WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu says his new Portimao lap record is ‘incredible’ after going eight tenths quicker than last season’s pole position time.
Toprak Razgatlioglu’s incredible consistency and pace during the 2021 WorldSBK championship is forcing Kawasaki ‘to make another step ahead’ according to Team Principal Guim Roda.
With the 2022 WorldSBK season fast-approaching, here’s a look back at our top five biggest moments of the 2021 season, a year that saw Toprak Razgatlioglu become the first ever Turkish premier class world champion.
With a private test already lined-up, 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu could be set to make his official MotoGP testing debut according to manager, Kenan Sofuoglu.
After becoming the first rider to beat Jonathan Rea to a WorldSBK championship since 2015, we have ranked Pata Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu first on our top ten riders of 2021.
While 2021 WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu will ‘for sure’ remain in Superbikes next year, 2023 and beyond remains open if ‘Yamaha wants him in MotoGP’, says Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning.
Jonathan Rea believes 2021 world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has less weaknesses than all his previous WorldSBK title rivals; ‘I would say Toprak has less weaknesses than the others and that’s why he won the championship this year’.
Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, believes putting full trust in Toprak Razgatlioglu was key to winning the 2021 WorldSBK title, despite the direction sometimes being ‘not normal’.
Yamaha have revealed 21 ‘track-only’ limited edition Toprak Razgatlioglu Yamaha R1 bikes will be available globally, as the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK team celebrates the Turkish rider’s maiden world title.
Yamaha Motor Europe Road Racing Manager, Andrea Dosoli, credits Toprak Razgatlioglu for an incredible season after the Japanese manufacturer secured the 2021 WorldSBK triple crown.
Kenan Sofuoglu believes prodigy Toprak Razgatlioglu was always destined for WorldSBK success after investing ‘more than ten years’ into the now Yamaha rider.
Pata Yamaha Team Principal, Paul Denning, has called Toprak Razgatlioglu’s maiden WorldSBK title an ‘incredible achievement’ after the Turkish rider became the first rider to better Jonathan Rea since 2015.
New 2021 World Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has once again reaffirmed his intention to remain in WorldSBK for now, while ‘maybe in two years’ MotoGP could be an option.
Despite an easier passage to what could be his first ever WorldSBK title, Toprak Razgatlioglu is disappointed to lose out on Sunday’s Superpole race after it was cancelled and replaced by today’s postponed race one.
WorldSBK will crown its 2021 world champion this weekend either in the form of Toprak Razgatlioglu or six-time series winner Jonathan Rea. But how does their epic 2021 battle compare to previous title deciders?
Toprak Razgatlioglu dominates both WorldSBK free practice sessions at the all-new Mandalika circuit in what could be a history-making weekend for the Turkish rider.
Toprak Razgatlioglu’s crew chief Phil Marron details the impressive improvements which have put the Turkish rider in position to claim a first WorldSBK title this weekend.
Fabio Quartararo, Francesco Bagnaia and MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi share their views ahead of this weekend’s WorldSBK title showdown between Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea.
BMW-bound WorldSBK rider Scott Redding believes Toprak Razgatlioglu has been the class of the field in 2021, and that for Jonathan Rea, finishing second ‘is not what you need when you’ve got a guy consistently faster’.