Toprak Razgatlioglu finished behind shock winner Nicholas Spinelli in Ra🧸ce 1 at the WorldSBK Assen round on Saturday.

It ♌was Razgatliogl🎶u’s fifth podium in seven races since swapping Yamaha for BMW.

Spinelli - a replacement for the injured Danilo Petrꦰucci - was awarded victory when a red flag ended the race seven laps early due to the track conditions.

Spinelli gambled by starting the race on intermediate tyres, while Razgatlioglu an♋d Alvaro Bautista used slicks.

“I understood that ൲he used the wet tyres,” Razgatlioglu reacted.

“But I saw after the race he used the inter🃏mediate tyre.

“This is good because it tells𝓰 me they also have very good grip. I went to the grid on intermediate tyres.

“It was easiဣer to riding, slick tyꦏres felt strange because of sliding.

“I saw Iannone’s crash, he touched the white line. I’m riding calmly, taking good points for the Champi♎onship.

“We got a podium, this is perfect for me. We hav🍰e another race tomorrow.”

Razgat▨lioglu was two seconds behind Spinelli when the race was ended by red flags.

But his true battle was 🌠with Bautista, a competitive scrap with multiple overtakes.

Razgatlioglu edged Bautista inꦕto P2 shortly ꦜbefore the red flag.

“It’s the first time I’m racing this bike in these difficult🎶 conditions,” he said🎃.

“The first set up was f🍃ull wet, but everyone used slick tyres a✅nd tried to find a good line.

“In general, in tꦅhe first laps, I’m just watching other riders. I saw some d💧ry lines, so I started pushing.

“I needed one more lap for the victory, but this is racing, we saw the red flag, and everything iജs finished.

“I was fighting with Alvaro. In general, I’m happy because we got a podium agai🅘n. It looks like we’re strong but we’re sti🎉ll learning.”