Despite very good tests in Jerez and Portimao, BMW have cooled expectations ahead of the new WorldSBK campaign.

New signee Toprak Razgatlioglu has been as good as expected during pre-sea🍷son testing, as he topped the Portimao test ahead of Nicolo Bulega. 

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Other BMW riders such as Michael Van Der Mark and Garrett Gerloff have als🦹o been strong, while Scott Redding ended the Jerez test ꩵthird.

But BMW Moto🔯rrad Motorsport Director, Marc Bongers, says podiums shou🌳ld be the aim before thinking of ‘at least a win’.

“We’ve built on the package from last year,” said Bongers. “Some minor changes in all areas really; chassis, electronics, aerodynamics. Just minor ♊updates but to complete the package and it’s a pleasure to see that Toprak didn’t seem to take a lot of time to adapt.

“Since we could carry the setup from Jerez to Portimao and it immediately w🦄orks, we are convinced we have a good base💜 package.

“We need to get back to the podium. We had several in 2022 but a h꧒ard year in 2023. The target is at least a win, but I would imagine that we’ll see several podiums.”

Wiജth regard to testing and providing their riders with a package that they can all be competitive with, Bongers feels the changes made have helped in♋ that area.

“Very happy with how t☂esting has gone. We’ve shown some good times in both time attacks and long runs.

“Toprak has been at the♚ 🍷top of the list. I’m happy that we could bring the pace we had in Jerez and copy past here.

“I’m confident. It’s good to see where we’re at a𝄹ꦛgainst our competitors.

“Garrett showed the way [last year] and showed the potential of the packag﷽e.

“Michael🌊 wasn’t entirely fit. Scott was struggling with other issues but I’🧸m happy to see Michael fit here.

“🐷We build on what Garrett and the package did last year.”