Winner of at least two races for the third consecutive WorldSBK weekend, Toprak Razgatlioglu is well and truly back in the championship hunt following a wild round seven of the 2022 season.
A year on after their epic last lap showdown in Most, reigning WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and Scott Redding came to blows once again at the Czech circuit.
After a sensational hat-trick of wins at Donington Park, Toprak Razgatlioglu looks to be in formidable form once again after dominating the opening day of WorldSBK practice at Most.
While Jonathan Rea may have flirted with the idea of leaving Kawasaki earlier this season, the six-time WorldSBK champion felt it was in the best interest for Kawasaki and himself to continue on in 2023.
A six-time world champion, Jonathan Rea has achieved everything there is to achieve in WorldSBK, but what makes the Kawasaki rider so good every race weekend?
Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea has become the latest rider to reveal shocking social media abuse after recalling an incident at Magny-Cours in 2021 where he believes ‘Dorna threw me under the bus, they painted me as a real villain’.
Despite a strong start to the 2022 WorldSBK season, Jonathan Rea is yet to commit his future to Kawasaki, in fact, the six-time world champion has not even begun talks with the Japanese manufacturer.
Following a strong race one which saw him battle eventual winner Alvaro Bautista for large parts, six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea was left ‘frustrated’ as he failed to match his main rivals during Sunday’s double-header.
Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea says ‘I don’t want to be a diva’ following last month’s clash with Toprak Razgatlioglu in Assen, but that ‘a difference of opinion’ remains in what was an avoidable incident.
After calling their clash a ‘racing incident’ in the immediate aftermath, WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu has since claimed Jonathan Rea was at fault for their race two crash in Assen.
Jonathan Rea believes WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu was to blame for their race two collision in Assen, saying ‘he hit my hip’ after failing to ‘give way’ following a mistake at turn one.
Following another epic showdown between the top three WorldSBK riders in the world, Jonathan Rea has finally got his hands on the cake he wanted after winning his 100th race with Kawasaki.
With two WorldSBK wins this weekend Jonathan Rea would bring up a century with Kawasaki, an astonishing number for the Superbike legend, but reigning world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu is hoping to stop him.
Is Jonathan Rea the favourite after topping day-one of Aragon WorldSBK practice on combined times with ease, or can world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu respond after lamenting a lack of 'grip'.
After becoming WorldSBK champion for the first time in his career, Toprak Razgatlioglu says 'this year, I fight for me!', while Motoxracing have confirmed Isaac Vinales' departure from the team after signing rookie Roberto Tamburini.
'Let’s get the WorldSBK title back' says Jonathan Rea, as KRT officially join Team HRC and Aruba.it Ducati as full factory teams to unveil their 2022 colours.