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[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] officially announced that Razgatlıoğlu would ride the [[Yamaha YZR-M1]] during the development tests held at the [[Circuito de Jerez|Jerez]] circuit in [[Andalucía]], Spain, when he joined [[Yamaha Motor Racing|Yamaha MotoGP]] test rider [[Cal Crutchlow]] for two days on April 10 and 11. This was the second test on the YZR-M1, following his first ride at [[Motorland Aragon]] in June 2022.<ref>[https://www.bola.net/otomotif/yamaha-motogp-resmi-gelar-tes-kedua-bareng-toprak-razgatlioglu-efedf3.html/Yamaha MotoGP Officially Holds Second Test with Toprak Razgatlioglu] bola.net, In Indonesian. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023</ref>
[[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] officially announced that Razgatlıoğlu would ride the [[Yamaha YZR-M1]] during the development tests held at the [[Circuito de Jerez|Jerez]] circuit in [[Andalucía]], Spain, when he joined [[Yamaha Motor Racing|Yamaha MotoGP]] test rider [[Cal Crutchlow]] for two days on April 10 and 11. This was the second test on the YZR-M1, following his first ride at [[Motorland Aragon]] in June 2022.<ref>[https://www.bola.net/otomotif/yamaha-motogp-resmi-gelar-tes-kedua-bareng-toprak-razgatlioglu-efedf3.html/Yamaha MotoGP Officially Holds Second Test with Toprak Razgatlioglu] bola.net, In Indonesian. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023</ref>


[[BMW]] signed Toprak for 2 years contract in 2024. <ref>[https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/1026691/1/toprak-razgatlioglu-signs-bmw-2024-worldsbk-season/Toprak Razgatlioglu signs with BMW for 2024 WorldSBK season]</ref>. Toprak won first win for BMW in [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya]] race 1, then he won the Superpole race by Rossi job in the latest turn by passing Alvaro Bautista. Then Toprak made his first hattrick in Misano, Italy, then continuing his hattricks in [[Donnington Park]], UK<ref>[https://www.eurosport.com/superbikes/world-sbk-toprak-razgatlioglu-on-dominant-donington-display-i-m-feeling-incredible-this-weekend_vid2181541/video.shtml/ World SBK: Toprak Razgatlioglu on dominant Donington display - 'I'm feeling incredible this weekend']</ref>; [[Autodrom Most]], Czech Republic<ref>[https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/toprak-razgatlioglu-completes-first-worldsbk-hat-trick-with-thrilling-race-2-win/ Toprak Razgatlioglu completes first WorldSBK hat-trick with thrilling Race 2 win]</ref> and Algarve International Circuit, Portugal<ref>[https://rokitdrinks.com/media/unstoprakable-toprak-makes-history-for-rokit-bmw-in-portimao/ UNSTOPRAKABLE TOPRAK MAKES HISTORY FOR ROKIT BMW IN PORTIMAO]</ref>. Toprak has broken record with 13 consecutive wins with BMW in 2024 while he has famous hattrick in [[Algarve International Circuit]], Portugal<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/articles/cwy3pj23l8xo/ Razgatlioglu continues record Superbikes streak]</ref>
[[BMW]] signed Toprak for 2 years contract in 2024. <ref>[https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/1026691/1/toprak-razgatlioglu-signs-bmw-2024-worldsbk-season/ Toprak Razgatlioglu signs with BMW for 2024 WorldSBK season]</ref>. Toprak won first win for BMW in [[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya]] race 1, then he won the Superpole race by Rossi job in the latest turn by passing Alvaro Bautista. Then Toprak made his first hattrick in Misano, Italy, then continuing his hattricks in [[Donnington Park]], UK<ref>[https://www.eurosport.com/superbikes/world-sbk-toprak-razgatlioglu-on-dominant-donington-display-i-m-feeling-incredible-this-weekend_vid2181541/video.shtml/ Toprak Razgatlioglu on dominant Donington display - I'm feeling incredible this weekend]</ref>; [[Autodrom Most]], Czech Republic<ref>[https://www.fim-moto.com/en/news/news-detail/article/toprak-razgatlioglu-completes-first-worldsbk-hat-trick-with-thrilling-race-2-win/ Toprak Razgatlioglu completes first WorldSBK hat-trick with thrilling Race 2 win]</ref> and Algarve International Circuit, Portugal<ref>[https://rokitdrinks.com/media/unstoprakable-toprak-makes-history-for-rokit-bmw-in-portimao/ UNSTOPRAKABLE TOPRAK MAKES HISTORY FOR ROKIT BMW IN PORTIMAO]</ref>. Toprak has broken record with 13 consecutive wins with BMW in 2024 while he has famous hattrick in [[Algarve International Circuit]], Portugal<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/articles/cwy3pj23l8xo/ Razgatlioglu continues record Superbikes streak]</ref>


