{"id":410755,"date":"2026-01-13T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410755\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:37:07","slug":"toprak-razgatlioglu-warns-of-really-hard-motogp-transition-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410755\/","title":{"rendered":"Toprak Razgatlioglu warns of \u201creally hard\u201d MotoGP transition in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Superbike star Toprak Razgatlioglu admits his transition to MotoGP in 2026 with Pramac Yamaha will be \u201cvery hard\u201d, but feels like \u201ceveryone is listening to me\u201d in the team.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time World Superbike star finally comes to MotoGP in 2026, after penning a multi-year deal with Yamaha to join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/prima-pramac-yamaha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pramac<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995265\/toprak-razgatlioglu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toprak Razgatlioglu<\/a> has already been on track with the Yamaha V4 he will race in 2026, taking part in several tests late last year.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday in Siena, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/news\/1088427\/1\/pramac-reveals-livery-toprak-razgatlioglus-debut-motogp-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he made his public debut in Pramac colours for the first time,<\/a> revealing a slightly tweaked number style, \\ with No.07 having used No.7 in testing last year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of his MotoGP debut, he said: \u201cI\u2019m really happy. This is a really special moment for me, because I had a really big dream of MotoGP, and finally I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy for this. The team and everyone is really warm. This is good, because I feel positive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready for the season. For me, it\u2019s a really hard season because it\u2019s the first time on a MotoGP bike for me, and after Superbikes it\u2019s really different. But I will try to do my best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially with Jack, he\u2019s a really good team-mate, he\u2019s really fun. We are working together a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the development side, it was a good one when I did the test. Everyone was listenning to me, which is very important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not very experienced with a MotoGP bike, but I\u2019m explaining my feelings directly to the team and everyone tries to help me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>No \u2018Toprak style\u2019 in 2026<\/p>\n<p>Razgatlioglu is famous for his aggressive braking style on a Superbike, though says he is unlikely to be able to use that until 2027 when the Pirelli tyres are introduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very important,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to bring my style, but maybe not this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut next year, I think 90%, because I understand this bike style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are riding my style, some tracks it doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome tracks you need more corner speed. I need to change a little bit my riding style, and I need to do a mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we will see. It\u2019s easy to say now, but the riding style change is not easy. But for 2027, I think that year I will ride like my style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Superbike star Toprak Razgatlioglu admits his transition to MotoGP in 2026 with Pramac Yamaha will be \u201cvery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410756,"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-410755","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\/410755","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=410755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}