Toprak Razgatlioglu buzzing after smashing lap record: ‘99% ready to race’

The 2021 world champion feels ready to race aft❀er another stunning performance during the Portimao test.

Toprak Razgatlioglu
Toprak Razgatlioglu

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu has wasted no time in setting out his intentions following another impressive WorldSBK test with BMW.

The Turkish rider was even stronger than Jerez as he went on to end Nicol🐈o Bulega’s pre-season dominance with a low 1m 39s time at Portimao.

After juꦦst four full days of testing on the BMW, Razgatlioglu believes he’s nearly at 100% with the M 1000 RR.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com after day two, Razgatlioglu said: “I🍃t was a fantastic day as we did a very good job. I wasn’t focussed on the lap time but also on the race pace.

“After this test, we go to race and we need a good setup for the race. We are 99% ready to race. The feeling is good and every day, we are getting better as we keep improving ꦆthe bike.

“Today, I did a 1’39.8 with the SC0 and did it three or four times. With the SCX, I did a 👍1’39.2 which is an unbelievable lap time and I am really surprised.

“At the end of today, thanks to Bꦆonovo, who we asked for aꦛ Q tyre from, we got one but only improved by 0.1s.

“We used a different swingarm for a short bike and put the SCQ but the bike was ju꧅mping around and there was a lot of wheelie. I couldn’t make a 1’38 but do next time we can!”

Race simulations have been a big area of focus for Razgatlioglu in testing, and it was this along w🌟ith the continued se꧙t-up improvements that had him feeling confident about his chances going forward.

Razgatlioglu added: “I did a rꦓace simulation of 15 laps and did two lap times with the SC0 in the 1’39s. It looks like we’re ready to race but we’re still learning and we need time.

“Every day, we improve but i🅷n general, I am happy. We’ll see at Phillip Island because it’s completely different, as is the grip.

“After Jerez, we still improved the bike and tried different parts, ꧂finally finding the setup. Finally, I feel like the bike is my bike.

“It’s my style, sliding and with the grip improving too. The turning is not 100% but we are close. The team is very happy and the motivation is very high now; I’m happ𒐪y with Michael, who did a very good job today.

“In the se🎀ason, we’ll work toget♉her and make a very good race result. We need some time to adapt the bike.”

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