World Supersport Mandalika, Indonesia - Race Results (1)
Raffaele De Rosa has claimed a maiden World Supersport win after 🔯holding off a late charge from 2021 world champion Dominique Aegerter.
| World Supersport Mandalika, Indonesia - Race Results (1) | ||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Raffaele De Rosa | ITA | Orelac Racing Kawasaki | 19 Laps |
| 2 | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | Ten Kate Racing Yamaha | +0.105s |
| 3 | Federico Caricasulo | SPA | VFT Yamaha Racing | +3.108s |
| 4 | Jules Cluzel | FRA | GMT94 Yamaha | +3.671s |
| 5 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Yamaha Parkingo Racing | +4.312s |
| 6 | Steven Odendaal | SA | Evan Bros Yamaha | +6.054s |
| 7 | Can Oncu | TUR | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | +6.247s |
| 8 | Randy Krummenacher | SWI | CM Racing Yamaha | +8.778s |
| 9 | Hannes Soomer | EST | Kallio Racing Yamaha | +9.288s |
| 10 | Peter Sebestyen | HUN | Evan Bros Yamaha | +18.714s |
| 11 | Unai Orradre | SPA | Yamaha MS Racing | +24.574s |
| 12 | Philipp Oettl | GER | Kawasaki Puccetti Racing | +33.358s |
| 13 | Glenn Van Straalen | NED | EAB Racing Yamaha | +34.997s |
| 14 | Andres Gonzales | ARG | VFT Racing Yamaha | +43.938s |
| 15 | Daniel Valle | SPA | Yamaha MS Racing | +56.365s |
| 16 | Jeffrey Buis | BEL | G.A.P Motozoo Puccetti Kawasaki Racing | +1'24.326s |
| 17 | Niki Tuuli | FIN | MV Agusta Corsa Clienti | DNF |
| 18 | Vertti Takala | FIN | Kallio Racing Yamaha | DNF |
| 19 | Galang Hendra Pratama | IND | Ten Kate Racing Yamaha | DNF |
| 20 | Christoffer Bergman | SWE | Woicik Racing Yamaha | DNF |
While dark clouds hovered over the Mandalika International Circuit as the threat of rain increased, Aegerter led into turn one from Fe🃏derico Caricasulo and Manuel Gonzalez.
Caricasulo, who has yet to show the type of form that took him to second in 2019, made his way past Aegerter at turn seven to take the lඣead.
Gonzalez also made his through on Aegerter which pushed the 2021 world champion slightly wide and invited De Rosa to take a look at P3. However, Aeg𒁏erter quickly shut the door to remain in the podium places.
The lead ch🅘anged hands once again on lap three as Gonzalez out-braked Ca♚ricasulo at turn 10.
As lig𓆉ht rain began to fall, Aegerter looked to be struggling and 💫was passed by De Rosa and Can Oncu.
Indonesian rider Galang Hendra Pratama was the 🐈first to pit as the rain started gﷺetting heavier on lap four.
At the front, De Rosa was the quicke🍬st rider on-track and duly took the lead from Gonzalez at the same turn t🎉en that the Spaniard previously did so.
But De Rosa’s lead only lasted a lap as Gonzalez came back t♛hrough, while Oncu, Caricasulo and Randy Krummenacher all closed in on the top two.
De Rosa took the lead back off Gonzalez for the third time on lap seven, w꧙hꦉile the rain began to clear.
Gonzalez was then relegated to thirdꦜ as Caricasulo put his VFT Yamaha second.
Second in the championship, Steven Odendaal had bri🧔lliant back-to-back laps as he went from seventh to third, and crucially ahead of Gonzalez who has been closing in on the South African in recent rounds.
With the battle for third place intensifying, De Rosa and Caricasulo broke clear to the tun🅠e of two seconds.
While Caricasulo managed to get the gap down to five tenths from race leader De Rosa, the latter responded on laps 13 and 14 to ಞextend that margin to a second.
Aegerter, who was up to third with six laps to go, began a late charge f🔴or the win as he rapidly closed in on the top two.
The Ten Kate Yamaha rider got through on Caricasulo at turn ten with just over two laps to go, a⛦nd although he closed up on De Rosa during th🥃e final lap, it wasn’t enough to get the better of the Italian who took his maiden WorldSSP win at the 89th time of asking.
