Toprak Razgatlioglu: ‘I worked for the race as I need to see who I’ll be fighting’

Toprak Razgatlioglu deployed an interesting strategy ahead of the first WorldSBK rac🍃e of the season.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Australian WorldSBK, 23 February
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Australian WorldSBK, 23 February

Only tenth fastest on combined times, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu used day-one of the Phillip Island WorldSBK round to check out his rivals.

During Friday practice Razgatlioglu followed Alvaro Bautista and Andrea Iannone in a bid to see💃 who he will be ‘fighting with’.

Both Ducati rid🅷ers are lik🎃ely to be contenders for the podium, a result Razgatlioglu believes is achievable for BMW too.

“I wasn’t pushing, just following ꦉthem to understand some corners,” said Razgatlioglu. “The Ducati sometimes uses a different line and I was looking at that; I’m working for the race as I need to see who I’ll be fighting with.

“I forgot this morning to do a good lap time but it’s only FP1 and FP2; on Saturd𓂃ay, I think we’ll start strong.”

Despite being upbeat about his chances, Razgatlioglu did admit that the wet conditions made it difficult, although Saturday looks clearer💮 which will please ꧋the Turkish rider.

Razgatlioglu added: “We started not very strong as today’s conditions were completely different and everyone pushed for a lapꦐ time.

“The wind was very strong and the 🐼bike wasn’t working or turning. I tried to adapt to the situation. 

“In P10🎉, I’m not thinking about this because Saturday is a different day and I’ll try my best to improve the bike a littꦗle bit.

“Tomorrow morning, I think we can stꦛart strong to do a different setup. We’l♈l need to do a good Superpole and then in the race, I think we can fight for the podium. 

“It looks like we’re strong but it was my first time riding the BMW with the strong wind today and I was fig♚hting a little bit, it 🌱felt a bit heavy. Tomorrow, the weather looks a bit better.”

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