{"id":668758,"date":"2026-05-13T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/668758\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:48:10","slug":"toprak-razgatlioglu-ready-to-try-quartararo-style-set-up-at-catalunya-motogp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/668758\/","title":{"rendered":"Toprak Razgatlioglu ready to try \u201cQuartararo-style\u201d set-up at Catalunya MotoGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toprak Razgatlioglu aims to try a Fabio Quartararo-style set-up on his Pramac Yamaha in Catalunya this weekend after the former MotoGP champion\u2019s \u201cfantastic\u201d ride at Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/911998\/fabio-quartararo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quartararo <\/a>completed the new V4\u2019s best weekend yet in sixth place, 7.7s behind race winner Jorge Martin (Aprilia) and a massive 25 seconds from the next best M1 of team-mate Alex Rins.<\/p>\n<p>Razgatlioglu took the chequered flag in the wheeltracks of Rins for his personal best grand prix result of 13th.<\/p>\n<p>However, the size of the time gap to Quartararo was daunting.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1311332_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learned many things in Le Mans and in Barcelona we want to use that experience and maybe even try some different setup directions because obviously Fabio\u2018s setup was working much better than ours,\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/995265\/toprak-razgatlioglu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Razgatlioglu <\/a>said.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WorldSBK<\/a> champion explained: \u201cFabio did an incredible job and we don&#8217;t have the pace like Fabio. I&#8217;m just trying to understand why, because we need to improve the bike like Fabio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the beginning of the race, with more grip and fuel, I&#8217;m not really riding good. But at the end, I&#8217;m riding much better,\u201d he added. \u201cBut anyway, 32 seconds [from victory] is huge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m looking at Fabio because he&#8217;s also riding the Yamaha. He did incredible job. He\u2019s only 7-8 seconds. We are 32! Okay, I did a mistake and lost maybe 4-5 seconds. But 26-27 seconds is still a really big gap to Fabio, riding the same bike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like he&#8217;s found something, and he&#8217;s riding very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1311274_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>Turning is the main area where Razgatlioglu hopes a Quartararo-style set-up can be beneficial in Catalunya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lose a lot of time turning, because I use a different setup than the others. But in Catalunya we will try a little bit like Fabio-style.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I like it, then maybe keep. If I don&#8217;t like, maybe we will find another setup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we need to do a different setup for turning the bike, because in stopping we are close [to Quartararo], but when turning, we still lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the other Yamaha riders, Razgatlioglu joined Quartararo in reverting to last year\u2019s front wing at Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the old one, I felt a little bit better to keep leaning on the brake. So I kept the same as Fabio,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gng_1312548_hires_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 French MotoGP.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 French MotoGP.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n<p>However, Razgatlioglu admits he\u2019s not yet comfortable with the riding position needed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MotoGP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill I&#8217;m sitting high. I feel the front is low. The feeling is strange because this is not my style, but I&#8217;m trying to adapt to this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to adapt because GP bikes are like this. Maybe next year after they change the rules, we can make a different seat for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this year I need to adapt like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who will win the 2026 Catalan MotoGP race?Pedro Acosta<\/p>\n<p>0% (0 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Marco Bezzecchi<\/p>\n<p>30% (10 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Pecco Bagnaia<\/p>\n<p>6% (2 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Fabio di Giannantonio<\/p>\n<p>0% (0 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Jorge Martin<\/p>\n<p>36% (12 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Alex Marquez<\/p>\n<p>21% (7 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Ai Ogura<\/p>\n<p>6% (2 votes)<\/p>\n<p>Pembalap lain (beri tahu kami di komentar)<\/p>\n<p>0% (0 votes)<\/p>\n<p> Total votes: 33<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Le Mans, which was a brand-new challenge, Razgatlioglu has race winning WorldSBK experience around Catalunya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have very good memories here from my victories in Superbike, so of course I hope I can start making good memories with Yamaha in MotoGP as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I know this is a very demanding track because you need to manage both the rear and the front tyre carefully throughout the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs always, I will try my best again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toprak Razgatlioglu aims to try a Fabio Quartararo-style set-up on his Pramac Yamaha in Catalunya this weekend after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,16230,806,805,803,804,7188,85,23899,3561],"class_list":["post-668758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fabio-quartararo","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-prima-pramac-yamaha","tag-sports","tag-toprak-razgatlioglu","tag-yamaha"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668758","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=668758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}