Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
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![]() Razgatlıoğlu in Parc Fermé at Donington Park 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Alanya, Turkey | 16 October 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Toprak is the most consecutive wins record holder with 13 consecutive wins, also fourth most win rider with 54 wins in the World Super Bike history. Toprak, in 4 years with Yamaha, has become the rider with most wins for the Japanese manufacturer. [1] Toprak, also the third youngest WorldSBK Champion ever.
Early life
[edit]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.[2]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]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.[3]
He won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.[4][5]
He won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
Superbike World Championship
[edit]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.[6][7]
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.[8]
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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.[8] He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão,[9] followed by another test at Jerez.[10]
2024
[edit]BMW signed Toprak for 2 years of contract in 2024. [11]. Toprak won his first win in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya race 1 which BMW has gained first win in any race since Chaz Davies's victory in 2013 Nürburgring race 2. [12], where he won the Superpole race by Rossi job [13] in the last turn by overtaking Alvaro Bautista at the Superpole Race in Barcelona. Toprak made his first hattrick in Misano, Italy [14], then continuing his hattricks in Donington Park, UK[15]; Autodrom Most, Czech Republic[16] and Algarve International Circuit, Portugal[17]. Toprak has broken record with 13 consecutive wins with BMW in 2024 while he has famous hattrick in Algarve International Circuit, Portugal by surpassing previous record holders Alvaro Bautista and Jonathan Rea with 11 consecutive wins[18] while Toprak also won his 54th win after Algarve International Circuit race making him 4th in the all time list behind Jonathan Rea, Alvaro Bautista and Carl Fogarty by surpassing Troy Bayliss with 52 wins in August 2024.[19]
MotoGP World Championship
[edit]2022
[edit]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.[20]
2023
[edit]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.[21]
Private Life
[edit]Toprak has nickname called ElTurco. His manager is the former multiple time WSSP champion Kenan Sofuoğlu.
Toprak is a devout Muslim, also famous by nonspraying on the podiums due to the prohibition of alcohol types in Islam, in addition praying Friday pray and some time prays. [22]
Also had a dispute with Bautista who had sprays alcohol to Toprak then he critised Bautista's undisrespected behaviour in 2021. [23]
Career statistics
[edit]Career summary
[edit]Season | Series | Motorcycle | Position |
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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
[edit]Races by year
[edit](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 |
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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
[edit]Races by year
[edit](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 |
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2016 | Kawasaki | SPA DNS |
NED |
ITA 5 |
GBR 6 |
ITA 4 |
GER Ret |
FRA 2 |
SPA 3 |
5th | 70 |
Superbike World Championship
[edit]By season
[edit]Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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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
[edit](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 | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Year | Team | Riders | Bike | Pos |
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2019 | ![]() |
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Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | 1st |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Toprak Biography
- ^ Al, Mehmet (17 November 2017). "'Tek teker Arif' ve sevgilisi kazada öldü". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ "Haberler". Türkiye Motosiklet Federasyonu.
- ^ "WorldSBK". www.worldsbk.com.
- ^ Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Fransa’da Zafere Uçtu Redbull. (in Turkish)
- ^ Rea defends Kawasaki after Razgatlioglu controversy motorsport.com, 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021
- ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu quit Kawasaki over Suzuka snub and MotoGP option visordown.com, 15 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021
- ^ a b Jerez WorldSBK Test: Gardner Fastest As Rea, Bulega, Iannone Impress motomatters.com, 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023
- ^ WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu makes BMW debut at Portimao Test Motorcycle News, 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023
- ^ SUPERCOOL!!! Toprak Razgatlioglu in Action at the Jerez Test with BMW M1000RR WSBK 2024. nakawara. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Youtube.
- ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu signs with BMW for 2024 WorldSBK season
- ^ TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU SECURES 40TH CAREER WIN IN RACE 1 OF PIRELLI CATALUNYA ROUND
- ^ CAN HE DO A ROSSI? TOPRAK RAZGATLIOGLU PULLS OFF INCREDIBLE LAST CORNER OVERTAKE TO COMPLETE CATALUNYA DOUBLE
- ^ HAT-TRICK HERO! Razgatlioglu completes clean sweep at Misano
- ^ Hat trick for Razgatlioğlu at Donington with standard Pirelli tyres
- ^ Toprak Razgatlioglu completes first WorldSBK hat-trick with thrilling Race 2 win
- ^ UNSTOPRAKABLE TOPRAK MAKES HISTORY FOR ROKIT BMW IN PORTIMAO
- ^ Razgatlioglu continues record Superbikes streak
- ^ List of Superbike World Championship race winners
- ^ Razgatlioglu Enjoys 40 Lap Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP Test at Aragon tmcblog.com, 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. In Indonesian
- ^ MotoGP Officially Holds Second Test with Toprak Razgatlioglu bola.net, In Indonesian. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023
- ^ Champion Toprak Razgatlioglu: 10 things you probably didn’t know about the 2021 WorldSBK Champion
- ^ SBK, Razgatlıoğlu bothered by Bautista'spost-race Prosecco celebrations
External links
[edit]- Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at WorldSBK.com
- Page at the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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