Toprak Razgatlioglu is looking ahead to another year of scrapping 🃏with old rival Alvaro Bautist🃏a.

Bautista ended months of doubts about whether he might ret🔥🌃ire by penning a new contract for 2025 with Aruba.it Ducati’s World Superbike Championship team.

Although Bautista has been unable to keep pace with the mighty Razgatlioglu th🐈is year, their rivalry can r♕enew next season because he has opted against retirement.

“I am very happy for him,” Razgatl❀ioglu said.

“He’s a very strong rider a🔥nd an experienced rider.

“This year, I don’t know why he is lost.

“I k🅷now him - especially in his head, he is very strong. He will come back strong, I know ܫthis.

“Next year we will ride again with him, and I’m🃏 happy for t🍌his. I am good at fighting with him, especially last year.

“He will stay one mor🌳e year in Superbike and we will fight again with him.”

This weekend’s Magny-Cours WSBK round offers Bautista a chance to hasten his recovery from 🧔a poor year.

But for Razgatlioglu the story is very differen🍌t.

He is returning to the scene of his first WSBK race, and his first WSBK vicꦓtory, in imperiꦡous form.

“This track is my favourite,” Razgatlioglu said. “In 2019 I will never forget, it’s the♐ best race of my career. I was 16th and I won.

“This time it’s a different brand and a new bike. In general, we are strong h�ও�ere.”

Razgatlioglu has already broken the record for 13 consecutiv🎃e WSBK race wins.

On Saturday in France he is bidding for a 16th.

He said: “In Portimao I focused on this for the record. But now I a﷽m not focused on it.

“This wee💖kend is difficult because🐓 of the weather. If on Saturday it rains, and the conditions are wet…

“I have never ✤won in the world chღampionship in wet conditions.

“For me, I am just looking day by day.”

Razgatlioglu has a 64-point advantage at the top of the WSBK championship, ahead of Nic🎶olo Bulega.

He is on track for a second WSBK championship, and his first♕ with BMW.