Toprak Razgatlioglu: “When I signed for BMW, everyone said I’m crazy”

“This is the final round and we’🦩ve almost go♐t the title.”

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2024 Estoril WorldSBK, grid. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2024 Estoril WorldSBK, grid. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Toprak Razgatlioglu is wi♋thin touching distance of his second WorldSBK title this weekend at the Span🍨ish World Superbike round in Jerez.

Razgatliogl꧅u enters the weekend with🦹 a 46-point lead over Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega, and the Italian hasn’t beaten Razgatlioglu in a full-length race since Race 2 at the Catalan Round back in March.

Despite the stakes this weekend, Razgatlioglu assured that his target i꧃n Jerez is to win races; which he almost did last year in Jerez, before being penalised in Race 2 for touching the green paint on the outside of the final corner on t🃏he last lap.

“I’m feeling good because we come back to Jerez again,” Razgatl꧒ioglu told WorldSBK.com ahead of this weekend’s Jerez decider.

“Last year, I lost the race in the last corner. It’ll be completely different this year on the BMW.ﷺ My target is to w𒉰in the race.”

As far as the championship is concerned, Razgatlioglu takes comfort from ജ๊his “really big” points advantage.

“A 46-point margin is a really big gap,” he said. “If I finish the race in P2 or P3, I’𓄧ll win the championship. I know this, but still my target is to win the race.

“In🦹 2021, I had the same. P3 is also enough for me, but I’m always looking for P1. I hope we get this because it’s important for me.

“When I signed for BMW, everyone said I’m crazy m♑any times but now everyone’s started🅷 to believe in BMW and me.

“This is the final round and we’ve al🅘most got theꦿ title. I hope we’re World Champions.

“It’s been an incredible season for me✤ to ride the BMW and nobo✨dy believed me.

“First year ꦦand we could be World Champion, this is incredible for my career and also for BMW because they’ve never be🔯en World Champions on two wheels.”

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