Last weekend’s Portimao WorldSBK test was the first time Toprak Razgatlioglu had ridden his race bike since 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:threatening to quit the series if Ducati’s dominance wasn’t addressed by the c📖hampionship, and he ended the two-day outing in Portugal as the fastest rider.

Razgatlioglu was over 0.4 seconds clear of Nicolo Bulega , who will enter the second round of the 2025 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike season 26 points clear of his factory Ducati teammate Alvaro Bautista at the top of the championship after winning all three rac💎es in Australia.

Razgatlioglu’s own deficit to Bulega - whose Portimao test did not go 🧸as p🌸ositively as Razgatlioglu's - in the riders’ standings is 42 points after not scoring in either the Superpole Race or Race 2 at the opening round, but his performance in Portimao was cause for optimism♚ – at least, it generated a mood of progress among BMW’s WorldSBK management due to the reigning champion’s c💎onsistency.

“We’re back in Portimao, which has always been a strong reference fo𒀰♏r us,” ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Principal Shaun Muir told WorldSBK.com.

“Despite some lost track time d♛ue to the weather, both riders managed an average of 50 laps per day, so we can’t be too disappointed.

“Michael [van der Mark] had a solid🎃 test, working through a list of setup items and making steady progress.

“On the other s🐈ide of the garage, Toprak focused on re-establishing his base setting, quickly finding a strong race pace while fine-tuning his setup. His 10-lap race runs have been some of the most consistent we've seen with this package.

“With only three fully productive pre-season tes🔥t days before Australia, these two days have been an important extension of that work.

“The team has made clear progress, and we’re seeing🦩 growing con💦fidence in both riders.

“Now, with two weeks until the race, we fee𒁃l we have a solid base to build on and are in a much stronger position he🍃ading into FP1.”

BMW Motorrad Technical Director Ch𝐆ris Gonschor added that the two days – which, although rain-affected, both contained spells of dry running – of testing in Portimao were important after a preseason that was heavily impacted by adverse weather.

“We are happy to be back in Europe, back in Portim𝓀ao after a successful race la✤st year,” said Gonschor.

“It's a beautiful track, and luckily, we had some sun. It was a bit more complicated again, but we got some dry laps in, and we could prepare the race bike🐓s for the week꧟end. We are looking forward to the race.

“Both riders in the top four with consistent lap times was a big step 𒁏forward.

“Coming back to Portimao is always great, and this rollercoaster racetrack is very demanding ඣ– for the riders, for the engineers – but fascinating for the fans.

“So, i🌟t's perfect to be here, and it was good to have [...] a few hours in drꦯy conditions to prepare the race setup and application.”