After a long twenty-six years of waiting, Indonesia is back to host a round of the MOTUL FIM World Superbike Championship with the highly anticipated finale of the 2021 season being held at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit from Friday 19 November through Sunday 21 November.

In a WorldSSP race caught off guard by momentary rain showers,Italian rider Raffaele De Rosa (Orelac Racing VerdNatura / Kawasaki ZX-6R) triumphed ahead of newly crowned world champion Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6) and Federico Caricasulo (VFT Racing / Yamaha YZF R6), who took the first win of his career in the medium engine size category.Race 1 of WorldSBK, on the other hand, never started. Fifteen minutes before the start, with most of the riders already on the grid, intense rain showers surprised the paddock, initially forcing a postponed start and then leading to the decision to cancel all events for the rest of the day. This means that the WorldSBK championship title will be decided on the last day of races in this thrilling Superbike season.

WorldSSP Race 1:

At 1:30 in the afternoon local time, Race 1 of the WorldSSP category started, threatened straight away by a few drops of rain on various points of the track. It was Federico Caricasulo (VFT Racing / Yamaha YZF R6) who moved into the race lead ahead of an extremely compact quintet, all within one second of one another. In the early laps of the race, the best pace was set by Can Oncu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-6R), who did the first best time, and Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha ParkinGo Team / Yamaha YZF R6) who took the race lead before being surprised by a sudden but brief rain shower. This convinced two riders to pit and put on rain tyres, whereas the rest of the grid stayed on slicks, slowing their pace until the track could dry out. It was a battle between Caricasulo, Manuel Gonzalez and Raffaele de Rosa (Orelac Racing VerdNatura / Kawasaki ZX-6R) for first place. The Italian Kawasaki rider gained the upper hand, managing to hold onto the lead for most of the second half of the race. A few laps from the end, newly crowned world champion Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6) demonstrated a brilliant pace, doing the Pirelli best lap and launching an offensive against de Rosa. A thrilling battle ensued between the two riders on the final lap, but the Italian defended well, taking his first win in the Supersport category ahead of Aegerter (second) and Caricasulo (third).

WorldSBK Race 1 Standings:

  1. R. De Rosa (Orelac Racing VerdNatura / Kawasaki ZX-6R)
  2. D. Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6)
  3. F. Caricasulo (VFT Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  4. J. Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6)
  5. M. Gonzalez (Yamaha ParkinGo Team / Yamaha YZF R6)
  6. S. Odendaal (Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team / Yamaha YZF R6)
  7. C. Oncu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-6R)
  8. R. Krummenacher (CM Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  9. H. Soomer (Kallio Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  10. P. Sebestyen (Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha Team / Yamaha YZF R6)
  11. U. Orradre (Yamaha MS Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  12. P. Oettl (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing / Kawasaki ZX-6R)
  13. G. van Straalen (EAB Racing Team / Yamaha YZF R6)
  14. A. Gonzalez (VFT Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  15. D. Valle (Yamaha MS Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  16. J. Buis (G.A.P. MOTOZOO Racing by Puccetti / Kawasaki ZX-6R)
  • Rt. V. Takala (Kallio Racing / Yamaha YZF R6)
  • Rt. N. Tuuli (MV Agusta Corse Clienti / MV Agusta F3 675)
  • Rt. H. Pratama (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6)
  • Rt. C. Bergman (Wójcik Racing Team / Yamaha YZF R6)

The Pirelli solutions chosen by the WorldSSP riders for Race 1:

In WorldSSP Race 1, most of the riders raced with the soft solutions: on the front, the most used solution was the standard soft SC1 (option A), whereas Hannes Soomer (Kallio Racing / Yamaha YZF R6) went against the trend, choosing the standard medium SC2 (option B). The rear tyre choice was unanimous, with all the riders on the grid going with the standard soft SC0 (option A).

Pirelli statistics for WorldSSP Race 1:

  • Winner of the PIRELLI BEST LAP AWARD: Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Racing Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6) in 1'36.894 on the 17th lap
  • Most used front solution: standard SC1 (19 out of 20 riders)
  • Most used rear solution: standard SC0 (20 out of 20 riders)
  • Maximum race speed reached by Pirelli DIABLO™ Superbike tyres: 254.7 km/h, done by Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha / Yamaha YZF R6) on the 14th lap
  • Number of solutions (dry, intermediate and wet) for the Supersport class: 4 front and 4 rear
  • Number of tyres available for each Supersport rider: 41, including 20 front and 21 rear
  • Air temperature: 28° C
  • Asphalt temperature: 39° C

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