A track that was often problematic for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu and Yamaha, the 2021 WorldSBK champion delivered two of his f♎inest performances ever in the seriesౠ.

Race 1 was a masterclass in tyre preservation from Rꦫazgatlioglu, before winning an epic Superpole shootout against Alvaro Bautista at the fina🦩l corner. 

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Not many expected the Razgatlioglu and BMW par💜tnership to be so strong early on, buꦓt Sofuoglu was not one of those.

“Last year, we made a big decision to BMW, and I gave ༒a lot of support to Toprak to make this decision,” Sofuoglu told WorldSBK.com.&⭕nbsp;

“So many people thought we madꦆe the wrong decision. As a rider, I believed the BMW was a very good bike.

“The first meeting I spoke to BMW, the team and the manager sꦑpoke about it, and I thought they had a very good bike.

“I thought, ‘You have one very nice puzzle, and one piece is missing’ which is Toprak. Everything’s going very well now, he’s winn♊ing in the second round.

“I believe Toprak is one of the strongest riders for the last lap especially. In Barcelona, you need to make your last attack in th🍸e hairpin before the last part of the൩ track.

“Toprak couldn’t do it and I asked myself why he didn’t try, because I know he normally does in that kind of cor𒀰ner.

“He release🧔s the brake, manages to stop the bike and he couldn’t. I was thin✱king about second position.

“In the last corner, he found a place to enter, and he did it. I asked him why he didn’t try at the place he’s strong, he sai𓃲d, ‘There was a big gap, I couldn’t try but I didn’t give up, waited until the last corner’ and he managed it.”

While Sofuoglu maintained the stance that Razgatlioglu could be competitive with the M ဣ1000 RR after agreeing a deal with the German brand, winning races was not entirely the expectation, at least right away.

“We believed a lot, but we weren’t sure when we can win,” added Sofuoglu. “🦩After winter testing, I started to b💛elieve more.

“But I w🧔as believing we can win at Assen or Donington, I didn’t expect it in Barcelona! 🔜Barcelona’s not Toprak’s favourite track but he’s so strong.

“Toprak’s in his sixth season in World🏅SBK and if I look at all the winter testing times, Toprak is stronger this year with BMW, and I understand he’s goi🐠ng to be favourite for the title.”

Like Razgatlioglu, Alvaro Bautista was impressive in Barcelona as he came𒉰 from the fifth row to finish second in the Superpole Race, before dominating Race 2.

Bautista’s team-mate Nicoꦗlo Bulega leads the championship standings, but it’s Bautista who Sofuoglu still believes is the main threat for Razgatlioglu.

Sofuog🐼lu said: “I think still the main, hard competition for us is Bautista. He gave us a very hard time on Sunday, we beat him in the last corner.

“He’s a hard rival. ﷽Bautista’s got a hard time too, because Bulega arrived from WorldSSP and is immediately making lap records everywhere and I can understand Bautista’s situation; you are the #1 in the garage and the newcomer, the new teammate makes you feel less confident in your garage. This is very normal in racing. It’s good for us, honestly!”