BMW explain how to deliver a bike which suits Toprak Razgatlioglu’s style

BMW provide insight into 2025 WSBK direction

Toprak Razgatlioglu
Toprak Razgatlioglu

BMW have ope𓂃ned up on the unique challenge of providing a motorcycle which suits Toprak Razgatlioglu’s remarkable style.

Razgatlioglu sensationally won the World Superbike Championship season laཧst year, after dominating throughout.

He won 13 races in a row and only an inju🍸ry-enforced absenc🎉e threatened to hamper him.

Razgatlioglu’s feedback will be at the centre of BMW’s development for the 2025 WSBK season although his uniq💯ue ability poses its own questions.

"Since he is clearly the rider who delivers,🅠 his wishes are taken into account," BMW sporting director Marc Bongers t♛old .

"A rider doesn't tell a plant or a development team what he needs. He has a wish, which is e𝓡xpressed for him in a different driving behavior.

“How to implement this technically is a puzzle.

"Toprak has a strange, special riding style, but in terms of the performance of the four BMWs in the fไield this year, the difference was very small.

"The vehicles were very close to each other. You could see that Toprak♌ pulled the other riders along.

“This was not only because of the development, but also because they adapted their riding ဣstyle. When you see every day what he does and how the bike works very well...

“We worked int෴ensively with🦂 Michael van der Mark on his riding style and that bore fruit."

The ꦚconcerns for BMW is that too closely following Razgatlio🌺glu’s unique genius could land them in a similar position to Honda’s MotoGP project.

A꧙mong the criticisms levelled at Honda was that they were too reliant on Marc Marquez’s genius, so didn’t develop a bike which worked without his ability.

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