Jonathan Rea on WorldSBK rival Toprak Razgatlioglu in MotoGP: “With right people around him, he could do incredible job”
The 2021 Superbikes champion tested a Yamaha ಞM1 MotoGP bike last week, and managi🍰ng director Lin Jarvis confirmed that he was an option for the team in 2024.
Ahead of the third round of the WorldSBK 2023 season in Assen this weekend, Razgatlioglu’s riv🍃als in the paddock have backed his ability to cross𝓀 over.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea said: “All I know is that Toprak’s an incredible talent and given the right opportunity to go to MotoGP, with the rig𝐆ht people around him, he could do a great job.”
Razgatlioglu said:✃ “For the MotoGP test, I can say I enjoyed it and finally, I rode in good weather, as last year I only did 28 laps due to the weather.
“Thanks to Yamaha for the opportunity, now we’ll see in the future. It’s still a dream but 💃we will see in the futur🔜e.
“Thi🌜s is just testing, for me to understand the bike and for Yamaha to see the potential.
“It’s all young riders’ dream to one day, ride a MotoGP bike. 𝓀;
“I’ve done it, enjoyed it but now I come back♐ and do my job♌ again, because for me, WorldSBK is important this season, to fight again for the Championship.”
Alvaro Bautista added: “Abou༺ꦅt Toprak, for sure he wants to go to MotoGP, at least what I heard.
“It’s a different Championship, diꦕfferent bikes, different tyres…
“I know he’s doing some tests with Yamaha, but he has to understand if he ꩵhas the potential to go there 💦and do well.
ꦜ“Otherwise, he has a big name in WorldSBK and he’s an important rider here, so he has to choose, but it’s not an easy decision.🐟
“Every rider wants to try MotoGP at least once, but it’s not easy, now that t📖he category is so close with a gap at almost nothing between first and last.
“He has to understand if he can also be fast ♌there.”
Razgatlioglu’s teammate Andrea Locatelli said: “For me, it’s difficult tꦦo say about Toprak because I don’t know but maybe for him, it’s interesting to go to MotoGP for the future.
“In my opinion, it doesn’t change anything; we’ll continue to work on my side, together, to be fast and to finish this season in a good wඣay.”
Bautista has won the fouﷺr races across the first two rounds, while Razgatlioglu took the Superpole race last time out inꦯ Indonesia.
Razgatlioglu said about this weekend in Assen: “This break was a lot, I was really bored and now I am 🌺fighting again.
“For me, the last two years at Assen, it hasn’t been a good race weeken🎐d at Assen, especially Race 2.
“This year, I was thi🦹nking🀅 not to ride in Race 2, because I always end up crashing!
“I’ll try again for this year, for the podium or the win. Jonny is al🍬ways very strong at this track. Every year, this race weekend is 🐷different and I’ll try to do my best."
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade𓆉 covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
