# Toprak Razgatlıoğlu

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (born 16 October 1996) is a Turkish motorcycle road racer. He won two World Superbike Championship titles. He raced a factory BMW M1000RR in the 2024 season and won his 2nd title in the Superbike World Championship in his debut season for BMW. He first rode the BMW at private tests held after the 2023 season at Portimão and Jerez.
After riding for Kawasaki, Razgatlıoğlu rode a factory-team Yamaha YZF-R1 from 2020 until 2023, winning the 2021 Superbike World Championship, ending Jonathan Rea's six-year reign. Razgatlıoğlu is the first Turkish Superbike World Champion and has the most wins for Yamaha in the championship. He then won the championship again in 2024, becoming the first BMW rider to win the title.

## Early life

Born in Alanya, Razgatlıoğlu is the second son of famous Turkish stunt motorcyclist Arif Razgatlıoğlu who was known as "Tek Teker Arif" ("Wheelie Arif"). His father died, together with his girlfriend who was riding on the pillion seat, following a motorcycle accident in Antalya on 17 November 2017.

## Career
### Early career

He competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing 10th and 6th overall respectively. He finished first in the 7th race of the 2014 season in Sachsenring, Germany.
He won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
He won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.

### Superbike World Championship

Razgatlıoğlu was an upcoming performer with Turkish Puccetti Kawasaki racing team from 2018 and was partnered with factory Kawasaki riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam for the 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours, a track endurance race. Due to not being allowed to ride with the other two taking turns throughout the race, Razgatlıoğlu soon left the Kawasaki marque to become a factory Yamaha rider from 2020. He became World Champion in 2021 after finishing 2nd in Race 1 at the Mandalika International Street Circuit.
Under contract to Yamaha in the Superbike class from 2020 until 30 November 2023, Razgatlıoğlu was prevented by Yamaha from testing his 2024 BMW machine at an official test held immediately after the 2023 season-end race at Jerez in late October/early November, when Jonathan Rea, previously with Kawasaki Racing Team and Razgatlıoğlu's direct replacement, was allowed to participate on his new Yamaha.
Razgatlıoğlu was offered a test on 22/23 November with gagging conditions attached, but chose to wait until 4 December when out of contract to Yamaha. He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão, followed by another test at Jerez.

#### 2024

BMW signed Razgatlıoğlu in 2024 on a two-year deal. Razgatlıoğlu won his first race at race 1 in Catalunya, the first win for BMW since 2013 and his 40th overall. He would then proceed to win the Superpole race by overtaking Álvaro Bautista at the last corner of the final lap. Razgatlıoğlu scored his first hat trick in Misano; this was followed by further consecutive hat tricks at Donington, Most and Portimão. Razgatlıoğlu crashed heavily during free practice at Magny-Cours and was ultimately diagnosed with a back contusion; the session was red-flagged as a result. Razgatlioğlu would ultimately be declared unfit to race.
Razgatlıoğlu broke the record for most consecutive wins in a season with 13 following his hat trick in Portimão; he celebrated breaking the record by imitating a viral pose struck by Olympic silver medalist shooter Yusuf Dikeç.

### MotoGP World Championship
#### 2022

In June, Razgatlıoğlu got an opportunity to test a Yamaha YZR-M1 during a one-day MotoGP private test at the Motorland Aragón circuit. Razgatlıoğlu completed forty laps during this test. No empirical data was made available from the test likely owing to the test's confidentiality and press being locked out of the event. He was accompanied by Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow during the test.

#### 2023

Yamaha officially announced that Razgatlıoğlu would ride the Yamaha YZR-M1 during the development tests held at the Jerez circuit in Andalucía, Spain, when he joined Yamaha MotoGP test rider Cal Crutchlow for two days on April 10 and 11. This was the second test on the YZR-M1, following his first ride at Motorland Aragon in June 2022.

## Personal life

Nicknamed El Turco, Razgatlıoğlu is managed by former multiple time WSSP champion Kenan Sofuoğlu. He resides in Sakarya.

## Career statistics
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Motorcycle | Position |
| 2011 | IDM Yamaha R6 Cup | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 18th |
| 2011 | Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 2nd |
| 2012 | IDM Yamaha R6 Cup | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 7th |
| 2012 | Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 1st |
| 2013 | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup | KTM RC250GP | 10th |
| 2014 | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup | KTM RC250GP | 6th |
| 2014 | European Superstock 600 Championship | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 13th |
| 2015 | European Superstock 600 Championship | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1st |
| 2016 | FIM Superstock 1000 Cup | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 5th |
| 2017 | European Superstock 1000 Championship | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 2nd |
| 2018 | 2018 Superbike World Championship | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R | 9th |
| 2019 | 2019 Superbike World Championship | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R | 5th |
| 2020 | 2020 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 4th |
| 2021 | 2021 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1st |
| 2022 | 2022 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2nd |
| 2023 | 2023 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2nd |
| 2024 | 2024 Superbike World Championship | BMW M1000RR | 1st |

### Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| 2013 | AME1 3 | AME2 3 | JER1 6 | JER2 5 | ASS1 Ret | ASS2 15 | SAC1 6 | SAC2 12 | BRN 19 | SIL1 Ret | SIL2 8 | MIS 12 | ARA1 10 | ARA2 4 | 10th | 99 |
| 2014 | JER1 11 | JER1 8 | MUG 5 | ASS1 12 | ASS2 10 | SAC1 1 | SAC2 3 | BRN1 16 | BRN2 9 | SIL1 9 | SIL2 Ret | MIS 4 | ARA1 6 | ARA2 5 | 6th | 123 |

