2023-12-07 15:10:33
Toprak Razgatlioglu has already had the opportunity to fully squeeze your new BMW M1000RR, the machine that the Turkish rider will ride during the next two seasons in the World Superbike Championship. The setting chosen by the official BMW team for the premiere of Toprak was the Portimao Circuit, two days in which Razgatlioglu He had no luck mechanically or meteorologically.
On the first day, a problem with the oil in his BMW – it came out of the sump in turn one – forced the 27-year-old rider to stay longer than desired inside his box, and although the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team staff managed fix the fault early in the afternoon, Finally Razgatlioglu limited himself to completing one more round before closing the door to his box.
The next day, bad weather and rain ruined much of the work program that BMW and Toprak had set; The Turk managed to do at least 30 laps, always with patches of water and with a temperature that did not invite the BMW’s engine to be pushed too hard.
Even so, Razgatlioglu managed to clock a creditable 1:42.8 which left him three seconds off the Superpole time on this circuit, a hopeful reference for a Toprak that is already looking forward to its next test in Jerez, this December.
In the opinion of the Turk, the Yamaha and the BMW are very motorcycles “many different”, and acknowledged at the close of the test that he still needs “find your style” when braking and entering the curve. In any case, this fleeting contact with the M1000RR served for Razgatlioglu to confirm the speed of the German superbike on the straight, a fundamental aspect to be able to battle against Álvaro Bautista and his Ducati in 2024.
“I know my old bike very well after four years, but at the exit of the last corner I felt incredible power and on the way up I continued accelerating. This bike is getting faster.”Toprak told Worldsbk.com, still with a smile on his face and thinking about all the potential that the M1000RR hides.
As a summary, the former Yamaha rider confessed that “My feelings with the BMW M 1000 RR are very good. Now I understand the bike and we have also done very good lap times, taking into account that the track conditions were not the best, so I haven’t tried hard to get a fast time and we haven’t used the softest tyre. “I’m enjoying it, even though I haven’t been able to do as many laps.”
“The power and engine braking are incredible and the bike is very fast on a straight line. “I’m very positive, we just have to go further,” threatening his rivals with a “I would say that we are not far, we are getting there,” a conclusion that encourages thinking about a Toprak capable of fighting for victory from the inaugural Phillip Island event, from February 24 to 26.
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To encourage this wait, the championship’s official website has released a video that includes some of the moments from Toprak Razgatlioglu’s premiere with BMWfrom his style when approaching the curves to his talks inside the box, where the Turk has the help of his technical chief, Phil Marron, who did not hesitate to leave Yamaha to accompany his rider in this new adventure with BMW Motorrad.
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