Toprak Razgatlioglu’s preseason finger injury has the potential to have effects stretching into the WorldSB♉K season.

The Turkish rider injured🦄 his index finger while enduro riding earlier in January and was forced to miss last week’s opening WorldSBK test of the year.

He has gone to Portimao this week to take part in the two-day test at the Algarve venue, but still with lingering efꦿfects of the injury.

Razgღatlioglu revealed the use o🦄f two different “special gloves” to prevent further damage. 

“One glove is for two fingers together for braking, one is like normal just one finger i𝔍s bi♒g," he said.

His plan for the remainder of the off-season after this week’s test (which concludes on 29 January) is🥂 to return to Turkey and undergo physio work.

“Th𝓀e physio is Istanbul, I live in Sakarya♔,” he said.

“It’s 130km every day I ꧙go to Istanbul! It’s for my finger and it’s a very important finger, the braking finger.”

“It’s not bad, getting better every day but a little slowly,” Razgatlioglu told Wo🌌rldSBK.com in Portimao💫.

“After the big injury, I 🍎had an operation only 20 or 21 days ago, but it’s still new.”

Razgatlioglu added that his main focus ಞis being close to full fitness at Phillip Island for the opening round.

“The doctors say after three months, you’ll be feeling like norm😼al, but my biggest target at Phillip Island is to move my feeling almost 90 per cent, because this💞 is very important,” he said.

Tꦚhe Turkish rider emphasised the importance of riding in the Algarve this we🀅ek in order to understand the new specification of BMW M1000 RR that has been introduced for 2025.

“I nꦗeed to ride the bike because I need to try the new bike and we need to improvಌe,” he said.

“In general, I’m very happy to come back to the circuit aℱgain. I’m still not 100% but I hope I’m feeling good on the bike an♓d riding like real Toprak.

“The most important thing is how I’m feeling on the brakes because I’m always hard braking. We’ll see how it’s feelin🅘g with the broken finger.

“The team’s very happy w🐎hen I come back, and I hope we start strongly.”

He added: “Before Phillip Island, this is the last test. I need to ride the bike to understand the balance as it’s 🦋a new bike.

“Mickey’s [Michael van der Mark] also riding the new b꧟ike, but I need to ride, the team are also waiting for my comments.

“I hope I’m not feeling any pain on the bike. This is good as we’ll start the test on the bike, and this is important for me to find some setup maybe or improve ꦗfor🌞 Phillip Island.

“I just need to understand the bike because m♔y finger still isn’t 100 per cent. I don’t need to crash; this is the important thing.”