Toprak Razgatlioglu heads for an MRI: “Hopefully I won’t need surgery”

Toprak Razgatlioglu will undergo an MRI scan on his recently dislocated right shoulder when he returns to Turkey.

The MotoGP rookie sustained the injury in a big Saturday morning highside at Mandalika but still returned for qualifying and finished the Sprint in 19th place.

However, with his condition worsening on Sunday, Razgatlioglu retired his Pramac Yamaha on lap nine of the 27-lap Indonesian Grand Prix.

“Tomorrow, I will return to Turkey and have an MRI as soon as possible to understand the condition of my shoulder,” Razgatlioglu said. “I hope I won’t need surgery and that some rest will be enough to recover for the next race.

“We will see what the doctors say, but I hope I can come back stronger next weekend.”

Razgatlioglu explained that he was experiencing more pain and a greater loss of strength in the shoulder on Sunday.

“Yesterday was not so bad, also the short race, but when I woke up this morning, I feel really pain, and less movement,” he said.

“Okay, I get the painkiller, but the pain is not the biggest problem, the biggest problem, is there's no power after the shoulder's out and in.”

“The team said, ‘If you feel bad, just come back or don't race’. I just said, if it’s possible to ride, I'll try to do my best, and today I just try.

“But every lap is getting worse, especially the change of direction is unbelievable, corner 7 to 8 and 13 to 14.

“When I move the shoulder a little bit, it felt like already it was out again, like it's feeling very strange.”

It was a bitter end to a weekend that had begun promisingly.

“I'm really sad for this weekend, because Friday we started not so bad, and normally every day I’m improving," he said.

"But the crash changed everything and the weekend is gone.”

Razgatlioglu now has almost two weeks to recover before the next MotoGP round at Phillip Island on October 23-25.

Team-mate Jack Miller also failed to finish at Mandalika, cra