### FIM European Superstock 600
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Pts |
| 2015 | Kawasaki | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | NED 1 | ITA 1 | POR 1 | ITA 3 | SPA DNS | FRA 3 | 1st | 157 |

### FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
| 2016 | Kawasaki | SPA DNS | NED | ITA 5 | GBR 6 | ITA 4 | GER Ret | FRA 2 | SPA 3 | | 5th | 70 |
| 2017 | Kawasaki | SPA 4 | NED 1 | ITA 3 | GBR 1 | ITA 6 | GER Ret | ALG 1 | FRA WD | SPA 3 | 2nd | 130 |

### Superbike World Championship
#### By season

| Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2018 | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | Puccetti Racing – Kawasaki | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 9th |
| 2019 | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | Puccetti Racing – Kawasaki | 37 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 315 | 5th |
| 2020 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 228 | 4th |
| 2021 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | 37 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 564 | 1st |
| 2022 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | 36 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 529 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | 36 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 552 | 2nd |
| 2024 | BMW M1000RR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 30 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 527 | 1st |
| 2025 | BMW M1000RR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20* | 8th* |
| Total | Total | Total | 225 | 57 | 143 | 18 | 46 | 2886 | |

#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2016 | Kawasaki | AUS DNS | AUS DNS | THA | THA | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | MAL | MAL | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | ITA | ITA | GER | GER | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | QAT | QAT | NC | 0 |
| 2018 | Kawasaki | AUS 13 | AUS 10 | THA 15 | THA 8 | SPA 9 | SPA 9 | NED 10 | NED 9 | ITA 11 | ITA 8 | GBR 21 | GBR 2 | CZE 10 | CZE 9 | USA Ret | USA DNS | ITA 11 | ITA 12 | POR 8 | POR Ret | FRA 8 | FRA 12 | ARG 3 | ARG 7 | QAT 10 | QAT C | | | 9th | 151 |
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2019 | Kawasaki | AUS 6 | AUS 15 | AUS Ret | THA 10 | THA 9 | THA 9 | SPA 8 | SPA 10 | SPA Ret | NED 9 | NED C | NED 9 | ITA 3 | ITA 7 | ITA C | SPA 5 | SPA 7 | SPA 3 | ITA Ret | ITA 4 | ITA 2 | GBR 13 | GBR 2 | GBR 2 | USA 3 | USA 4 | USA 3 | POR 6 | POR 4 | POR 3 | FRA 1 | FRA 1 | FRA Ret | ARG 3 | ARG 3 | ARG 3 | QAT 11 | QAT Ret | QAT 5 | 5th | 315 |
| 2020 | Yamaha | AUS 1 | AUS 2 | AUS Ret | SPA 3 | SPA Ret | SPA 3 | POR 2 | POR 2 | POR 8 | SPA 6 | SPA 7 | SPA 8 | SPA 5 | SPA 7 | SPA 7 | SPA 6 | SPA DNS | SPA DNS | FRA 6 | FRA 9 | FRA 9 | POR 1 | POR 1 | POR 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 228 |
| 2021 | Yamaha | SPA 3 | SPA 6 | SPA 6 | POR 2 | POR 2 | POR 3 | ITA 2 | ITA 2 | ITA 1 | GBR 1 | GBR 6 | GBR 1 | NED 3 | NED 3 | NED Ret | CZE 1 | CZE 1 | CZE 2 | SPA 3 | SPA 3 | SPA 1 | FRA 1 | FRA 2 | FRA 1 | SPA Ret | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 1 | SPA C | SPA 1 | POR 1 | POR 6 | POR Ret | ARG 1 | ARG 1 | ARG 3 | INA 2 | INA C | INA 4 | 1st | 564 |
| 2022 | Yamaha | SPA 3 | SPA 3 | SPA 3 | NED 3 | NED 2 | NED Ret | POR 2 | POR 2 | POR 3 | ITA Ret | ITA 1 | ITA 2 | GBR 1 | GBR 1 | GBR 1 | CZE 2 | CZE 1 | CZE 1 | FRA 11 | FRA 1 | FRA 1 | SPA 5 | SPA 4 | SPA 3 | POR 1 | POR 1 | POR 2 | ARG 15 | ARG 1 | ARG 2 | INA 1 | INA 1 | INA 1 | AUS 2 | AUS 2 | AUS 4 | | | | 2nd | 529 |
| 2023 | Yamaha | AUS 3 | AUS 3 | AUS Ret | INA 2 | INA 1 | INA 2 | NED 3 | NED 3 | NED 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | ITA 3 | ITA 2 | ITA 2 | GBR 2 | GBR 1 | GBR 2 | ITA 2 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | CZE 2 | CZE 1 | CZE Ret | FRA 1 | FRA 1 | FRA 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | SPA 2 | POR 2 | POR 2 | POR 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 4 | SPA 2 | | | | 2nd | 552 |
| 2024 | BMW | AUS 5 | AUS 3 | AUS Ret | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 3 | NED 2 | NED 9 | NED 1 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | GBR 1 | GBR 1 | GBR 1 | CZE 1 | CZE 1 | CZE 1 | POR 1 | POR 1 | POR 1 | FRA WD | FRA WD | FRA WD | ITA | ITA | ITA | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 2 | SPA 1 | | | | 1st | 527 |
| 2025 | BMW | AUS 2 | AUS 13 | AUS Ret | POR | POR | POR | NED | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | CZE | EMI | EMI | EMI | GBR | GBR | GBR | HUN | HUN | HUN | FRA | FRA | FRA | ARA | ARA | ARA | POR | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | SPA | | | | 8th* | 20* |
* Season still in progress.

## Suzuka 8 Hours results

| Year | Team | Riders | Bike | Pos |
| 2019 | Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H | Leon Haslam Jonathan Rea | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | 1st |