The achievement also puts Razgatlioglu level with WorldSBK legend Troy Bayliss, with only Carl Fogarty (4) and Jonathan Rea (6) having won more titles.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always had a dream of being a one-time world champion, but we did it three times, and I’m very happy for that!\u201d Razgatlioglu told double WorldSBK champion James Toseland when interviewed on the red carpet in Switzerland.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut anyway, now, finally, I am going to the MotoGP. This is the really big news for me, and also the biggest challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Razgatlioglu’s achievements and his step up to MotoGP have seen him \u201cgetting more famous\u201d back home in Turkey.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is very happy [in Turkey]\u2026 I’m getting more famous!\u201d he said. \u201cThis is good [but] sometimes not easy when I’m going to the restaurant or somewhere, and everyone is looking. But I’m learning.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow everyone knows me… This is good for the sport because in Turkey, football is everything, but now it\u2019s started changing a little bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I hope in MotoGP I’ll have good success and maybe motorsport will get much [bigger] in Turkey.<\/p>\n
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Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Valencia MotoGP Test<\/p>\n
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“Everything is ready” for Turkish MotoGP return<\/p>\n
Razgatlioglu\u2019s high-profile switch to MotoGP<\/a> via an initial two-year deal with Pramac Yamaha<\/a>, has also increased speculation that the Turkish Grand Prix could return to the world championship calendar.<\/p>\n MotoGP hasn\u2019t raced at Istanbul Park since 2007 but Razgatlioglu told Speedweek.com that \u201ceverything is ready\u201d for a return.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s new asphalt there, everything is ready,\u201d Razgatlioglu said. “That would be nice for me, but maybe better in 2027. Not in my first year.\u201d<\/p>\n Razgatlioglu\u2019s second season will see MotoGP switch from Michelin to Pirelli tyres, the brand Razgatlioglu is familiar with from WorldSBK, as well as introduce new 850cc engines.<\/p>\n \u201cPreferably 2027 [for a Turkish GP because] it’s my home race, and I have to get a podium there,\u201d Razgatlioglu said.<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Upon collecting his third World Superbike champion\u2019s gold medal at the FIM Awards on Saturday, Toprak Razgatlioglu gave…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,7188,23900,85,23899],"class_list":{"0":"post-334343","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-rokit-bmw-motorrad-worldsbk-team","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-toprak-razgatlioglu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334343","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=334343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}