Toprak Razgatlioglu: “I tried more than 100%, Jonathan Rea is a WorldSBK legend”
The 2021 WorldSBK champion has been part of some of the🏅 most thrilling battles over the last two seasons, many of which have come against Rea.
The two world champion’s have shared a lot of the same tarm♛ac since 2021, and although their battle last weekend wasn’t for the win, Razgatlioglu and Rea reminded everyone how great they are.
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Rea, who is set to replace Razgatlioglu at Pata Yamaha next season, appeared to be the rider with more spee෴d during Race 2 despite being beaten to second spot by the Turkish star.
"We enjoyed battling with Jonny, but I needed P2," said Razgatlioglu. "I’m waiting for the last lap, and I tꦦried more than 100% here.
"In general, it’s not a bad weekend. Rea’s a WorldSBK le🤡gend and we are fighting with 🍰him.
"Many years ago, I had a dream that, one dꦚay, I’m World Champion like Kenan and f♎ighting with Jonathan Rea.
"My dream came true. I’m very happy. I really enjoy fighting with the legend and I hope we are fi𒆙ghting again at Aragon."
Fighting the likes of Alvaro Bautista and Razgatlioglu has been a🧜 big challenge for Rea and Kawasaki this season, but the six-time world champion was back mixing with both riders during Race 1 and Race 2.
A breakthrough in performance allowed Rea to ‘play wit�ꦆ�h my bike again’ as he finished the weekend ‘on a high’.
Rea said: "Sometimes the weekends go the opposite way round for me, I start really well i🧸n Race 1 then face some difficulties.
"This weekend, I felt like we had a r𓆉eally positive trend with setup changes we made to the bike and the feeling. I felt we ended th🌠e weekend on a high.
"Alvaro was up the road quite a bit, but I was able to fight Toprak until the last lap here at Magny-Cours, 𒉰a really good track for him.
"I felt like I was playing with my bike again. Riding on the limit, understanding margins and I𒁏 really enjoyed that. Big kudos to the♎ team for making positive steps throughout the weekend."
