A private test for the Turkish rider ahead of joining team-mate Michael Van Der Mark in Jerܫez, Razgatlioglu completed his first laps aboard the M 1000 RR and was very🐓 happy.

Able to be strong where the Yamaha was lacking, particularly with power from the eꦡngine, Razgatlioglu felt good about his opening day, which Muir admitted was a ‘nervous occasion’ for many due to the hype surrounding his move.

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“It’s nervous for everyone,” Muir told WorldSBK.com. “We’ve been waiting for this time for quite a few months now. We🃏 would’ve hoped to have been on track earlier. We’re h🐭ere in December and it’s not the best conditions. 

“Of 𝄹course, everyone’s excited. It’s great for the team. There was a little bit more pressure on Sunday morning, becaus💦e we fully expected to be doing more promo and videos and photographs, but that didn’t happen. 

“It was a mad four hours from when we decided we’d go for it. We had to mobilise quickly, get everything up to temperature, get the guys ready ﷽to roll and it was quite hectic! 

“📖Because of the quick turnaround, it took away the nerves and we just got on with it. It was great to see him get on the bike and see the #54 going down pitlane on the BMW.”

Razgatlioglu’s two tests with BMW are taking place ꦫat venues he was very strong at last season, ღalthough Alvaro Bautista managed to get the upper hand during their title fight.

Speaking after the Portimao outiꦕng, Muir added: “We saw what he was up against in 2023 here at this circuit, with his fight against Alvaro. The corners where he felt he was we⛄ak, he felt super strong. We know where we inherently are with this bike compared to the others on the grid. 

“We know the strengths Toprak has, it’s engine braking, corner entry, hard braking. That’s an a෴rea where we need to step up and that’s going to be our focus. The feedback we got is what we expected.”

Since returning to the series as a full factory team, BMW have strugglꦬed to consistently break into the top three manufacturers.

But with the addition of Razgatlioglu and BMW’s continued commitment to success, doing so in 2024 is likely to be🦄 their best opportunityꦅ yet.

“BMW’s commitment has never been in question, and I think it’s about having to step up again,” said the Team Principal. “We’re having to step forward and higher like everyone els🔯e is doing in the Championship. No matter what we do, the opposition are doing the same. 

“In terms of the test team, it’s been in the pipeline all year. BMW Motorrad made that commitment over a ye🅘ar ago and things don’t happen overnight. It’s taken a lot of time to𓆏 get that established. 

“They’ve had some very positive track time already. We know what they’ve been doing, and they’ve been putting some really hard work in and w𒊎e’re starting to see the benef𓃲its of that. 

“When we turn up at these tests here, we want to beꦆ focusing on what we’ll be running for next year. We want to be working on parts that have already been tested. We’re just dཧoing the final evaluation on that. 

“The guys that are running that have been in the BMW family for quite a number of years. I only see that as aꦿn extension of what we have here. There’s quite a few overlaps and input from people working with us this weekend here, and during a normal WorldSBK round, already involved with the testing team. 

“I can only re-emphasise that all we’re trying to do is keep that pressure on, moving forward and staying💛 with the opposition. We’ve got four fantastic rideᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrs. I’m super happy that I’ve got Toprak and Michael, that’s my focus. 

“I just want to be talking after Phillip Island, Barcelona, the next tests and already maki🐷ng those steps because our time has to co💙me. We’ve got the tools to do it and now’s the time.”