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Toprak Razgatlıoğlu

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (born 16 October 1996) is a Turkish motorcycle road racer. He won two World Superbike Championship titles. He raced a factory BMW M1000RR in the 2024 season and won his 2nd title in the Superbike World Championship in his debut season for BMW.[1] He first rode the BMW at private tests held after the 2023 season at Portimão and Jerez.

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 (2018–2019)
Yamaha (2020–2023)
BMW (2024-)
Championships2 (2021, 2024)
2024 championship position1st (527 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
222 57 142 18 46 2866

After riding for Kawasaki, Razgatlıoğlu rode a factory-team Yamaha YZF-R1 from 2020 until 2023, winning the 2021 Superbike World Championship, ending Jonathan Rea's six-year reign. Razgatlıoğlu is the first Turkish Superbike World Champion and has the most wins for Yamaha in the championship.[2] He then won the championship again in 2024, becoming the first BMW rider to win the title.

Early life

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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.[3]

Career

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Early career

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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.[4]

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

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

Superbike World Championship

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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.[7][8]

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.[9]

 
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.[9] He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão,[10] followed by another test at Jerez.[11]

2024

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BMW signed Razgatlıoğlu in 2024 on a two-year deal.[12] Razgatlıoğlu won his first race at race 1 in Catalunya, the first win for BMW since 2013 and his 40th overall.[13] He would then proceed to win the Superpole race by overtaking Álvaro Bautista at the last corner of the final lap.[14] Toprak scored his first hat trick in Misano;[15] this was followed by further consecutive hat tricks at Donington,[16] Most[17] and Portimão.[18] Razgatlıoğlu crashed heavily during free practice at Magny-Cours and was ultimately diagnosed with a back contusion; the session was red-flagged as a result. Razgatlioğlu would ultimately be declared unfit to race.[19]

Razgatlıoğlu broke the record for most consecutive wins in a season with 13 following his hat trick in Portimão;[20] he celebrated breaking the record by imitating a viral pose struck by Olympic silver medalist shooter Yusuf Dikeç.[21]

MotoGP World Championship

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2022

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In June, Razgatlıoğlu got an opportunity to test a Yamaha YZR-M1 during a one-day MotoGP private test at the Motorland Aragón circuit. Razgatlıoğlu completed forty laps during this test. No empirical data was made available from the test likely owing to the test's confidentiality and press being locked out of the event. He was accompanied by Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow during the test.[22]

2023

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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.[23]

Personal life

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Nicknamed El Turco, Razgatlıoğlu is managed by former multiple time WSSP champion Kenan Sofuoğlu. He resides in Sakarya.

Career statistics

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Career summary

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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

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Races by year

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(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

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Races by year

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(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

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By season

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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 13 529 2nd
2023 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK 36 7 33 4 7 552 2nd
2024 BMW M1000RR ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team 30 18 27 6 13 527 1st
Total 222 57 142 18 46 2866

Races by year

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(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
15 		ARG
1 		ARG
2 		INA
1 		INA
1 		INA
1 		AUS
2 		AUS
2 		AUS
4 		2nd 529
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
4 		SPA
2 		2nd 552
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 		FRA
WD 		FRA
WD 		FRA
WD 		ITA ITA ITA SPA
2 		SPA
2 		SPA
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		POR
1 		SPA
2 		SPA
2 		SPA
1 		1st 527

* Season still in progress.

Suzuka 8 Hours results

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Razgatlioglu and BMW's title gives WSBK its Rossi 2004 moment". The Race. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ^ Toprak Biography
  3. ^ Al, Mehmet (17 November 2017). "'Tek teker Arif' ve sevgilisi kazada öldü". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Haberler". Türkiye Motosiklet Federasyonu.
  5. ^ "WorldSBK Results & Statistics". www.worldsbk.com.
  6. ^ "Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Fransa'da Zafere Uçtu" (in Turkish). Red Bull. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Rea defends Kawasaki after Razgatlioglu controversy". motorsport.com. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu quit Kawasaki over Suzuka snub and MotoGP option visordown.com, 15 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  9. ^ a b "Jerez WorldSBK Test: Gardner Fastest As Rea, Bulega, Iannone Impress". motomatters.com. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ^ "WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu makes BMW debut at Portimao Test". Motorcycle News. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  11. ^ SUPERCOOL!!! Toprak Razgatlioglu in Action at the Jerez Test with BMW M1000RR WSBK 2024. nakawara. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Youtube.
  12. ^ "Toprak Razgatlioglu signs with BMW for 2024 WorldSBK season". 22 May 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  13. ^ TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU SECURES 40TH CAREER WIN IN RACE 1 OF PIRELLI CATALUNYA ROUND
  14. ^ CAN HE DO A ROSSI? TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU PULLS OFF INCREDIBLE LAST CORNER OVERTAKE TO COMPLETE CATALUNYA DOUBLE
  15. ^ HAT-TRICK HERO! Razgatlioglu completes clean sweep at Misano
  16. ^ Hat trick for Razgatlioğlu at Donington with standard Pirelli tyres
  17. ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu completes first WorldSBK hat-trick with thrilling Race 2 win
  18. ^ UNSTOPRAKABLE TOPRAK MAKES HISTORY FOR ROKIT BMW IN PORTIMAO
  19. ^ Whitworth, Alec (6 September 2024). "Update on Toprak Razgatlioglu after hefty crash on Friday at Magny-Cours". Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  20. ^ Razgatlioglu continues record Superbikes streak
  21. ^ Yusuf Dikeç's pose after victory! Toprak Razgatlıoğlu made history by breaking records.
  22. ^ Razgatlioglu Enjoys 40 Lap Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP Test at Aragon tmcblog.com, 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. In Indonesian
  23. ^ MotoGP Officially Holds Second Test with Toprak Razgatlioglu bola.net, In Indonesian. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023
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