World Superbike Championship leader To𒁏prak Razgatlioglu has been ruled out of this weekend’s Cremona round due to injuries suffered in Frꦺance.

Markus Reiterberger, who won the 2018 Superstock 1000 title with BMW, will replace Razgat🌳lioglu at Cremona.

The BMW rider came into the previous round at Magny-Cours on a streak of 1💫3 successive victories in the series, which gave him a commanding lead in the standings.

However, he crashed in the FP3 session at th🐲e Fren༺ch venue at the Lycee corner and hit the barrier on the inside of the turn.

It left him with a partial collapse of the lung and forced him to miss all three races at M♓agny-Cours.

In a statement im🐷mediately after the French round of the 2024 season, Razgatlioglu said 🌃he had hoped to be able to compete at the Cremona round.

However, he and BMW have confirmed he will miss this weekend’s⭕ racing in order to prioritise his recovery with th𒀰e aim of being able to return at Aragon.

“I would have loved to be back on track in Cremona, but the recovery of the mild pneumothorax is tak🐻ing l꧒onger than I initially hoped,” he said.

“It’s i♒mportant that I make a full recovery, and my goal now is to return on my BMW M1000RR at the next race weeken🌟d at MotorLand Aragon.

“But we need to wait and take it step by step. One thing is🧸 certain: as soon as possible and when my health allows, I will re-join🎃 the championship fight!

“I’ll be rooting for my team at Cremona, and I hope toꦛ 🎀see the BMW M1000RR at the front and on the podium.

“A big thanks to everyone who’s been suꦐpporting me through this tough time – we’ll see each other back on the tr🥂ack soon!”

Razgatlioglu’s absence from the Cremona rꦯound opens the door for Ducati and Nicolo 🌱Bulega to properly propel themselves into championship contention.

Following the French round, Bulega had closed his defic💮it to Razgatlioglu to 55 points with four events remaining in the 2024 season.

Sven Blusch, Head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport, sad: “Toprak’s complete rဣecovery is the top priority for everyone.

“Everything else takes a back seat for n🦄ow. That’s why we decided together that he wiღll not return to racing at Cremona.

“He’s in good hands and working closely with the medical team to🎉 get back on his BMW M1000RR ✃by the next race weekend at MotorLand Aragon.

“However, we will tak🔯e all the time needed. In Markus Reiterberger, we have an excellent stand-in for Cremona, who brings a wealth of experience with the bike, Worl﷽dSBK, the team, and BMW Motorrad Motorsport.

“He will focus on basic and preparation work during the w🧔eekend, gathering crucial information so that Toprak can fight for the championship with the best possible material after his c🌳omeback.”