BMW in awe as Toprak Razgatlioglu providing "special times"
Toprak Razgatlioglu has three wins t𝓀o his name i🌄n just three WorldSBK rounds with BMW.
Nine races into the 2024 WorldSBK season, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu has BMW fighting for race wins and the championship🦋.
The 2021 world champion has been nothing short of brillian🍒t since h🍬is move to BMW, a manufacturer that had been starved of WorldSBK success.
But that doesn’t seem to be an issue anymore as Razgatlioglu not only took victories in Catalunya and Assen; two circuits BMW previously struggled at, but they were 💟also circuits he had never been victorious at in the past.
Speaking after the most recent round in Assen where Razgatlioglu won Race 2, BMW technical director Christian Gonschor told WorldSBK.com: “Race 2 was the best part of the weekend𒀰 but anyway, it was a good weekend.”
“Toprak shꦗowed a good performance on the SC0 tyre, and he mana𒁏ged to do it perfectly until the end of the race.
“The Superpole Race was a gamble for everybody, as everyone went with the🍃 SCQ but nobody had experience with it.
“So it was a hard race for T💃oprak and for🎉 us to watch, but it is very good to see how strong he came back in Race 2 and finished an incredible race.”
“It is special times with special focus for all of our r𓃲iders and bikes.
“OK, we don’t have all four of our riders at the front right now but the performance from Mikey [Van Der Mark] in Race 2 showed how hard we can fight and work꧟ with the bike, which is the most important thing for me as an engineer.
“Toprak m🥂anaged it fr🍒om his point of view from the lead and then from sixth to recover by staying calm.
“Mikey was fighting like the good old Mikey and we saw today why he was a race winner in the 🐼past, and I am sure he will come back🤡 to the podium soon.”
With Razgatlioglu consistently performing, the idea of BMW being titl🧸e contenders in his first season wit꧋h the team has turned from a dream into a realistic prospect.
And Gonschor, who admits the season is still lo♈ng, believes they can challenge Ducati.
“It feels good there is nothing more to say,” began Gonschor. “It shows that the work we do is going🍒 in the right direction, and ♌now we have already proved it in the second round.
“Even durin🐬g winter testing at Jerez and Portimao, we have been competitive at five tra🌠cks now.
“For sure, it is a lon꧅g season, and anything can hap🤡pen, but we will try and fight.”
