Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
Razgatlıoğlu in Parc Fermé at Donington Park 2022
NationalityTurkish
Born (1996-10-16) 16 October 1996
Alanya, Turkey
Current teamROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK
Bike number54
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years2018–
ManufacturersKawasaki (2018–2019)
Yamaha (2020–2023)
BMW (2024)
Championships1 (2021)
2023 championship position2nd (552 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
192 39 115 12 33 2339

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.

Early life

Born in Alanya, Razgatlıoğlu is the second son of famous Turkish stunt motorcyclist Arif Razgatlıoğlu who was known as Tek teker Arif which means 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.[1] As a practising Muslim, Razgatlıoğlu stands away during the traditional spraying of Prosecco on the podium following races, due to the prohibition of drinking alcohol in Islam society.

Career

Early career

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.[2]

He won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.[3][4]

He won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.

Superbike World Championship

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.[5][6]

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.[7]

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.[7] He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão,[8] followed by another test at Jerez.[9]

MotoGP

2022

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.[10]

2023

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.[11]

Career statistics

Career summary

SeasonSeriesMotorcyclePosition
2011IDM Yamaha R6 CupYamaha YZF-R618th
Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship2nd
2012IDM Yamaha R6 Cup7th
Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship1st
2013Red Bull MotoGP Rookies CupKTM RC250GP10th
2014Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup6th
2015European Superstock 600 ChampionshipKawasaki ZX-6R1st
2016FIM Superstock 1000 CupKawasaki ZX-10R5th
2017European Superstock 1000 Championship2nd
20182018 Superbike World ChampionshipKawasaki Ninja ZX-10R9th
20192019 Superbike World ChampionshipKawasaki Ninja ZX-10R5th
20202020 Superbike World ChampionshipYamaha YZF-R14th
20212021 Superbike World ChampionshipYamaha YZF-R11st
20222022 Superbike World ChampionshipYamaha YZF-R12nd
20232023 Superbike World ChampionshipYamaha YZF-R12nd

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(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
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

Races by year

(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
2016 Kawasaki SPA
DNS		 NED
 ITA
5		 GBR
6		 ITA
4		 GER
Ret		 FRA
2		 SPA
3		 5th 70

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
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 13 529 2nd
2023 Yamaha YZF-R1 Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK 36 7 33 4 7 552 2nd
Total 192 39 115 12 33 2339

Races by year

(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
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
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
15		 ARG
1		 ARG
2		 INA
1		 INA
1		 INA
1		 AUS
2		 AUS
2		 AUS
4		 2nd 529
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
4		 SPA
2		 2nd 552

See also

References

  1. ↑ Al, Mehmet (17 November 2017). "'Tek teker Arif' ve sevgilisi kazada öldü". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Haberler". Türkiye Motosiklet Federasyonu.
  3. ↑ "WorldSBK". www.worldsbk.com.
  4. ↑ Toprak Razgatlıoğlu Fransa’da Zafere Uçtu Redbull. (in Turkish)
  5. ↑ Rea defends Kawasaki after Razgatlioglu controversy motorsport.com, 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  6. ↑ Toprak Razgatlioglu quit Kawasaki over Suzuka snub and MotoGP option visordown.com, 15 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021
  7. 1 2 Jerez WorldSBK Test: Gardner Fastest As Rea, Bulega, Iannone Impress motomatters.com, 2 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023
  8. ↑ WSB: Toprak Razgatlioglu makes BMW debut at Portimao Test Motorcycle News, 5 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023
  9. ↑ SUPERCOOL!!! Toprak Razgatlioglu in Action at the Jerez Test with BMW M1000RR WSBK 2024. nakawara. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Youtube.
  10. ↑ Razgatlioglu Enjoys 40 Lap Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP Test at Aragon tmcblog.com, 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022. In Indonesian
  11. ↑ MotoGP Officially Holds Second Test with Toprak Razgatlioglu bola.net, In Indonesian. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023
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