Toprak Razgatlioglu “was even thinking about pitting” amid Dutch WorldSBK Race 2 struggles

Toprak Razgatlioglu says he “wꦬas even thinking about coming into the pit box” in WorldSBK Race 2 at Assen.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Dutch WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Dutch WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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BMW WorldSBK rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu says he considered retiri🐼ng in Race 2 at Assen, such were his tyre wear woes.

The reigning 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike Champion won the wet Superpole Race in the morning, but struggl⛦ed in the dry Race 2, just as in Race 1 when he🔯 finished fourth and 17 seconds off the win.

꧙"The Supe🤪rpole Race was in full wet conditions and I felt great on the bike,” Razgatlioglu said.

“The grip wasn't bad. This was my first win in the wet cond꧙itions on a Superbike so I’m really happy about that.”

The Turkish rider said he was thinking about the 21-lap Race 2 from Sunday morning. A different setup and harder tyre selecti✤on – front and rear – was used for Sunday’s long race compared to Saturday’s, but ultimately both changes made little positive difference to the result for Razgatlioglu.

“🌸I was already thinking about Race 2, which looked dry, this morning,” he said.

“We tried a differe🔴nt setup but it still didn’t work. We used a different tyre compared to Race 1 because yesterday the rear tyre dropped for the last e💜ight laps.

“Today we used the harder SC0 tyre ༒but in the last laps I had the same problem.

“At one point I was even thinking about coming into the pit box. But then I focused on scoring points. To finish seventh or eighth doesn’t mean much for me but it’s a long championship. We need to improve the bike, and I hope 🥂we can come back stronger to fight for wins."

Razgatlioglu’s Sunday difficulties were cancelled out slightly by retirements in both races for points leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicolo Bulega, who was leading before his bike stopped in Race 2 and was running se♍cond in the Superpole Race before suffering a reported electrical p🐓roblem.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bulega’s double-retirement meansও that, despite his struggles this weekend, Razgatlioglu has emerged from♊ the Dutch Round 21 points behind the Italian, eight points closer than he was at the beginning of the weekend.

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