{"id":393015,"date":"2026-01-05T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393015\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:40:08","slug":"world-superbike-star-toprak-razgatlioglu-sings-on-turkish-talent-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/393015\/","title":{"rendered":"World Superbike star Toprak Razgatlioglu sings on Turkish talent show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time World Superbike champion and incoming Pramac MotoGP rider Toprak Razgatlioglu made a surprise appearance as a performer on a Turkish talent show.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old will make his long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a> debut this season with Pramac Yamaha, after a bombshell signing last summer.<\/p>\n<p>He comes to MotoGP as a three-time World Superbike champion, having taken a third title last year in a tense battle with Ducati\u2019s Nicolo Bulega across the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995265\/toprak-razgatlioglu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/a> made his public test debut on a MotoGP bike at the post-season Valencia test in November, where he impressed on the Yamaha M1 with a lap just 1.3s off the best pace.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his debut in team colours on 13 January in Siena at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/prima-pramac-yamaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pramac<\/a> team launch, Razgatlioglu guested on O Ses Turkiye.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish version of talent show The Voice, Razgatlioglu sang solo on stage, admitting it was a more nerve-wracking experience than racing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not that stressed during races,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel that much pressure. Maybe it\u2019s because I\u2019m doing the sport I love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you told me to get on a motorcycle now, I could ride and race without any problems.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this [singing to an audience]\u2026 it\u2019s really difficult. Even footballers say it: they\u2019re a hundred times more stressed here than on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his appearance, Razgatlioglu also said: \u201cBy 2026, of course, everyone has dreams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope it will be a year in which everyone can achieve their goals and fulfil their dreams, because we all have them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, too, continue to dream of becoming world champion again. So, I hope it will be a good year for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Razgatlioglu\u2019s MotoGP debut in 2026 is highly anticipated, though he will face a steep learning curve of adapting to current 1000cc machinery on Michelin tyres while developing the 850cc 2027 bike on Pirellis.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>He isn\u2019t the only two-wheel star to have appeared on singing talent shows in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo was a contestant on the Spanish version of The Masked Singer.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo was a finalist on the show in 2020, singing songs from J Balvin and Dire Straits dressed as a giant raven.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three-time World Superbike champion and incoming Pramac MotoGP rider Toprak Razgatlioglu made a surprise appearance as a performer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393016,"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-393015","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\/393015","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=393015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}