Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea, the top two riders in the World Superbike championship endured a contrasting o💯pening day at the Dutch WorldSBK due to tyres. 

Pirelli has introduced new front and rear tyres for this weekend’s event - as they did for Misano, however, champio♕nship leader Razgatlioglu is not ‘feeling ready’ for race one due to struggles with the soft and X - X being Yamaha’s preferred option based on the season so faꦬr. 

"Ev🃏ery rider is very close, and every rider tries good tyres because the X tyre and the soft tyre is not working," said Razgatlioglu. 

"We also try the different tyres and also we don’t really try a long ෴run, just we triedಞ the good tyres for the race and also a different setup because I’m not feeling ready."

When asked what was causing the issues, Razgatlioglu w꧂as unsure as track temperatures were enough in his view for the X tyre to work.  

"I don’t know, ma♔ybe it’s the asphalt. Traဣck temperatures were 34-34 (degrees); I think it’s enough for the X tyre. But it’s strange, the X tyre is not working and normally Yamaha likes the X tyre. Now we will try a different tyre for the race." added the 24 year-old.  

Rea, who was fastest overall on day-o꧂ne had know such problems with tyres as his Kawasa𓃲ki ‘is working in quite a wide window’. 

When Pirelli’s new rear compound tyres were introduced in Misano, Rea was one of the fastest with the new sets - resulted i﷽n him taking pole - whereas some riders chose not to use them at all. 

Rea added: "It just depends track-to-track. We’ve used it in testing (soft tyre) and it’s been great♍ for longevity. We’ve used it in races this year, we’ve used the ‘new generation x’🅷 if you like; don’t know what they’re called otherwise I’d tell you, and then the SC0. 

"It all just 🎀depends on the temperature, the track, what the track requests, how the tyre drops during the race.🅠 

"Some riders want to go away aggressive at the start a🐷nd manage the tyre, some riders let the tyre come to you. It’s just personal preference and bike setup. 

"The Kawasaki is worꩲking in quite a wide window and we can use; in reason we’ve used all the tyres so far ꦏthis year, but it just depends what the track requests."