Toprak Razgatlioglu on pit stop confusion: ‘I did not gain an advantage’
A first podium with BMW went begging for Toprak Razgatlioglu in Race 1 of the WorldSBK champ𝐆ionship, despit♊e a great pit stop.
As was the case with six-time WorldSBK champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea, issues in the pits can cost a rider dearly if they are not a smooth process, as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu found out.
But th꧂at’s exactly what Razgatlioglu and BMW managed to avoid as they produced one of the best pit stops of the day.
Yet, Razgatlioglu gain⛦ed no positions and inಞstead received a penalty for leaving too quickly.
However, Razgatlioglu said his dashboard was at the right time 🍨limit for h🔴im to exit, which is why he held back initially.
But Razgatlioglu was given a 1.2 second time penalty for appearing to make up a very small amount of gr🦩ound on the riders ahead.
Speaking about his first race with BMW, Razgatlioglu said: “We started the race not so badꩲ. I stayed at the front and the feeling was good.
“We di🀅d 1m 30s and then 29s, but we are just riding in the 1꧂m 29s-high. In the last few laps I was still riding my bike, keeping the rear tyre because this track is very hard on the rear tyre.
“I use a lot the rear tyre with my bike and we made ten laps but the last two I was feeling vibration. We finished the race in fifth position, normally it would have🤡 been fourth, but I received a penalty.
“It was strange. I saw my board and it said ze🥂ro so I exited pit lane. Alex passed me to exit the pit lane and I did not gain an advantage.
“I started fifth and finishedဣ fifth but I hope we improve tomorrow.”
On the subject of his pit stop, Razgatlioglu was left confu🅠sed as to why he received a penalty and blamed a potential gps issue.
“We had the perfect pit stop but it was the exit,” added Razgatlioglu when speaking to WorldSBK.com. “It looks like my team said I exited a bit early but I saw my dashboard and it said zero. I don’t k𒀰now.
“Maybe 💖there was some gps problem or maybe I exited early. Anyway, this is good for me to do my first race with BMW.
“I’m not happy with fifth or fourth positi🌃on, my target was the podium, but I understand that this is not an e༒asy race.
“Ten laps on these tyres and they were destroyed. Maybe it’s especially my bike because I use the rear tyre a lot but other bi🐈kes looked easier [to ride].
“We have some data which is 🐲good and hopefully we can improve tomorrow.”
