Razgatlioglu made his BMW debut on Sunday as part of a one-day test at Portimao, a circu🅷it that has traditionally been one of his better WorldSBK venues.

And after beaming from ear-to-ear with smiles, Razgatlioglu is now at Jerez for a two-day test alongside t𓄧eam-mate Michael Van Der Mark. 

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Gerloff, who was the top BMW rider in 2023, wi𒆙ll have a very stern challenge on his hands next season as Razgatlioglu will be the clear favourite to take over that position.

Discussing BMW’sꦅ ambition to sign someone like Razgatlioglu, Gerloff told WorldSBK.com: “It’s really cool to see BMW’s effort into the whole programme; I know with Toprak coming and all the riders that are already here, we can move the programme forwards quite a bit. I think𒐪 it’s going to be an exciting year for that.”

Focusing on Razgatlioglu’s potential, Gerloff also aꦰdmitted he expects the l⛦ap record in Jerez to be challenged by Razgatlioglu, despite it being only his second test. 

The official Jerez lap record is held by Jon♌athan Rea, who set a time of 1:38.247s in 2019, while the race lap record is a 1:39.004s which was set in the same year by Alvaro Bautista. 

“I think he’s going to like it! The steps that we’ve made with braking, I don’t think he’s going to feel too far a🧸way from where he was,” add🥂ed the American rider. 

“Honestly, I don’t see him struggling at all; I see him b♚eing exactly the same, going just as fast orꦇ more than likely faster. 

“I think he’ll gel with it really good and ༺I’d be surprised if he wasn’t doing lap records in the second test.”