Toprak Razgatlioglu “was even thinking about pitting” amid Dutch WorldSBK Race 2 struggles

Toprak Raꩵzgatlioglu says he “was even thinking about coming into the pit box” ꧅in WorldSBK Race 2 at Assen.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Dutch WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Dutch WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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BMW WorldSBK rider 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu says he 💫considered retiring in Race 2 at Assen, s🍌uch were his tyre wear woes.

The reigning 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Champion won the wet Superpole Race in the mo🦹rning, but struggled in the dry Race 2, just as in Race 1 when he finished fourth and 17 seconds off the win.

"The Superpole Race was in full wet conditions and I felt great on the bike,” Razgatlioglu sa🦄id.

ꦜ“The grip wasn't bad. This was my first win in the wet conditions on a Superbike so I’m really happy about that.”

The Turkish rider said he was thinking about the 21-lap Race 2 from Sunday morning. A different setup and harder tyre selection – front and rear – was used for Sunday’s long race compared to Satu🌃rday’s, but ultimately both changes made little positive difference to the result for Razgatlioglu.

“I was already thinking about Race 2, whꦛich looked dry, this morning,” he said.

“We tried a different setup but it still didn’t work. We used a different tyre compared to Race 1 because yesterday the rear tyre dropped for t😼he last eight laps.

“Todayౠ we used the harder SC0 tyre but in t𒀰he last laps I had the same problem.

“At one point I was even thinking about coming into the pit box. But then I focused on scoring points. To finish seventh or eighth doesn’t mean much for me but it’s a long championship. We need to improve the bike, and I hope🐲 we can come back stronger 🔥to fight for wins."

Razgatlioglu’s Sunday difficulties were cancelled out slightly by retirements in both races for points leader 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nicolo Bulega, who was leading before his bike stopped in Race 2 and was running second in theꦜ Superpole Race before suffering a reported electrical problem.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Bulega’s double-retirement means that, despite his struggles this weekeಌnd, Razgatlioglu has emerged from the Dutch Round 21 points behind the Italian, eight points c🤪loser than he was at the beginning of the weekend.

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