WorldSBK: Toprak Razgatlioglu tips Dominique Aegerter to make immediate impact, hopes Remy Gardner 'rides well'

While Kawasaki and Ducati made big moves with the signings of Tom Sykes and Danilo Petrucci for the 2023 WorldSBK season, there’s an argument to be made that Yamaha have the strongest line-up across all its teams.
Dominique Aegerter, Yamaha WorldSSP Mandalika
Dominique Aegerter, Yamaha WorldSSP Mandalika

Yamaha’s full selection of riders f🎀or the upcoming WorldSBK season has not yet been confirmed as Gil Motor Sport-Yamaha are yet to announce who will ride their R1, however, the Japanese manufacturer already has five ridersౠ in its line-up.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu needs no introduction and is perhaps the most talented rider in WorldSBK, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andrea Locatelli will be entering his third seaso🌺n with the Pata Yamaha team in 2023.

The GRT Yamaha team consists of a brand new line-up as back-to-back WorldSSP champion Dominique Aegerter is joined by 2021 Moto2 champion and former MotoGP rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Remy Gardner.

Also stepping up from𒈔 WorldSSP to the Superbike class is Lorenzo Baldassarri with the new ♌GMT94 Yamaha outfit.

Yamaha lost out in the 2022 Manufacturers’ title race to Ducati as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Garrett Gerloff and in par🎀ticular Kohta Nozane st🥂ruggled throughout the season. 

But with the additions of Aegerter and Gardner, Razgatlioglu is expectingಌ the Yamaha outfit to be very strong next season.

Talking about what he expects from Aegerter, the Turkish star said: "He’s a very good rider and strong in the race, especially in the last part. 600cc bikes are different to a Superbike but I think his style is like a S🦋uperbike style, but it’s not possible to say before I see. 

"He’s strong because the 600cc Yamaha and the R1 Yamaha aren’t too dissimilar, and it w🍒ill be easier to ride the R1 after you’ve ridden on the R6.

"I say this becau🅘se Locatelli was also a World Champion in WorldSSP aܫnd after, he came to the R1 Yamaha and was riding very strong. 

"You just need a bit more 🌠of a𓂃 Superbike style to keep the rear tyre better in the race. Aegerter is an experienced rider, so we’ll see how he goes next year."

Regarding Gardner, Ra🌺zgatlioglu, who has experience riding MotoGP machinery after his 💝one-day test aboard an M1 in July, believes the difference between both bikes is a challenge to overcome, but one he hopes the Australian can get on top of.  

"Remy is coming from MotoGP and that bike is a completely different bike and I hope he rides very well, because Yamaha on the c♏orners is very strong. We’ll see during test."

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