LATEST NEWS HERE: Toprak Razgatlioglu ouꦕt of French WorldSBK after FP2 crash

Toprak Razgatlioglu was transported✃🗹 to hospital following an FP2 crash at the World Superbikes Magny-Cours round on Friday.

Razgatli⛎oglu crashed on his first flying lap of FP2. The session was red flagged, and he walked away before going to t🌠he circuit medical centre. 

There, he was diagnosed with a back💙 contusion and he went to Moulins Hospital for further ass♛essments.

From his ho♔spital bed, Razgatlioglu posted a selfie to social media with the caption: "I'm fine now, they are doing final checks at the hospital."

Soon after, he was officially ruled out of this weeke𓆏nd's racing.

Razgatlioglu was unable to set a time in FP2 after a disrupted beginning to th🃏e session which saw his team replacing the fuel tank on his BMW M1000 RR.

On his first flying lap, he🎐 crashed in braking for the penultimate, slid across the track and his the wall on the inside. He immediately got up onto all fours, was then attended to track𒐪side by medical personnel before walking away.

Razgatliog🌼lu was half-a-second inside the fastest time of the session throughꦑ the third split at the time of his crash. He'd topped FP1 ahead of Garrett Gerloff by over 0.3 seconds.

The Turkish rider, who ꦉwon his first WorldSBK race at Magny-Cours in 2019, arrived in France with a 13-race winning streak and a 92-point championship lead.

The latter point means that, although Razgatli🍸oglu will not race this weekend, he will have the championship lead by the end of Sunday's Race 2.