Dominique Aegerter (born 30 September 1990) is a Swiss professional road racer of solo

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s, competing in both the MotoE World Championship and the Supersport World Championship. He won the

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in and

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. He also won the

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in . For 2023, Aegerter will join the GRT Yamaha team in

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Career

Early career

Born in

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, 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

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replacing fellow

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rider Vincent Braillard. He remained with the team for the rest of the season.

125cc World Championship

Aegerter continued with Multimedia Racing for the

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and still had Italian teammates

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and

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. He had a very slow start only managing to score back to back 15th place at the

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and at the

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, and later at the wet

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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

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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

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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

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, and in

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and

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For

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, Aegerter stays with the team alongside

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. Both riders use the factory Derbi RSA 125, giving Aegeter 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

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's advances in the closing stages.

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.

Suzuki (2022)

Aegerter made a debut-ride in September 2022 at the

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, near Misano, Italy, with Team Suzuki Ecstar in a mid-season test. He rode a

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motorcycle due to injury of the regular rider. Aegerter has previously competed for Suzuki in the

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endurance race, when the Swiss racer was on the podium twice.

Supersport World Championship

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

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round, he simulated an injury to try to force a red flag and start the race again.

Superbike World Championship

GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team (from 2023)

After he clinch as World Supersport world champion in

, he joined

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for the 2023

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Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

Suzuka 8 Hours results

FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship

Races by year

(

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

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aegerter, Dominique 1990 births Swiss motorcycle racers 125cc World Championship riders Living people Moto2 World Championship riders MotoE World Cup riders Supersport World Championship riders