National motorcyclist Toprak Razgatlıoğlu could claim his second world championship in the 2024th round of the 11 World Superbike Championship to be held in Portugal this weekend, one week before the end of the season.
The penultimate stage of the 2024 World Superbike Championship, the 11th leg, will be held on the 4.182-kilometer Estoril Circuit between October 11-13. Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, known as “El Turco” by race fans around the world, continues to break records in both his own racing career and the championship’s history.
The star-and-crescent champion motorcyclist, who has seen the checkered flag in first place 54 times in his career and made the world listen to the National Anthem, has climbed the podium a total of 21 times in Superbike races this season. Toprak won first place 15 times, second place 4 times and third place 2 times.
Born in 1996, the athlete competed in 216 races in the World Superbike Championship and had the joy of standing on the awards podium 136 times.
Toprak has reached the top of the podium for the 13th time in a row in the championship this season, breaking the record held by his British rival Jonathan Rea and Spanish Alvaro Bautista. Toprak has also broken the record for consecutive championship wins this season, achieving a historic success with 13 consecutive first place finishes.
The national athlete also became the first motorcycle racer to win three consecutive races in Italy, England, Czech Republic and Portugal this season.
Toprak, who won the World Superbike championship with the Yamaha team in 2021, has achieved a total of 24 podium finishes in 21 races with the BMW factory team (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK) this season. The successful athlete is very close to claiming his second world championship in the Portuguese stage, the 11th leg of the championship this weekend.
TOPRAK RAZGATLIOĞLU IS THE LEADER IN THE GENERAL CLASSIFICATION WITH A 39 POINT DIFFERENCE
Toprak, who currently leads the championship with 39 points in the general classification, 414 points ahead of his closest rival Nicolo Bulega from the Aruba Ducati team, was unable to participate in these races and the 8th leg race held in Italy on September 20-22 due to an accident he had in the free practice session before the race in France in the 9th leg of the organization.
Following a break due to injury, national motorcyclist Toprak returned to the track in the 27th leg of the World Superbike Championship held at Spain's MotorLand Aragon Circuit on September 29-10. Toprak maintained his leadership in the drivers' standings by increasing his points difference with a second place in all three races in Aragon.
Despite not being able to participate in the races in France and Italy, Toprak is in first place in the general classification of the championship with 414 points, while his closest rival Nicolo Bulega from the Aruba Ducati team is in second place with 375 points, and Ducati's Spanish pilot Alvaro Bautista is in third place with 333 points.
In the World Superbike Championship, the athlete who comes first in the main races earns 25 points, second 20 and third 16 points, while in the superpole, first 12, second 9 and third 7 points.
If the crescent-starred motorcyclist increases his points gap with Nicolo Bulega to 63 points or more at Estoril this weekend, he will claim the world championship for the second time.
BAHATTİN SOFUOĞLU AND CAN ÖNCÜ WILL FIGHT IN PORTUGAL
The 11th leg of the World Supersport Championship, in which national motorcyclists Bahattin Sofuoğlu and Can Öncü take part, will be held in Portugal. Bahattin Sofuoğlu will make his debut with his new team Yamaha Thailand, while Can Öncü will compete for the title with the Kawasaki Puccetti team. The first races of the championship in Estoril will be held on Saturday, October 12 at 17.15:13 Turkish time, and the second races will be held on Sunday, October 17.15 at 2:XNUMX and will be broadcast live on Red Bull TV.
17 OF OUR ATHLETES WILL TAKE PART IN THE BALKAN CHAMPIONSHIP
The final races of the BMU European Track Championship will be organized by the Balkan Motorcycle Union in Serres, Greece on October 11-13. In the championship to be held on the Serres track (3,1 km), Yunus Erçelik, Şahin Karadayıoğlu, Hüseyin Karakaya, Cafer Çömlek, Muammer Nuri Karakaya, Abdullah Köken, Kerem Uçar, Altuğ İnan, Ahmet Önal, Özgür Güngör, Aytekin Ocak, Fatih Demircan, M.Furkan Demircan, Oğuz Taşhan, Erdem Demiroğlu, Can Başar and Murathan Yiğit Yıldız will compete to get on the prize podium.