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==

Revision as of 18:09, 27 August 2024

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
Razgatlıoğlu in Parc Fermé at Donington Park 2022
NationalityTurkish
Born (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996 (age 28)
Alanya, Turkey
Current teamROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team
Bike number54
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years2018
ManufacturersKawasaki (20182019)
Yamaha (20202023)
BMW (2024)
Championships1 (2021)
2023 championship position2nd (552 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
213 54 133 17 42 2704

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (born 16 October 1996) is a Turkish world champion motorcycle racer contracted to race a factory BMW from 2024 in the Superbike World Championship, which he first rode at private tests held after the 2023 season at Portimão and Jerez.

After riding for Kawasaki, Razgatlıoğlu rode a factory-team Yamaha YZF-R1 until 2023, winning the 2021 Superbike World Championship, ending Jonathan Rea's six-year reign. Razgatlıoğlu is the first Turkish Superbike World Champion.

Early life

Born in Alanya, Razgatlıoğlu is the second son of famous Turkish stunt motorcyclist Arif Razgatlıoğlu who was known as "Tek Teker Arif" ("Wheelie Arif"). His father died, together with his girlfriend who was riding on the pillion seat, following a motorcycle accident in Antalya on 17 November 2017.[1]

Career

Early career

He competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing 10th and 6th overall respectively. He finished first in the 7th race of the 2014 season in Sachsenring, Germany.[2]

He won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.[3][4]

He won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.

Superbike World Championship

Razgatlıoğlu was an upcoming performer with Turkish Puccetti Kawasaki racing team from 2018 and was partnered with factory Kawasaki riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam for the 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours, a track endurance race. Due to not being allowed to ride with the other two taking turns throughout the race, Razgatlıoğlu soon left the Kawasaki marque to become a factory Yamaha rider from 2020. He became World Champion in 2021 after finishing 2nd in Race 1 at the Mandalika International Street Circuit.[5][6]

Under contract to Yamaha in the Superbike class from 2020 until 30 November 2023, Razgatlıoğlu was prevented by Yamaha from testing his 2024 BMW machine at an official test held immediately after the 2023 season-end race at Jerez in late October/early November, when Jonathan Rea, previously with Kawasaki Racing Team and Razgatlıoğlu's direct replacement, was allowed to participate on his new Yamaha.[7]

Toprak Razgatlioglu at Donington Park, 2024

Razgatlıoğlu was offered a test on 22/23 November with gagging conditions attached, but chose to wait until 4 December when out of contract to Yamaha.[7] He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão,[8] followed by another test at Jerez.[9]

MotoGP World Championship

2022

In June, Razgatlioglu got the chance to test the black Yamaha YZR-M1 during a one-day MotoGP private test at the Motorland Aragón circuit. Toprak switched from the Yamaha YZF-R1 to the YZR-M1 and did a total of 40 laps of the 5.078 km MotorLand Aragon circuit in scorching hot conditions. There is no empirical data in the form of lap times or photos of Toprak in action on the track as this was probably part of a super-secret test conducted privately by Yamaha. In the test, he was accompanied by Cal Crutchlow.[10]

2023

Yamaha officially announced that Razgatlıoğlu would ride the Yamaha YZR-M1 during the development tests held at the Jerez circuit in Andalucía, Spain, when he joined Yamaha MotoGP test rider Cal Crutchlow for two days on April 10 and 11. This was the second test on the YZR-M1, following his first ride at Motorland Aragon in June 2022.[11]

