Far fr๊om basking in the glory of his second WorldSBK title ꧋— won this weekend at the 2024 WorldSBK Spanish Round in Jerez — Toprak Razgatlioglu is wondering if he will be able to be even stronger in 2025.

Razgatlioglu’s second WorldSBK titlꦓe came in his first year with BMW on a bike which had🌺 never won a dry race before this year.

Initially, it was not an easy adaptation for Razgatlioglu, who arrived from Yamaha over the ﷽winter.

“The beginning of this season is not easy because the first race, especially in Australia, I’m not doing a good job because t✤he tyres have a big drop, and I destroyed the tyre,” Razgatlioglu told Eurosport after he clinched the 202♋4 title in Race 1 at Jerez this weekend.

“But, when we come to Euro♊pe, we started winning. The 13 wins in a row is amazing, and finally we are 💝the World Champions.

“But, especially after the big injury [at Magny-C✱ours], we came back very strong, and finally we gꦜot the title.

“This is amazing 🦋for me, and for me I think this is the best year in my career. Maybe next year we will do much better🃏.”

Razgꦦat📖lioglu rode a lonely race to second place in Race 1 at Jerez, finishing over six seconds behind the winner, Nicolo Bulega, and three seconds ahead of Andrea Locatelli in third.

“I’mไ 🀅generally happy because this race is very important for me,” Razgatlioglu said.

“The rꦅace doesn’t finish, because I see the last 10 laps, and I say ‘We have 10 laps, we 🐓have many laps’.

“Finally, I finished the race in second position, because I lose a lot and I say ‘okay’, and I see the gap a lot, 𒉰and second position is good, safe, and better to finish [the championship] today.

“I’m really happy; finally ꦅwe did it and we are the World Champions.

“This team is amazing because everyone is pushing really har🌼d. When I signed for BMW, everyone was talking about me, saying ‘His career is finished’.

“But, now, everyone understands, I think. Also, I’m very happy [because] I won the World Championship with two different🍃 brands🀅.”

Razgatlioglu’s first tit🍌le came in much different circumstances to his second. While in 2024 Razgatlioglu has won numerous races by vast margins and was able to pull a points lead of 92 points before his aforementioned “big injury” in France, the Tu💟rkish rider’s battle with Jonathan Rea for the 2021 crown was much more closely fought, with numerous bar-to-bar battles throughout the year between Rea and Razgatlioglu for race wins and podium positions.

“In 2021, I’m fighting [in every corner], but now I have a little bit faster engine,” 🌺Razgatlioglu said, comparing his two championsh🎃ip seasons.

“But, still, the bike is not 100 per cent, but we are jus꧃t trying to improꦰve the bike.

“For tomorrow, I need to improve the bike, because it’❀s spinning a lot, the bike’s not accelerating good.

“But I’m just enjoying, be♉cause we are the World Champions. Tomorrow, I just make a ﷽fun race.”