Toprak Razgatlioglu relieved to win first race with BMW: ‘This is a dream’

Toprak Razgatlioglu 𝔍admits he felt pressure in his first race as a BMW rider, but that the pressure is off after claiming his first win for the German brand.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu outsmarted the rest of the WorldSBK 🥀grid to claim his first win with BMW in Catalunya.

His first win ever at the Spanish ci🍸rcuit, Razgatlioglu was elated after catching and passing Nicolo Bulega on the final lap.

“First I want to say thanks to my team because every day they do an unbel𒆙ievable job,” began Razgatlio🅷glu. They are working really hard. 

“Finally, 🌟we won the race. It was very important for me at this circuit because I never won here.

“This is my dream and to win 🌃in Catalunya is unbelievable. This race is a very hard race. I think at other race tracks we can fight a bit easier than here. In general I am really happy.”

While other riders pushed hard at different stages, namel⭕y Sam Lowes and Nicolo Bulega, Razgatlioglu held pace 💧in reserve to be strong at the end.

And it paid🐈 off in a huge way as he caught Bulega at an alarming rate in the final few laps.

“My plan was, after 🌳two laps to r🔯ide quite slow,” added the BMW rider. “After I was just waiting for Bulega. The other riders were just pushing.

“I saw Sam Lowes and he was juꦓst pushing. I unde🌞rstood his tyres after eight laps, ten laps would have a big drop but he crashed.

“After Bulega passed me I said ‘🍌just follow him🀅 for two laps’, and after that I knew I was pushing a bit too hard for the rear tyre.

“I closed the gas a little bit and the podium was okay for me. I know this track and in the last five laps the rear tyre has a ജbi🎀g drop.

“After ten laps I saw Iannone drop a bit early so I passed him imm🌃ediately. And the last five or six laps I saw Bul💎ega drop so I pushed hard.

“E🔜specially on the brakes because the rear tyre was dropping but I pushed in braking.

“On the last lap I passed him but in the last two sectors he was not really fast. He was s⛎l♐ow in the right corners. I’m really happy about this. This was a good strategy for me.”

Asked what it meant to win his first race with BMW, Razgatlioglu was relieved but also happy to do it in front of BMW Motorrad C🧔EO Markus Flasch.

Razgatlioglu said: “The first race I had really 💦big pr🐲essure. But after I was feeling like normal.

“The season just started and the first races with BMW; I was feeling a lot of pressure but here I am not feeling that ꦛmuch pressure but Markus Flasch is here so we needed to show something.

“Finally, the pole position and winning the r🌃ace, this is unbelavableꦍ.”

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