{"id":293906,"date":"2025-11-19T02:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293906\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:46:14","slug":"pramac-details-biggest-surprise-from-toprak-razgatlioglus-public-motogp-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293906\/","title":{"rendered":"Pramac details biggest \u201csurprise\u201d from Toprak Razgatlioglu\u2019s public MotoGP debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pramac team boss Gino Borsoi says Toprak Razgatlioglu \u201csurprised\u201d with how he adapted to the Michelin front tyre during the Valencia MotoGP test.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time World Superbike champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1086847\/1\/first-look-toprak-razgatlioglu-makes-public-motogp-debut-valencia-test\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made his public MotoGP debut on Tuesday<\/a> at the post-season Valencia test with the Pramac Yamaha squad.<\/p>\n<p>Completing 53 laps on Yamaha\u2019s new V4, Toprak Razgatlioglu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1087002\/1\/2025-valencia-motogp-test-raul-fernandez-fastest-toprak-razgatlioglu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was 18th out of 22 riders and just 1.294s off the best pace<\/a>, while also heading experienced team-mates Jack Mille and Alex Rins.<\/p>\n<p>Razgatlioglu was expected to struggle adapting his aggressive braking style on Pirelli rubber in World Superbikes to the Michelins in MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p>And while he still needs time to adapt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/prima-pramac-yamaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pramac<\/a> boss Gino Borsoi was left impressed by the approach he took to braking already.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding Toprak: I\u2019m quite surprised and impressed with his mindset and riding style,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know he is incredible in the braking points. But he showed today he is able to change his riding style in a really short time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe gave him some, let\u2019s say, tip and he is able to learn really fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy. He\u2019s a really kind guy, he\u2019s easy to talk to. For me, right now, it\u2019s not difficult to have a discussion, to have an exchange of points of view. He seems like a friend from a long time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom all of us at the beginning, we were aware of his style, and we said several times \u2018please don\u2019t brake so hard, please try to understand the front tyre\u2019 because the difference in tyres is huge.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he understood from the beginning, and he adapted fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t push, so this is something good for us. We didn\u2019t see his real speed, but we saw his real character, his way of working. He\u2019s already good for our MotoGP style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Razgatlioglu will be on track again on Wednesday at Valencia for a private test with Yamaha, where Pramac will try to further his adaptation to the Michelin front tyre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan for tomorrow is to start with a slightly different set-up to help him in a few areas where he is struggling with the front,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe complained a little about rear grip, but at this point it\u2019s a matter of how to use the rear tyre and the electronics. But where we can help him is with the front tyre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Razgatlioglu will not be able to speak about his experience on the Yamaha so far until the start of next year, as he remains under contract to BMW.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pramac team boss Gino Borsoi says Toprak Razgatlioglu \u201csurprised\u201d with how he adapted to the Michelin front tyre&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,7188,85,23899],"class_list":{"0":"post-293906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-prima-pramac-yamaha","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-toprak-razgatlioglu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}