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IN THE WIND P34 tions. Congratulations to Toprak and Jonathan because it has been an amazing performance during all the season. It's really, really, really difficult to beat them. I'm sure that because I was very consistent in many places, I can get the title. But congrats to them because it has been a really fun year. We have still one race more to have some battles." For Garrett Gerloff (GRT Ya- maha), he completed his penulti- mate race in Yamaha blue before switching to BMW next season with a seventh, 13th and eighth in Indonesia. "In race two, overall the pace wasn't too bad," Gerloff said. "We were unfortunate in the Superpole race, while in race two we had some good battles. Anyway, we know we had more than this, so we're a little bit dis- appointed and in the last feature race I made a mistake that cost me a lot of positions." Those battles will be at Phillip Island between 18-20 November. In the World Championship rankings, Bautista has 553 points, Razgatlioglu has 487, Rea 450 and Rinaldi 279. WorldSSP Dominique Aegerter (Ten Kate Yamaha) wrapped up his second World Championship trophy of the season in WorldSSP race one after earlier taking the Mo- toE title by finishing fourth, and higher up than he needed to be. The race was won, remark- ably, by the hard-charging Niki Tuuli (MV Agusta Reparto Corse.) It was his first win for five years and also the first win of the 800cc "next Generation" MV Agusta triple. Federico Carica- sulo (Althea Ducati) was second and Can Oncu (Kawasaki Puc- cetti Racing) third. MV, Ducati, Kawasaki, neatly coloring-in the podium. Aegerter's only championship rival, Lorenzo Baldassarri (Evan Bros. WorldSSP Yamaha), high- sided himself out of the race, effectively crowning Aegerter a little early. Three races early, in fact. It was his second WorldSSP championship win, but there was more racing to come at the penultimate round. The second race saw Oncu lead for a time. Tuuli came through to second place, then the lead. Tuuli was on course for a double winning weekend, but he was passed by Aegerter, and they went at it hammer and tongs out front. As Tuuli slowed, Stefano Manzi came through to pass him, shortly before the big high-side crash that would leave the Finn's bike in a dangerous position and call out the red flags with six laps to go. Aegerter was declared the winner for the 16th time in 2022, no less, Stefano Manzi (Dynavolt Triumph Street Triple RS) was second and again Oncu was a podium finisher. After winning his second WorldSSP title in as many years, Aegerter said, "We did a fantastic job this year. Three races before the end, we got the second world championship. We achieved really great things this season, many records, but our goal was to fight for the champi- onship. We already had over 60 points advantage in the middle of the season and then somebody crashed me out, a small mistake, and we went down to five points. We fought back until it was 72 points and now, three races be- fore the end, we win the champi- onship. It's a big achievement." Gordon Ritchie WORLDSBK RACE ONE 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam) 2. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) 3. Jonathan Rea (Kaw) 4. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) 5. Michael Ruben Rinaldi (Duc) WORLDSBK SUPERPOLE 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam) 2. Jonathan Rea (Kaw) 3. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) 4. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) 5. Axel Bassani (Duc) WORLDSBK RACE TWO 1. Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yam) 2. Alvaro Bautista (Duc) 3. Jonathan Rea (Kaw) 4. Andrea Locatelli (Yam) 5. Axel Bassani (Duc)