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On the opening day of round two of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship at Portimao's rollercoaster track, Dominique Aegerter was faster than during the test two weeks ago, but he was not satisfied with his position in Friday's combined timesheet.

Despite the glorious weather these days the south of Portugal offers, Dominique Aegerter didn't really have a smile on his face at the end of the first day at the challenging Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. The free practice sessions proved to be a tough test for the 34-year-old Swiss rider. Nevertheless, he was able to improve his lap time by almost 1.2 seconds in the afternoon. With a personal best marker of 1'41.428, the Yamaha rider finished in 15th place and is hoping for further improvements on Saturday morning before going into the decisive Superpole.

The first race of the weekend will be shown live on free-to-air television on «ServusTV» and Eurosport.

#77 Dominique AEGERTER (GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team, Yamaha YZF R1)
FP1: P16 - 1´42.600 / FP2: P15 - 1´41.428

«It is nice to be here in Portimao again, especially when the weather is so glorious, and it should stay like this all weekend either. We were faster today than during our test, even though we struggled a bit two weeks ago. But we have to keep working hard to improve, because the positions and lap times are not what I would like. But we will not give up, we will try even harder to find a few tenths for tomorrow. Yamaha has also brought some new stuff, which shows that there is no standstill, but that efforts are being made from all sides to improve. But my team is also trying everything possible, especially when it comes to analyzing the data. We will try to finish in the top ten in Superpole, which is also the goal for the first race tomorrow afternoon. That would be a step towards getting closer to where we should be.»

#PortugueseWorldSBK - WSBK Combined Practice Times (FP1/FP2):
1 Toprak RAZGATLIOGLU / TUR / ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW M1000RR / 1´39.995 (FP2)
2 Nicolo BULEGA / ITA / Aruba.it Racing - Ducati / Ducati Panigale V4R / 1´40.294 +0.299 (FP2)
3 Michael VAN DER MARK / NED / ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team / BMW M1000RR / 1´40.506 +0.511 (FP2)
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15 #77 Dominique AEGERTER / SWI / GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team / Yamaha YZF R1 / 1´41.428 +1.433 (FP2)

#PortugueseWorldSBK - WSBK Time Schedule for Saturday March 29th (CET):
10:00 - 10:20 FP3
12:00 - 12:15 Superpole 
15:00 Race 1 (20 Laps - 91,840 km), Live TV coverage starts at 2:15pm on «ServusTV» and from 1:30pm on Eurosport