The former Mot🍬ocorsa Ducati rider, now riding for Kawasaki after being signed as Jonathan Rea’s replacement, was quick to choose Razgatlioglu as the best rider in 2023.

Razgatlioglu delivered stunning performances with incredible consistency, however, it wasn’t enough to stop Alvaro Bautista from dominating the ꦕchampionship in terms of race wi🧸ns.

• Bauti🐲sta: “Toprak never made mistakes, his performance was unbeliev💜able” 
• Bautista: I’ll struggle more in ‘24, Toprak will fight for titl෴e

But the title fight still went down to the final round as Razgatlioglu managed to push Bautista and the Panigale V4 R, a combination which was clearly the best, ✤through sheer grit and determination.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Bassani said: “For sure, it was Toprak. He was the best rider.” The Italian also spoke about which rider disapp🙈ointed the most, to which he picked his biggest rival. 

“I expected more from Michael Rinaldi,ಌ” said Bassani. “At the end it started to go good for him but the start was not good.”

Bassani also ไspoke about his best and worst moment💝s of the season, saying: “The podium at Misano and the podium at Imola. Two podiums at home is really special for a rider. The weekend in Portimao because we did a really s**t job. 

Finally, Bassani touched on which riders are easiest to race against and which are hardest, which led to a very interesting answer about the r๊ider he is replacing at Kawasaki.

“I think Alvaro is very clea🍸n but also Scott [Redding꧋] is a really good guy to battle. The dirtiest - Jonny is not easy. 

“He is an old foওx and tries to touch you but it’s always inside the limit.”