver for sure in an R1 next year. Remy Gardner and Bradley Ray should follow, but a priori not Baldassarri who will have to achieve an exploit before the end of the season to reverse this bad trend.
But all this is far from the concerns of a Dominique Aegerter who should continue within the satellite team recently bereaved by the loss of its boss Mirko Giansanti. " It was a pleasure for us to see how our double Supersport World Champion Dominique got used to the Superbike World Championship so quickly ", said the representative of Yamaha Europe Andrea Dosoli.
He adds : " he impressed us all from the first race when he put in a phenomenal performance in qualifying and secured a front row start at Phillip Island. He has made solid progress since then, improving every weekend and finishing best privateer in three races so far ».
Dominique Aegerter: “ I haven't made the podium yet, but I still have a few races to go »
The Swiss is obviously satisfied with the turn of events while his compartment syndrome problem, although surgically treated, continues, slowing down its current course in its first season in WSBK : " I am happy and proud to have extended my agreement with Yamaha », specifies agitated.
« I won two Supersport World Championships with Yamaha, now my goal is to improve my results and be more competitive in Superbike. My season started off pretty well as a rookie. I haven't been on the podium yet, but I still have a few races to go. I had some great fights that taught me a lot. I want to be at the front regularly, that's my goal for next season » he mentions.
By the way, Yamaha could also transfer the current ninth in the world championship to the factory team if it is not possible to find a roughly equivalent successor for Toprak Razgatlioglu, who chose to try a BMW bet. Jonathan Rhea, who is under contract with Kawasaki, or the BMW factory rider. Scott Redding are in the running for this factory R1.
