New MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo, Francesco Bagnaia and Valeꦫntino Rossi have given their thoughts ahead of this weekend’s WorldSBK title decider between Toprak Razgatl🐻ioglu and Jonathan Rea.

Yamaha’s Razgatlioglu leads Rea by 30 points in what’s been an incredible year for the Tu🎉rkish rider thus far.

To this point Razgatlioglu has been mistake-free eve♊n though he’s suffered three race retirements - two came because of mechanical issues (Catalunya and Portimao) and the other was at Assen when he was taken out by Garrett Gerloff. 

For Rea, it’s the first time in his seven-year Kawasaki career that he is second going into th𓂃e final round and therefore in serious threat of losing his grip on the world🅠 title. 

Razgatlioglu and Rea have the same amount of podium finishes (28), however, Razgatlioglu has more wins - 13𓆏 compared to 11, while also winning most of them in the feature races where more points are awarded. 

Watching the final three races intently will be some of MotoGP’s biggest stars, including title contenders throughout this season, Fabio 🐼Quartararo (world champion) and 💙Francesco Bagnaia (runner-up). 

Both riders have th🍬eir allegiance leaning towards different 💜riders, while it’s a weekend that could see Razgatlioglu join Quartararo in celebrating a world title for Yamaha.

"It’s been a long time since we’ve seen someone really fight Rea. But Toprak [Razgatlioglu] and there was also Redding do so, so it’s been a good fight," said Quartararo.&🐻nbsp;

"Of cꦕourse, I’m a big fan of Toprak so I hope he🅘 wins. First of all for him because I really like him, but also for Yamaha because it’s been a good year for them."

On the other hand, Bagnaia is hoping Rea can make it seven fr𒁏om seven for Kawasaki. 

Bagnaia told the official World Superbike websi💙te: "I’m a great fan of Rea! I would like him to win this title again because he deserves it. He’s the top one.&n🌳bsp;

"I would like to see him win again but I think itඣ’s more difficult this year because Toprak has a great advantage. But in any case, I’m sure Jonny will try everything to win༺ this championship again." 

One rider who has seen Rea race throughout his entire career is MotoGP legend Rossi, despite not getting the chance to compete against him - a battle that wo꧅uld surely have been great to watch.

The nine-time world c🐽hampion, who bid his farewell to Motorcycle racing at last weekend’s Valenc♏ia MotoGP, believes it will be another ‘hard fight’ and that assessing the conditions of the all-new Mandalika International Circuit will be ‘important’. 

Rossi said: "The two best riders are always in front to ꦫfight and to fight hard! This is good for the fans. 

"This time it’s also more interesting because it’s a new track. It’s a new tra𝔉ck for WorldSBK, but it’s also a new track for everyone. 

"So, we will need to understand what the condition is. It’s still 🍎open but the advantage of Toprak is quite important."