The final round of the 2024 World Superbike Championship offers Toprak Razgatlioglu a chance to secure his second world title, but rac💧e wins are the primary focus for the championship leader.

Tyre managemenꦚt is a key to any race around the long-cornered Jerez. Razgatlioglu’s long runs in Friday practice left him confident.

“I did 13 laps, it’s not bad, I needed seven ꧒laps more [for a full race 🌌distance],” he said.

“But I think this tyre is good because on my last lap I did a 1:40.1, this is really a fast lap time be🌳cause I see everyone pushing hard for the lap time, but no one did the low-1:40s after [some] laps.

“It l♚ooks like we are strong, but we need to improve something because we aren’t strong in all the corners. We need 🔯to improve some corners for the race.”

Razജgatlioglu also took some time to evaluate different tyre options in anticipation of hotter weather.

“After, I used a different tyre to understand for h👍ot conditions, but the second run I don’t like — I used an SC2 front tyre, but I don’t like the front tyre because it fee꧋ls too ‘heavy’ and the grip is less,” Razgatlioglu explained.

“But, anyway, I have a good setup for the race, a💦nd it looks like we are ready to fight with the Ducatis, because the Ducati is very strong in this track, especially.”

Coming into the last round with a points lead of course means Razgatlioglu can be champion this weekend for the second time in WorldSBK. His 46-point lead means it could be wr💯apped up in Saturday’s Race 1.

“I’m not think🅘ing about this,” Razgatlioglu said. “I’m just focused on my bike and just try to find a good ꦜsetup for the race because I’m just focused on the race.

“For me, it’s my targeওt this weekend to win the race, ღso I’m just trying to do my best.”

How does Razga♍tlioglu stay calm, given the stakes of the weekend?

“I’m just ridin𒈔g my bike,” he said. “This is my job.”