Toprak Razgatlıoğlu

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After a hard-fought, season-long battle with six-time Superbike World Championship (WSBK) titleholder Jonathan Rea, Toprak Razgatlioglu claimed the WSBK crown at the last event on the 2021 season calendar. While the drama played out on track, it also played out in the Yamaha racing family. When MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales...

Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea says he looks forward to being the "underdog" and will leave "no stone unturned" in his bid to reclaim the World Superbike title from Toprak Razgatlioglu in 2022. Six-time champion Rea finished second to the Turkish rider this year after a gripping two-way battle for the...

Thirteen rounds and thirty-five races later, the 2021 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship will see a new face take center stage on the podium: Toprak Razgatlioglu. After a grueling season-long battle with rival Jonathan Rea, the Pata Yamaha rider will take top honors this year as the series champion. At the start of the season, Kawasaki Racing Team WSBK rider Jonathan Rea came into the series with six championship crowns and was poised to be a top contender for this year.

A dramatic WorldSBK Race 1 sealed the Championship in favour of Toprak Razgatlioglu after an incredible battle between the top three. A new Champion has been crowned in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship as Toprak Razgatlioglu (Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK Team) claimed the title after a dramatic and intense Race 1 at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit for the Pirelli Indonesian Round. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) claimed victory in Race 1 but Razgatlioglu’s second place was enough for him to be crowned Champion after the incredible spectacle.

MANDALIKA, Indonesia -- The final Superbike World Championship round on the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok drew tens of thousands of fans Sunday, the biggest crowd for any event in the country since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as Toprak Razgatlioglu became the first-ever Turkish rider to win the title.

Toprak Razgatlioglu reclaimed the lead in the World Superbike Championship by finishing second in the second feature race in Barcelona. Yamaha rider Razgatlioglu was behind Michael Ruben Rinaldi, while Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea was sixth. Six-time champion Rea now trails the Turkish rider by one point, with Scott Redding 59...

Jonathan Rea reclaimed the lead of the World Superbike Championship after title rival Toprak Razgatlioglu failed to finish the first feature race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Six-time champion Rea led in wet conditions but was passed by Yahama's Razgatlioglu as the track dried. However Razgatlioglu retired with a mechanical...

Toprak Razgatlioglu has extended his lead at the top of the World Superbike standings after beating Jonathan Rea in the second feature race at Magny-Cours. Just like in the earlier Superpole sprint race, the two title protagonists swapped positions several times in a thrilling battle. Yamaha rider Razgatlioglu held on...

Jonathan Rea crashed twice during a dramatic Race One in the Czech Republic World Superbike round as Toprak Razgatlioglu took a thrilling win. Rea lay third when he slid off at Turn One with nine laps to go but re-mounted and was in 11th position when he came off again with four laps remaining.

Kawasaki man Rea left it until the very end of the 15-minute Superpole shootout to grab the top spot with a best time of 1m31.684s on what was his third run of the session. That put the six-time world champion 0.067s up on the Yamaha of Razgatlioglu, who had taken the provisional top spot with two minutes to go only to see his time toppled by Rea.

Known for his fondness of stoppies, Turkish racer, Toprak Razgatlioglu will stay in the World Superbike (WSBK) series until 2023 after officially inking a two-year renewal agreement with Yamaha. Razgatlioglu signed a contract with Yamaha for two more WSBK seasons, effectively closing the door for a MotoGP departure in the...

Jonathan Rea crashed out of the lead of Sunday's World Superbike race at Donington Park to hand the championship advantage to rival Toprak Razgatlioglu. Northern Irishman Rea lost the front of his Kawasaki while battling Yamaha's Razgatlioglu for the lead on lap 10. The six-time champion remounted to finish in...

Toprak Razgatlioglu won race one at the World Superbike round at Donington to reduce runner-up Jonathan Rea's championship lead to 15 points. The Yamaha rider produced a superlative ride to come from 13th on the grid to take his second victory of the season by 2.4 seconds after 23 laps.