BMW “can’t say” if Toprak Razgatlioglu “will be back” at Aragon World Superbike
Uncertainty remains around the return schedule of Toprak🍎 Razgatlioglu, the current WorldSBK championship leader.

Toprak Razgatlioglu is n💎ot certain t🥃o return to WorldSBK at next week’s Aragon Round, it has been revealed.
Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Sve✱n Blusch, Head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport explained that, even after missing this weekendꦑ’s Italian Round, there is no certainty that the current championship leader will be back in time for Aragon.
“It🌞's been crazy weeks for sure,” Blusch said o🐭n Thursday ahead of the race at Cremona Circuit.
“Yesterday when we got the final answer that he's unfit, it was difficult for the whole team [and] for Toprak [Razgatlioglu]. But, to b🎶e honest, today we are already thinking about Aragon on his recovery.
“He is doing better and better but, unfortunately, it's the pneumothorax which is s🌌till there, and it takes ti🉐me.
“We can’t reallyꦗ say at the moment if Toprak will be back at Aragon.
“It's a topic where the doc💙tors can judge it better. For us, we are hoping that he's there and we are pushing 100nper cent. But time will tell.
“The title fight will be a challenge in the end. We were in a good situa💃tion coming tꦺo Magny-Cours. Everything changed now, but in the end, the last race is still way up in the air, and we have to wait for it.
“We hope Topraꦏk is back in Aragon and nothing is lost.”
Blusch went on to add more detail on the precise reasons for the uncertainty surrounding Razgatlioglu’s ꦯreturn to WorldSBK.
“As long as the pneumꦡothorax is there, Toprak is still not allowed to race,” Blusch said.
“Obviously, I think we all know that riders, if they have pain, they go through it and they don’t have 𒐪any problems to push.
“On that point, I would say it’s really tricky because he doesn’t have a lot of pain. In his mind🔯, he’s ready to race.
“All the doctors agreed on that ﷽point that it’s too dangerous to ride. This is the bigg𒅌est problem at the moment on our side.
“We’re really hoping for Aragon butꦗ it’s too early to say any🅷thing at the moment.”
Razgatlioglu is replaced ꩵthis weekend at the Italian Round by Markus Reiterberger, the German fresh off the back of a fifth-place finish for the #37 BMW factory endurance team🎐 at the Bol d’Or last weekend.
“Markus Reiterberger, our Bavarian rocket I would say, is back on the bike and he knoꦐws the track from test🅷s,” Blusch said.
“This helps u🐎s and we will try to have him up to speed as soon as possible and also doing test work for Toprak to prep💦are the Championship in the best possible way with him.”
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