{"id":683352,"date":"2026-05-20T16:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683352\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:51:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:51:12","slug":"toprak-razgatlioglu-learning-to-ride-motogp-bike-like-quartararo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683352\/","title":{"rendered":"Toprak Razgatlioglu \u201clearning to ride MotoGP bike like Quartararo\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toprak Razgatlioglu is making progress in adapting to the MotoGP riding style and learning to ride like Yamaha leader Fabio Quartararo, according to Pramac team principal Gino Borsoi.<\/p>\n

Razgatlioglu endured a tough weekend on the slippery Catalunya surface, qualifying last and finishing ahead of only Yamaha<\/a> wildcard Augusto Fernandez in the Sprint.<\/p>\n

The reigning WorldSBK <\/a>champion then completed the weekend with what looked like the final point for 15th place in the twice-restarted grand prix.<\/p>\n

However, Razgatlioglu and team-mate Jack Miller were among five riders to receive post-race tyre pressure penalty, dropping the Turkish star to 16th.<\/p>\n

Razgatlioglu <\/a>then signed off his Catalunya weekend with 19th (+1.257s) on the timesheets at the post-race test.<\/p>\n

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\"Toprak <\/p>\n

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.<\/p>\n

\u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential is there”<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say he rides badly; he rides differently – the way he\u2019s always ridden in Superbike,” GPone.com quotes Borsoi as saying.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, there isn\u2019t enough time to radically change his riding style, which inevitably needs to be adapted to this paddock because of the tyres we have and the characteristics of MotoGP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not easy to do that during races: time is limited, and you always want to focus on the result, but to change your riding style, you have to lose time, and no rider wants to do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Now Toprak has started with this approach and, unfortunately for him, he\u2019ll take two steps back before taking four steps forward, once everything is \u2018in sync.”<\/p>\n

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Nonetheless: “We\u2019ve already seen it: looking at the data, you can see that in many corners, he\u2019s already learned to ride like Quartararo.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential is there; we just have to wait, and it\u2019s also fair to give him time to adapt his riding style to this new category.\u201d<\/p>\n

Borsoi added: \u201cIf we look at the gap in the race, Quartararo is the benchmark, but there were moments when even Toprak managed to lap just half a second behind the leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Toprak <\/p>\n

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2026 Catalan MotoGP.<\/p>\n

\u00a9\u00a0Gold and Goose<\/p>\n

Razgatlioglu\u2019s best lap of the race was 0.630s behind winner Fabio di Giannantonio (Ducati) and within 0.2s of Quartararo\u2019s best on the way to what became fifth place, after post-race penalties.<\/p>\n

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Turning to the upgrades at Monday\u2019s test, Borsoi explained: \u201cWe had the chance to test a few different upgrades, a chassis and some new aerodynamics.<\/p>\n

\u201cToprak especially felt better with the new chassis in the corners, so I’m quite optimistic about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd regarding aerodynamics, for Jack Miller<\/a>, he felt better – that it was much more easy to lean the bike into the corners. Quartararo, I guess, said the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think we found something.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Borsoi confirmed there is still no news on an engine update to address the new V4\u2019s current straight-line deficit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHonestly speaking, we have no news about any engine upgrade,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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