Why isn’t Toprak Razgatlioglu testing for BMW at today’s WorldSBK test?

While Jonathan Rea is testing his 2024 Yamaha and Andಌrea Iannone is riding next year’s Ducati, Razgatl♌ioglu must wait longer before jumping on his new bike.
Razgatlioglu is leaving Yamaha for ♏BMW next season but his contract with the Japanese manufacturer runs until November 30, 2023.
He had expressed disappointment and implied that Yamah𝓰a did not permit him to take pa🐓rt in today’s Jerez test for BMW.
But Yamaha’s road racing manager made him an offer - which he rejected - whiꦯch would have allowed him to test for BMW at the next 💜Jerez test on November 22-23, according to .
Part of the deal would have been for Razgatlioglu to not publicly compare the Yamaha�🦹� to the BMW.
Because they could not find a deal, Razgatlioglu must wait until Dece🥃mber🔴 4 to test a BMW.

Last week, Yamah﷽a Motor Europe Road Racing Manager Andrea Dosoli said: “As you know, it was our intention to go ahead with Toprak in the next years but he’s chosenꦕ something different and we fully respect that; Toprak is most probably the rider with the most brilliant future, considering his age and performance.
“There is a clear agreement in place until🀅 the end of November that I believe was clear to both of us to respect it.”
BMW team manager Shaun Muir added: “We asked for Toprak to test, but we must respect the contract that was signed back in the day and equally we’d pr♒obably ask to do the same.
“It’s just a shame that we couldn’t get him released to 𝐆join that test like m🌄ost of them are going to be.
“That’s an opportunity missed; it’s a long four or five weeks where we don♌’t get any track action for Toprak, but it doesn’t mean nothing is happening behind the scenes for us to get the bike ready for♔ him.
“We look ꦡforward to that first test in December. We’ve got December 4th at Portimao followed by another two days at Jerez.”

James was a sports journalist at S💫ky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.