Toprak Razgatlioglu on pit stop confusion: ‘I did not gain an advantage’
A first podium wi💞th BMW went begging for Toprak Razgatlioglu in Race 1 of the WorldSBK ch🐓ampionship, despite a great pit stop.
As was the case with six-time WorldSBK champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea, issues in the pits can cost a rider dearly if they are not a smooth process, as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu found out.
But that’s exactly what Razgatlioglu and BMW managed to avoid as they produced one of the best pit stops of the day.&nb♐sp;
Yet, ⛦Razgatlioglu gained no positioওns and instead received a penalty for leaving too quickly.
However, Razgatlioglu said his dashboard was at the right time limit for him to exit, ☂which is why he held back initially.
But Razgatlioglu was gi💧ven a 1.2 second time penalty for appeari🗹ng to make up a very small amount of ground on the riders ahead.
Speaking about his first race with BMW, Razgatlioglu said: “We started the race not sꦯo bad. I stayed at the front and the feeling was good.
“We did 1m 30s and then 29s, but we are just riding in the 1m 29s-high. In the last few laps I was still riding my bike, keeping the rear tyꦉre because this track is very haℱrd on the rear tyre.
“I use a lot the rear tyre wit🍒h my bike and we made ten laps but the la🎀st two I was feeling vibration. We finished the race in fifth position, normally it would have been fourth, but I received a penalty.
“It was strange. I saw ♓my board and it said zero so I exited pit lane. Alex passed me to exit the pit lane and I did ꦅnot gain an advantage.
“I started fifth and finished fifth bඣut I hope we improve tomorrow.”
On the subject of his pit stop, Razgatlioglu was left confused as to why heℱ received a penalty and blamed a potential gps issue.
“We had the perfect pit stop but it was the exit,” added Razgatlioglu when speaking to WorldSBK.com. “Iꦇt looks like my team said I exited a bit early but I saw my dashboard and it said zero. I don’t know.
“Maybe there was some gps problem or maybe I exited early. Anyway, this is good for me to do my f﷽irst race with BMW.
“I’m not happy with fifth or fourth position, my target was the podium, but I understand that this i🔯s not ꩲan easy race.
“Ten laps on the🌸se tyres and they were destroyed. Maybe it’s esp💞ecially my bike because I use the rear tyre a lot but other bikes looked easier [to ride].
“We have some data which is good and hopefully we can improve tom🐎orrow.”
