Toprak Razgatlioglu: “I tried more than 100%, Jonathan Rea is a WorldSBK legend”
The 2021 WorldSB🌠K champion has been part of some of the most thrilling battles over the last two seasons, many of which have come ag𓄧ainst Rea.
The two world champion’s have shared a lot of the same tarmac since 2021,💫 and although their battle last weekend wasn’t for the win, Raz💞gatlioglu and Rea reminded everyone how great they are.
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Rea, who is set ☂to replace Razgatlioglu at Pata Yamaha next season, appeared to be the rider with more speed during Race 2 despite being beaten to second spot by the Turkish star.
"We enjoyed battling with Jonny, but I needed P2," said Razgatlioglu. "I’m waiting for the last lap, andไ I tried more than 100% here.
"In general, it’s not a bad weekend. Rea’s a WorlওdSBK legend and we are fighting with him.
"Many years ago, I had a dream that, one day, I’m World Champion 🌌like Kenan and fighting with Jonathan Rea.
"My dream came true. ✅I’m very happy. I really enjoy fighting with the legend and I hope we are fighting again at Aragon."
Fighting the likes of Alvaro Bautista and Razgatlioglu has been a big ꦰchallenge for Rea and Kawasaki this season, but the six-time world champion was back mixing with both riders 𝔍during Race 1 and Race 2.
A breakthrough in performance allowed Rea to ‘play with my bike again’ as he finished the 🦄weekend ‘on ꦡa high’.
Rea said: "Sometimes the weekends go the opposite way round for me, Iღ start really well in Race 1 then face some difficulties.
"This weekend, I felt like we had a really positive trend with ﷺsetup changes we made to the bike and th🅠e feeling. I felt we ended the weekend on a high.
"Alvaro was up the road quite a bit, but I was able to fight Toprak until the last lap here at Magny-Cours, a really go❀od track for him.
"I felt like I was playing w💧ith my bike again. Riding on the limit, understanding m෴argins and I really enjoyed that. Big kudos to the team for making positive steps throughout the weekend."
