Toprak Razgatlioglu out of French WorldSBK after FP2 crash

Toprak Razgatlioglu has be💫en ruled out of this weekend’s French WorldSBK round after his FP2🔴 crash.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2024 French WorldSBK, pit box. - Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2024 French WorldSBK, pit box. - Gold and Goose.
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WorldSBK championship leader♔ Toprak Razgatlioglu is out of this weekend’s WorldSBK French Round ꦍafter his FP2 crash.

The Turkish rider has been diagnosed with "mild traumatic pneumothorax", per an official WorldSBK communication, resulting in him being declared unfit for the rest of this weekend's French Round at Magny-Cours༺.

Razgatlioglu crashed during FP2 in braking for the penultimate corner. He lost the front in the left-hand sweeper that leads into the tight right-handed p𝄹enultimate turn and slid torwards the inside of the right-hande꧙r, hitting the inside wall.

It was the Turkish rider's first timed lap of the session after a disrupted first few minutes 🌄on Friday afternoon, which saw Razgatlioglu's BMW M1000 RR have itsඣ fuel tank changed.

Razgatlioglu was able to walk away from the inc🐻ident and reported to the medical centre wheꦓre he was diagnosed with a back contusion.

He was then transported to Moulins Hospital for further assessments, and there the diagnosis of mওild traumatic pneumothorax was made.

According to Asthma and Lung UK, "A pneumothorax is a collapsed lung. A pneumothorax🐬 happens when air leaks into the pleural cavity," the latter being "the space between the outside ♏of your lung and your ribcage."

Razgatlioglu posted a selfie from his hospi🀅tal bed with the caption: "I'm fine now, they are doing final checks at the hospital."

His absence fr🌺om this weekend's racing means his 13-race win streak will end.

But a 92-point championship lead means that Razgatlioglu is guaranteed to r🌸emain top of the standings after Race 2 on Sunday.

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