Dominique Aegerter has been setting records in Supersport for two seasons now. Unquestionably master of this category before the new regulations and after their implementation and always with a Yamaha R6 from the Ten Kate team, the Swiss is on his way this season to a second consecutive title. And with manner. At Donington, he has already equaled Locatelli's record for victories in a campaign, also on Yamaha, with 9. At Most, this weekend, he can open a new statistic in this area, which he already offered in England the hundredth peak position for Iwata in the discipline. But given the feedback he has received from the blazon to the tuning forks and the little interest he arouses for an accession to WSBK in 2023, Aegerter has the impression that all these beautiful things definitely interest no one...
The course of Dominique Aegerter deserves attention, but no one really does it, including, and perhaps especially among Yamaha . A mark which unpleasantly surprised the Swiss at Donington. And he makes it known on the airwaves of GP One : " at Donington we won two races and got pole number 100. But no Yamaha showed up, despite the 100 poles being a milestone. I don't know why, maybe they don't like me or they forgot. I'm a little sorry ».
And this desolation becomes even more pronounced when we have to talk about 2023: “ at the moment I have no offers in WSBK, no one has contacted me » he regrets. “ I would like to go to Superbike, I would like to make the jump with Ten Kate, because in the past many riders have done the same type of journey after winning the WSSP. So far I haven't had any feedback ».
Despite his exploits, Dominique Aegerter goes unnoticed
Enough to still raise questions about the consideration of the category in the paddock, despite a new regulation bringing new motorcycles. Because Dominique Aegerter frankly can't do better to get noticed favorably.
It remains that if Yamaha noticed his presence one day and discovered his ambition which he would follow through on, the manufacturer could only offer him the positions of Nozane or gerloff within the GRT satellite structure. That being said, agitated is more towards the second part of his career than that of the revelation of a talent in the making. And then Kenan Sofuoglu, on his subject, and in the light of his own experience, pointed out that excelling in Supersport was not a guarantee of success elsewhere…
