As the 2023 WorldSBK championship heads to Mandalika - a circuit Razgatlioglu has called his favourite after winning all three races last season - the 2021 world champion is in need of a telling response following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista’s opening weekend hat-trick. 

The Ducati rider took three comfortable wins while Razgatlioglu was on the podium twice before being involved in an unfortunate crash with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes in Race 2. 

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Not wanting to fall behind🤪 in the championship as he did early on last season, Razgatlioglu is hoping to rebound by challenging for victory in Indonesia. 

Speaking ahead of this weekend, Razgatlioglu 🥂said: "I have good memories. This year, we will see. The first round was not really a strong weekend for me, but this circuit is my favourite. 

"Last year, I had the same feeling when we went to Phillip I👍sland.♔ The bike felt different because we used the harder tyres and it’s a different track. It’s not like my style. 

"M꧋y style is usually har𓄧d braking. Mandalika is my favourite circuit and I try to do my best again last year. Last year, we had three wins. 

"This year we will see because ever🧸ybody is very fast and very strong; everybody’s improved their bike. Normally, we are very strong here. I hope we have a strong start and are fighting again for the win."

Harder tyres the problem for Razgatlioglu in Phillip Island

On the softer tyre during the Superpole Race, Razgatlioglu felt as though the p🎶erformance of his R1 was back to its best, but when fitting the harder tyre for Race 2, the Pata Yamaha rider was stru𝓰ggling to get the better of riders around him.

"The big problem in Race 2 was everybody was using harder tyres," added Razga♒tlioglu. "In the Superpole Race, everybody used SC0 tyres. With this tyre, my bike is unbelievable, and I had a very good feeling. 

"If we had one more lap, may꧒be I pass Michael [Ruben Rinaldi] because he started to drop. In Race 2, we used the hard෴er tyre, and my bike was completely changing. 

"In 🌳the first laps, I didn’t feel the grip and the bike wasn’t turning. I just tried to keep 🌼the rear tyre. 

"I followed Jonny and tr🍰ied for the best position. We crashed with Alex; it wasn’t his fault. I went wide a little bit to keep a good line, he cras꧃hed and hit me."