Toprak Razgatlioglu hits back at people who said ‘BMW’s not ready to have a championship bike’

The new BMW rider made a very good start to the Jerez WorldSBK test and claimed people’s perception of the M 1000 R🉐R 𒅌is wrong.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu wasted no time in showing his potential at the Jerez WorldSBK test, as he led the way from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea during the early stages of day one.

The 2021 world champion with Yamah🗹a immediately broke into the 1m 39s barrier before e✨xchanging times with Remy Gardner at the head of the leaderboard.

Keen to show BMW’s potential, Razgatlioglu did just that before c🌌laiming the bike is good enough to challenge.

Razgatlioglu told WorldSBK.com: “I’m very happy to have good weather, finally! In my first tests, it was a little bit late, and we didn’t have a fully dry session. Now we have a fully dry track and, we showed our potential. This morning, in the first five laps, I did a 1’39.8s with the SC0 tyre. Thi𒊎s is very🉐 good.

“I immed🎐iately saw 1’39s and thought it was good because people said BMW’s not ready to be a Championship bike, but if the bike didn’t have potential, we woulꦕdn’t have done a 1’39s.

“It looks like the bike has potential. We need time and to improve the bike because I’m sti🐲ll learning it. I’m riding the bike for a full day; I’m l🐠earning a lot and so are the team.

“My sty🧸le is probably a bit different, so my team are learning my style. In general, I’m happy. It’s been a positive test.

“Bulega did a good lap tim🐼e with the SCQ tyre, but I don’t understand why the other rid🌱ers didn’t do this. Maybe it's the same problem with grip.”

Nicolo Bulega finished over a second clear of the chasing pack🔯, while Razgatlioglu narrowly edged out team-mate Michael Van Der Mark for P3.

Razgatlioglu, who is taking part in his first proper test with BMW after previous outings were impacted by poor weather, admitted he is still learning the M 1000 RR after four y𝐆ears aboard the Yamaꦺha R1.

“After riding for a different brand, the bike feels completely different,” added the Turkish star. “The 🍨electronics are different. I’ve almost adapted; not 100% but a🌜lmost. Today, we tried some new parts and Thursday there are many new parts.

“I hope we i♉mprove the bike; this is all I’m focused on. On the last run, I tried the SCQ tyre just to understand it because I’ve not tried it with this bike.

“I need to understand the balance because, always when you put the Q tyre on, the bike ✤is always changing.

“The bike comple🌄tely changed today. I was just one tenth faster than with the race tyre. We also have the SCQ tyre. I hope we improve the bike and try it again to make a good lap time.”

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