Toprak Razgatlioglu has teased a future move to MotoGP when discussing the career of a close fꦉrie🔯nd.

A maiden Moto2 podium at last weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix came somewhat out of the blue for 🐠Deniz Oncu.

The Turkiꦕsh rider, who this year is making his debut campaign in the Moto2 World Championship, had scored a best result of 11th this year before the Aragon Grand Prix last weekend.

A large part of thꦉe season had be💙en missed by Oncu, who was forced to miss the Dutch TT, and German and British Grands Prix before the summer break.

That 11th place finish came at the Austrian Grand ꧟Prix, the first race after the summer brea꧃k and Oncu’s first race back from injury.

Two weeks later, he followed it up with a first podium finish in the 𝓡intermediate class and his first podium since he was third in the 2023 Moto3 Qatar Grand Prix, to the delight 🌠of his compatriot and training partner Toprak Razgatlioglu.

“After a long time, Deniz﷽ made a podium again,” Razgatlioglu said on Thursday at Magny-Cours, host of this weekend’s WorldSBK French Round.

“It was an 🐟incredible race for him. After a big injury he came back strong.

“Every race weeke🥂nd, he is improving a🉐nd learning. This is normal, after Moto3. Moto2 is different.

“We are training together. He learns. I hope he makes many podiums this year and, next year, he is fighting for the champioꦅnship.”

Razgatlioglu, who has been the centre of a number of MotoGP rumours in t🦩he past two years or so, thinks that the premier class of Grand Prix racing is in the future ofღ Oncu.

“After, we see him in MotoGP. I don’t know, maybe we will ไride together in GP…

“I am just thinking about a goo🍌d career for him because he is like my brother.

“I hope he goes to MotoGP. Maybe he 🎶will go to GP before🅰 me, or after me - this is not important.

“His career is different. He is building. I hope he goes to MotoGP and 🐎has a successful year.”