The Turkish star will lead a star-studded BMW line-upܫ in 2024, which involves Michael Van Der Mark, Scott Redding and Garrett🍌 Gerloff.

But even with the addition of Razgatlioglu, who is arguably the best rider in WorldSBK, the ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal does 🉐not believe🏅 there’s more pressure to succeed.  

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“Surpris🌠ingly, the pressure isn’t higꦐher than ever,” said Muir at the team’s official launch. “We felt pressure for quite a long time, when we signed Scott [Redding] into the team, and previously with Tom [Sykes]. 

“I think everybody realizes now that the project’s gained so much momentum, with four riders on equal machinery, 🤪a fantastic test support behind us, 🎐it’s our time to start delivering and there’s absolutely no excuses.”

Muir did discuss the addition of Razgatlioglu, and admitted the former Yamaha rider bring a ‘certain amount of quality’ that⛦ the team previously didn’t have.

“Toprak brings a certain amount of quality to the tea🌊m that we’ve been lacking in the past,” stated Muir. “If you were to ask the question to Toprak, he’d be expecting to be on the podium very quickly, and I think we echo that. 

“As a group, as a team, the whole project from the test team right through to our ROKiT BMW team, we fee♚l that Toprak can be on the podium ♏very quickly.

“And I💎’ve said it in the past and I’ll say it again now: if you are close to the podium, you’re close 🐼to the win. 

“Where will that leave us in ch🐠ampionship terms? I’m not sure. But I think the first three races in theꦺ championship this year will define our season.”