A track that was often problematic for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu and Yamaha, the 2021 WorldSBK champion🔯💦 delivered two of his finest performances ever in the series.

Race 1 was a masterclass in tyre preservation from Razgatliogไlu, before winning an epic Superpole shootout against Alvaro Bautista🐲 at the final corner. 

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Not many expected the Razgatlioglu and BMW partnership to be so strong early on, but Sofuogဣlu was not one of tho🔯se.

“Last year, we made a big decision to BMW, and I gave a lot of support to Toprak to make this de𓆉cision,” Sofuoglu told WorldSBK.com. 

“So many peop🎉le thought we made the wrong decisio🎐n. As a rider, I believed the BMW was a very good bike.

“The first meeting I spoke to BMW, the team and the manager spoke 🦩about it, and I thought they had a ver꧙y good bike.

“I thought, ‘Yo🤪u have one very nice puzzle, and one piece is missing’ which is Toprak. Everything’s going very well now, he’s winning in the second r🐽ound.

“I believe Top🐭rak is one of the strongest riders for the last lap especially. In Barcelona, y😼ou need to make your last attack in the hairpin before the last part of the track.

“Toprak couldn’t do it and I asked myself why he didn’t try, because I know he normally d﷽oes in that kind🃏 of corner.

“He releases the brake, manages to stop the bike🍬 and he couldn’t. I was thinking about second position.

“In the last corner, he found a place to enter, and he did it. I asked him why he didn’t🦩 try at th❀e place he’s strong, he said, ‘There was a big gap, I couldn’t try but I didn’t give up, waited until the last corner’ and he managed it.”

While🧜 Sofuoglu maintained the stance that Razgatlioglu could be competitive with the M 1000 RR after agreeing a deal with the German brand, winning races was not entirely the expectation, at least right away.

“We believed a lot, but we w✅eren’t sure when we can win,” added Sofuoglu. “After winter🌞 testing, I started to believe more.

“But I was believing we can winꦬ at Assen or Donington, I didn’t ไexpect it in Barcelona! Barcelona’s not Toprak’s favourite track but he’s so strong.

“Toprak’s in his sixth season in WorldSBK and if I look at all the winter testing times, Top♋rak is stronger this year with BMW, and I understand he’s going to be favourite for the title.”

Like Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista was impressive in Barcelona as he came from꧂ the fifth row to finish second in the Superpole Race, bꦗefore dominating Race 2.

Bautista’s team-mate Nicolo Bulega leads the ch🉐amp♈ionship standings, but it’s Bautista who Sofuoglu still believes is the main threat for Razgatlioglu.

Sofuogl꧟u said: “I think still the main, har🗹d competition for us is Bautista. He gave us a very hard time on Sunday, we beat him in the last corner.

“He’s a hard rival. Bautista’s got a hard time too, because Bulega arrived from WorldSSP and is immediately m💖aking lap records everywhere and I can understand Bautista’s situation; you are the #1 in the garage and the newcomer, the new teammate makes you feel less confident in your garage. This is very normal in racing. It’s good for us, honestly!”