Following an incredible World Superbike Portimao race weekend, title cont♍enders Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea have clashed over comments made by the Kawasaki riderꦜ.

Racing between the pair has been incredible throughou﷽t the year, whilst getting fiercer as each race weekend goes by. 

Whi🍸le Jerez saw contact on a couple of occasions, last weeꦆkend in Portimao was another level beyond that. 

Razgatlioglu and Rea made contact several times in race one, and while no rider crashed (thankfully), it’s become visible that the current state of the championship is ✨starting to play a key role. 

This biggest contact was made on lap two when it a♓ppeared as though Rea would run wide at turn 13. This allowed Razgatlioglu to take a look at getting through on the inside, however, Rea cut back to the apex and found the Yamaha rider there, which caused the two riders to touch. 

Speaking after that a race, a race in which Rea mad𝐆e an unforced error by crashing out at turn 15: "I don’t want to put s**t on Toprak about how he rides, because he is clearly doing a good job and he’s not even at his limit. 

"However, the guy he’s passing is o♛n their limit with the bike and tyres and the com꧋bination of everything. 

"I don’t want to complain too much; I’m rea♏dy to fight like that and I🧸’m going to fight like that. I can shake his hand after that and not complain, but I’m happy to let the brakes off and use him as a berm. 

"I’mও not go🌌ing to grumble; rubbing is racing. He can train on his kart track in Turkey, but I grew up motocrossing, and that’s also hard."

These commꦅents came as a slight surprise given Rea has always been a hard racer and not immune to contact himself.

Equally asꦉ surprised was Razgatlioglu, who responded by calling Rea ‘angry’ because of the championship situation. 

Razgatlioglu add💖ed: "Jonny was touching me in Navarra, but I didn’t talk. He’s started talking but this is good because it means he’s very angry♏ for the championship. I don’t like talking because this is my style and it’s never changing. 

"Every race weekend, I’m fighting like this. I’m not scared, mayb💮e he and Scott are. For me, no problem.

"Sometimes in the races we touch; it’s ok, this is racing. In race one wཧe started a little bit hard but ok, this is normal becaඣuse he’s trying to pass and I’m trying to pass. 

"Now he’ಞs started talki🔴ng; I’m really surprised now for Jonny. We know Redding, after every race, talks about this. This is good."