Dominique Aegerter<\/a> told WorldSBK.com at the EICMA show in Milan.<\/p>\n\u201cBut I try to make my career more forward and in the Superbike category, the last two seasons my results were not the best, so my best option was to go back to Supersport.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI have many great memories there, so I\u2019m very happy to join the Kawasaki Puccetti team.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a two-time champion, Aegerter\u2019s level can surely only be satisfied by championship contention in his Supersport return.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will see,\u201d he said, when asked about his goals for 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, these two seasons that I made in World Supersport I won two titles, many great victories, and great numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we will see how the test will be (Aegerter will test with Puccetti at Jerez this week at the WorldSBK test on 26\u201327 November) and our goal is for sure to try to fight in the front. The team and me will give everything to achieve this result.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Puccetti: I don\u2019t know who will be ahead<\/p>\n
Aegerter\u2019s arrival at Puccetti for 2026 is a part of an expansion for the Italian squad, rather than as a replacement. He will partner Jeremy Alcoba, whose maiden WorldSSP season this year ended with podium finishes in the final two rounds at Estoril and Jerez.<\/p>\n
The Aegerter-Alcoba partnership makes the Kawasaki WorldSSP Team the \u201cstrongest\u201d in the 2026 field, team boss Manuel Puccetti thinks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe confirmed Jeremy Alcoba, after very good [results in the last two rounds of 2025], and we are very proud to bring three-time World Champion rider Dominique Aegerter,\u201d Puccetti said at EICMA, speaking to WorldSBK.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very happy to ride with him and believe that we will do a very good season with him next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are happy to build I think the strongest team in Supersport next year, with a very fast rider like Dominique and a young rider, 23-years-old, like Jeremy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think it will be a good combination to try to push each other to try to become World Champion next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Puccetti\u2019s own ambition for his team is clear, to be World Champion again, but he is unsure whether it will be Aegerter who takes the squad back to the summit of Supersport.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it will be a super-competitive season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe expect, we push a lot to Kawasaki Japan, to come back on the top level [of the championship].\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we will do a very good season, we expect really to become World Champion next year; I don\u2019t know if Dominique or Jeremy will be ahead, but for sure I believe both talent they have they can do a very good job for Kawasaki and for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n
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