World Supersport Mandalika, Indonesia - Free Practice Results (2)

Results from free practice two, the final round of the 2021 World Supersport Championship at the all-new Mandalika International Circuit, Indonesia.
Randy Krummenacher, Portuguese WorldSSP, 1 October 2021
Randy Krummenacher, Portuguese WorldSSP, 1 October 2021
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Randy Krummenacher got the better of fellow countryman🍰 Dominique Aegerter to finish day-one of World Supersport Indonesia fastest.

After a second-straight delay (ꦉthis time due to ‘track conditions’), WorldSSP FP2 finally got underway with Ma🦩nuel Gonzalez once again at the front. 

However, the Spaniard was soon challenged by Swiss riders Randy Krummenacher and 2021 world champion ✱Dominique Aegerter. 

After Krummenacher momentarily went quickest, Gonzalez and Aegerter then bettered the 201♎9 series winner with the💧 latter setting a 1:38.015s.

Both riders exchanged top spo🌳t on their next laps around, but it was Aegerter who remained quickest, while significant improvements from Philipp Oettl (11th in FP1) saw🌊 the German go fifth overall. 

With just under half the session remaining, Gonzalez set an impressive low 1m 37s time to go three tenths quicke𝄹r than Aegerter and subsequently lead a Yamaha 1-2-3.

Gonzalez, who was consistently quicker in sector one compared to his rivals, managed to further improve, albeit by just four hundredths of a second as ﷽the session approached the 15 minute to go mark. 

Wℱhile the top three all closed to within𒁃 half a tenth, Glenn Van Straalen became the first crasher of the afternoon session - turn two. 

While Gonzalez looked to be heading towards his second firs꧟t place of the day, a stunning final sector from Aegerter resulted in him gaining over three tenths to set the first sub 1m 37s lap of the day. 

However, Aegerter’s 1:36.908s was then eclipsed by Krummenacher who has been back to his best since joininඣg the MS Yamaha outfit.

World Supersport Mandalika, Indonesia - Free Practice Results (2)
PosRiderNatTeamTime
1Randy KrummenacherSWICM Racing Yamaha1:36.726
2Dominique AegerterSWITen Kate Racing Yamaha+0.182s
3Raffaele De RosaITAOrelac Racing Kawasaki+0.362s
4Manuel GonzalezSPAYamaha Parkingo Racing+0.513s
5Federico CaricasuloSPABiblion Yamaha Motoxracing+0.537s
6Jules CluzelFRAGMT94 Yamaha+0.658s
7Philipp OettlGERKawasaki Puccetti Racing+0.866s
8Niki TuuliFINMV Agusta Corsa Clienti+0.891s
9Steven OdendaalSAEvan Bros Yamaha+1.124s
10Peter SebestyenHUNEvan Bros Yamaha+1.195s
11Can OncuTURKawasaki Puccetti Racing+1.245s
12Valentin DebiseFRAGMT94 Yamaha+1.339s
13Unai OrradreSPAYamaha MS Racing+2.145s
14Vertti TakalaFINKallio Racing Yamaha+2.281s
15Christoffer BergmanSWEWoicik Racing Yamaha+2.328s
16Hannes SoomerESTKallio Racing Yamaha+3.218s
17Galang Hendra PratamaINDTen Kate Racing Yamaha+3.228s
18Andres GonzalesARGVFT Racing Yamaha+3.349s
19Daniel ValleSPAYamaha MS Racing+3.382s
20Glenn Van StraalenNEDEAB Racing Yamaha+3.425s
21Jeffrey BuisBELG.A.P Motozoo Puccetti Kawasaki Racing+4.442s

Free Practice One

The start of FP1 saw an early issue for MV Agusta rider NIkꦍi Tuuli as a technical problem stopped the Finn from getting♈ to the end of pit lane. 

Forඣmer WorldSSP300 champion Jeffery Buis, who will be on the WorldSSP grid full-time next season, was in action for his third intermediate class weekend of the year.

2021 World Champion Dominique Aegerter was the early pace setter before soon-to-be Moto2 rider Manuel Gonzalez took over at the top.&nﷺbsp;

Gonzalez was then ꧂bettered by fellow Yamaha rider and 2019 series champion Randy Krummenacher. 

The Swiss rider improved further on his next two laps to lead by an impressive margin of six tenths from fellow🍎 countryman Aegerter. Federico Caricasulo became the first rider to suffer a crash🌳 at the new Mandalika circuit after a nasty highside at turn four. 

Krummenacher remained fastest until Gonzalez, who came close to taking ove𝔍r top spot with several earlier efforts, finally did so with a time of 1:39.726s.

Ho꧂wever, Krummenacher responded immediately to go nearly four tenths quicker tha🦂n the Spaniard. 

Gonzalez got within ꦗhalf a tenth of Krummenacher at the final minute remaining mark, before going half a second quicker on his very next lap. 

Aeg🎐erter then went second late on, while Kawasaki riders Raffaele De Rosa and Can Oncu rounded out the top five. 

Philipp Oettl is competing in his final r♉ace weekend ahead of moving to WorldSBK with GoEleven Ducati, while Luca Bernardi who remains side-lined by injury also makes the step-up to Barni Racing Ducati in 2022.

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