BMW signed Toprak for 2 years contract in 2024. [12]. Toprak won first win for BMW in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya race 1, then he won the Superpole race by Rossi job in the latest turn by passing Alvaro Bautista. Then Toprak made his first hattrick in Misano, Italy, then continuing his hattricks in Donnington Park, UK[13]; Autodrom Most, Czech Republic[14] and Algarve International Circuit, Portugal[15]. Toprak has broken record with 13 consecutive wins with BMW in 2024 while he has famous hattrick in Algarve International Circuit, Portugal[16]

Career statistics

Career summary

Season Series Motorcycle Position
2011 IDM Yamaha R6 Cup Yamaha YZF-R6 18th
Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship 2nd
2012 IDM Yamaha R6 Cup 7th
Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship 1st
2013 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup KTM RC250GP 10th
2014 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 6th
2015 European Superstock 600 Championship Kawasaki ZX-6R 1st
2016 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup Kawasaki ZX-10R 5th
2017 European Superstock 1000 Championship 2nd
2018 2018 Superbike World Championship Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 9th
2019 2019 Superbike World Championship Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 5th
2020 2020 Superbike World Championship Yamaha YZF-R1 4th
2021 2021 Superbike World Championship Yamaha YZF-R1 1st
2022 2022 Superbike World Championship Yamaha YZF-R1 2nd
2023 2023 Superbike World Championship Yamaha YZF-R1 2nd
2024 2024 Superbike World Championship BMW M1000RR 1st*

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
2013 AME1
3
AME2
3
JER1
6
JER2
5
ASS1
Ret
ASS2
15
SAC1
6
SAC2
12
BRN
19
SIL1
Ret
SIL2
8
MIS
12
ARA1
10
ARA2
4
10th 99
2014 JER1
11
JER1
8
MUG
5
ASS1
12
ASS2
10
SAC1
1
SAC2
3
BRN1
16
BRN2
9
SIL1
9
SIL2
Ret
MIS
4
ARA1
6
ARA2
5
6th 123

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Pts
2016 Kawasaki SPA
DNS
NED
ITA
5
GBR
6
ITA
4
GER
Ret
FRA
2
SPA
3
5th 70

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2018 Kawasaki ZX-10RR Puccetti Racing – Kawasaki 24 0 2 0 0 151 9th
2019 Kawasaki ZX-10RR Puccetti Racing – Kawasaki 37 2 13 0 3 315 5th
2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team 22 3 9 1 1 228 4th
2021 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK 37 13 29 3 9 564 1st
2022 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK 36 14 29 4 13 528 2nd
2023 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK 36 7 34 4 7 553 2nd
2024 BMW M1000RR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 21 15 18 5 9 365* 1st*
Total 213 54 133 17 42 2704

