Toprak Razgatlioglu: “I tried more than 100%, Jonathan Rea is a WorldSBK legend”
The 2021 WorldSBK champion has been pa🀅rt of some of the most thrilling battles over the last two seasons, many of which have come against Rea.
The two world champion’s have shared a lot of the same tarmac since 2021, and although their battle last weekend wasn’🌺t for the win, Razgatlioglu and Rea reminded everyone how great they are.
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Rea, who is set to replace Razgatlioglu at Pata Yamaha next season, appeared to be the rider with more speed during Race 2 despite being beaten to second spot by 🦋the Turkish star.
"We enj🧔oyed battling with Jonny, but I needed P2," said Razgatlioglu. "I’m waiting for the last lap, and I tri☂ed more than 100% here.
"In general, it’s not a bad weekend. Rea’s a WorldSBK legend and we are fighting wit🌠h him.
"M𒅌any years ago, I had a dream that, one day, I’m World Champion like Kenan♏ and fighting with Jonathan Rea.
"My dream came true. I’m veꦜry happy. I really enjoy fighting with the legend and I hope we are fighting again at Aragon."
Fighting the likes of Alvaro Bautista and Razgatlioglu has been a big challenge for Rea and Kawasaki this season, bu꧋t the six-time world champion was back mixing with both riderℱs during Race 1 and Race 2.
A breakthrough in performance allowed Rea to ‘play with my bike again’ as he finished the w꧂eekend ‘on a h🌳igh’.
Rea said: "Sometimes the weekends go the opposite way round for me, I start really well in Race 1 then face some🍬 difficulties.&n♛bsp;
"This weekend, I felt like we had a really positive trend with setup changes we made t🧜o the bike and the feeling. I felt we ended the weekend on a high.
"Alvaro was up the road q🐼uite a bit, but I was able to fight Toprak until the last lap here at Magny-Cours, a really good track for him.
"I felt like I was playing with my bike again. Riding on the limit, un🧸derstanding margins and I really enjoyed that. Big kudos to the team for making positive steps throughout the weekend."
