WorldSBK: Danilo Petrucci: Cleanest rider on the grid ‘is Toprak Razgatlioglu, he is always really clean’

Razgatlioglu is without que🍨stion one of the most aggressive riders in WorldSBK, but that hasn’t stopped his rivals from applauding how clean a rider he is.
Sure the new BMW rider can get his el✤bows out when needed and produce stunning late-braking overtakes, which sometimes bring him very close to contact with another rider.
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However, Razgatlioglu very rarely makes misjudgements or has contact with other riders.🌸
Speaking about the cleanest and dirtiest riders on the🌌 Superbike grid, Petrucci told WorldSBK.com: I think [the cleanest] is Toprak. He is always doing some impossible overtakes but he is always really clean. I had some𝄹 bad moments with [Alex] Lowes and [Loris] Baz but we are friends. But on the track we are always going [off] together.”
That 🦋wasn’t all Petrucci discussed as he also gave praise to former Motocorsa Ducati rider Axel Bassani for being the biggest 🅘surprise.
“It is difficult to say 🥂but Bassani was really consistent all the way,” 🤪added the former MotoGP race winner. “He is a really fast rider.”
Petrucci, who has remained with Barni Ducati for the 2024 campaign, was unable to win a race during his rookie seas🀅on, thus he failed to become tℱhe first-ever rider to achieve a race win in MotoGP, victory in a stage at the Dakar Rally and a race win in WorldSBK.
But that could all change for 👍the Italian now that he has 🎀a year of experience under his belt.
The three-time podium finisher in 2023, said 🌃this about his best and happiest moment of last season: “I think in July between Donington Park and Most. I had three podiums. I think the podium during the second race at Most.
Like many riders, Petrucci watched the incredible battles between Alva♎ro Bautista and Razgatlioglu last season.
And although he hopes to join that fight in 2024, Petrucci was vocal in his appreciation of the step they had over the ▨competition.
Petrucci added: “It was great 🌱to see the figh𒆙t between Alvaro and Toprak all season long. Then I think in Portimao they had a really great battle.”