Razgatlioglu, who will be returning to the #54 this weekend after l♒osing the world title to Bautista, wants to finish the season off in style but expects Ducati to h𓆏old the advantage due to its top speed.

The start-finish straight is where Bautista and Ducati should hold a significant pace advantage, although Razgatlioglu and the Yamaha have ꦿgone well at Phillip Island before.

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The Turkish sta🅘r won the opening race of the 2020 season before finishin🌌g second in the Superpole Race.

Speaking ahead of Friday’s action, Razgatlioglu said: "I’m happy to come back to Australia and Phillip Island; I havܫe good memories of this track, back in 2020 on m🌠y Yamaha debut when we won! 

"This year will be very difficult as Alvaro will be very strong and also Jonny. I remember in 🌳2019, Alvaro was very꧙ strong with Ducati, but we’ll see as this year is different and we’ll fight with him. 

"When we start on Friday, we’ll check the tyres as we have two new ones this weekend. Last weekend was unbelievable for me, to win everything; we’re very str𒉰ong at Mandalika but this circuit will be more difficult, because we need to manage the rear tyre through the race. 

"Maybe, the new Pirelli tyres are better than before and the feeling will 🅺be better, so we can fight with Alvaro. With the weather, it looks like it could rain, but it also looks like more fighting with Alvaro and Jonny! 

"It’s been a good sea♓son and I’m very happy. In the second half of the season, we came back very strong, we improved the bike, and I also improved my riding. For 2023, I’ve already started training and we’ll quickly start working for next year."

While Razgatlioglu is hoping to continue his season-long fight with Bautista, the Pata Yamaha rider is🌱 under no illusions that the🍰 Spaniard is the favourite going into the season-finale.

Like Razgatlioglu, Bautista has also enjoyed success at Phillip Island as he won all three r🍨aces in 2019.

Expecting Bautista to be as tough to beat as he was in Catalunya - the former MotoGP rider completed a hat-trick at that round - Razgatlioglu added: "You know, I'll say this once again: I need three wins because it's my last chance. I think he'll ride alone like at Catalunya. “Bu🥃t anyway, we'll keep fighting."