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2016 Kawasaki AUS
DNS
AUS
DNS
THA THA SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA ITA ITA GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT NC 0
2018 Kawasaki AUS
13
AUS
10
THA
15
THA
8
SPA
9
SPA
9
NED
10
NED
9
ITA
11
ITA
8
GBR
21
GBR
2
CZE
10
CZE
9
USA
Ret
USA
DNS
ITA
11
ITA
12
POR
8
POR
Ret
FRA
8
FRA
12
ARG
3
ARG
7
QAT
10
QAT
C
9th 151
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts
R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2
2019 Kawasaki AUS
6
AUS
15
AUS
Ret
THA
10
THA
9
THA
9
SPA
8
SPA
10
SPA
Ret
NED
9
NED
C
NED
9
ITA
3
ITA
7
ITA
C
SPA
5
SPA
7
SPA
3
ITA
Ret
ITA
4
ITA
2
GBR
13
GBR
2
GBR
2
USA
3
USA
4
USA
3
POR
6
POR
4
POR
3
FRA
1
FRA
1
FRA
Ret
ARG
3
ARG
3
ARG
3
QAT
11
QAT
Ret
QAT
5
5th 315
2020 Yamaha AUS
1
AUS
2
AUS
Ret
SPA
3
SPA
Ret
SPA
3
POR
2
POR
2
POR
8
SPA
6
SPA
7
SPA
8
SPA
5
SPA
7
SPA
7
SPA
6
SPA
DNS
SPA
DNS
FRA
6
FRA
9
FRA
9
POR
1
POR
1
POR
3
4th 228
2021 Yamaha SPA
3
SPA
6
SPA
6
POR
2
POR
2
POR
3
ITA
2
ITA
2
ITA
1
GBR
1
GBR
6
GBR
1
NED
3
NED
3
NED
Ret
CZE
1
CZE
1
CZE
2
SPA
3
SPA
3
SPA
1
FRA
1
FRA
2
FRA
1
SPA
Ret
SPA
2
SPA
2
SPA
1
SPA
C
SPA
1
POR
1
POR
6
POR
Ret
ARG
1
ARG
1
ARG
3
INA
2
INA
C
INA
4
1st 564
2022 Yamaha SPA
3
SPA
3
SPA
3
NED
3
NED
2
NED
Ret
POR
2
POR
2
POR
3
ITA
Ret
ITA
1
ITA
2
GBR
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
CZE
2
CZE
1
CZE
1
FRA
11
FRA
1
FRA
1
SPA
5
SPA
4
SPA
3
POR
1
POR
1
POR
2
ARG
16
ARG
1
ARG
2
INA
1
INA
1
INA
1
AUS
2
AUS
2
AUS
4
2nd 528
2023 Yamaha AUS
3
AUS
3
AUS
Ret
INA
2
INA
1
INA
2
NED
3
NED
3
NED
2
SPA
2
SPA
2
SPA
2
ITA
3
ITA
2
ITA
2
GBR
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
ITA
2
ITA
1
ITA
1
CZE
2
CZE
1
CZE
Ret
FRA
1
FRA
1
FRA
2
SPA
2
SPA
3
SPA
2
POR
2
POR
2
POR
2
SPA
2
SPA
3
SPA
2
2nd 553
2024 BMW AUS
5
AUS
3
AUS
Ret
SPA
1
SPA
1
SPA
3
NED
2
NED
9
NED
1
ITA
1
ITA
1
ITA
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
GBR
1
CZE
1
CZE
1
CZE
1
POR
1
POR
1
POR
1
1st* 365*

* Season still in progress.

Suzuka 8 Hours results

Year Team Riders Bike Pos
2019 Japan Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H United Kingdom Leon Haslam
United Kingdom Jonathan Rea
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 1st

See also

References

  1. ^ Al, Mehmet (17 November 2017). "'Tek teker Arif' ve sevgilisi kazada öldü". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Haberler". Türkiye Motosiklet Federasyonu.
  3. ^ "WorldSBK". www.worldsbk.com.
  4. ^ Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Fransa’da Zafere Uçtu Redbull. (in Turkish)
  5. ^ Rea defends Kawasaki after Razgatlioglu controversy motorsport.com, 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  6. ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu quit Kawasaki over Suzuka snub and MotoGP option visordown.com, 15 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  7. ^ a b Jerez WorldSBK Test: Gardner Fastest As Rea, Bulega, Iannone Impress motomatters.com, 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023
  8. ^ WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu makes BMW debut at Portimao Test Motorcycle News, 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023
  9. ^ SUPERCOOL!!! Toprak Razgatlioglu in Action at the Jerez Test with BMW M1000RR WSBK 2024. nakawara. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Youtube.
  10. ^ Razgatlioglu Enjoys 40 Lap Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP Test at Aragon tmcblog.com, 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. In Indonesian
  11. ^ MotoGP Officially Holds Second Test with Toprak Razgatlioglu bola.net, In Indonesian. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023
  12. ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu signs with BMW for 2024 WorldSBK season
  13. ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu on dominant Donington display - I'm feeling incredible this weekend
  14. ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu completes first WorldSBK hat-trick with thrilling Race 2 win
  15. ^ UNSTOPRAKABLE TOPRAK MAKES HISTORY FOR ROKIT BMW IN PORTIMAO
  16. ^ Razgatlioglu continues record Superbikes streak