Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
Turkish motorcycle racer (born 1996)
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Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (Turkish pronunciation: ['topɾak 'ɾazgatɫɯ'oːɫu]; born 16 October 1996) is a Turkish motorcycle road racer who, from 2026, rides for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP in the MotoGP World Championship.[1] Razgatlıoğlu holds three Superbike World Championship titles: 2021 with the Yamaha factory Superbike team, ending Jonathan Rea's six-year reign, 2024 and 2025 with the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, the manufacturer's first two titles. He is the first Turkish Superbike World Champion and the rider with the most wins for both Yamaha and BMW in the championship, with 37 and 39 total victories, respectively.[2]
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1996 Alanya, Turkey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Razgatlıoğlu is well known for his 'stoppie' celebration. He is also known for his dominating record, being called a Superbike equivalent to Marc Márquez. He joined Pramac Racing for the 2026 season, the year before the 2027 Regulation change, and became the first MotoGP rider hailing from Turkey. He is the first WSBK rider since Loris Baz to switch to MotoGP and the first WSBK champion since Ben Spies.
Early life
Born in Alanya, Razgatlıoğlu is the second son of the Turkish stunt motorcyclist Arif Razgatlıoğlu, who was known as "Tek Teker Arif" ("Wheelie Arif"). His father, together with his girlfriend who was riding on the pillion seat, died following a motorcycle accident in Antalya on 17 November 2017.[3]
Career
Early career
Razgatlıoğlu competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing tenth and sixth overall respectively. He finished first in the seventh race of the 2014 season in Sachsenring, Germany.[4]
Razgatlıoğlu won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.[5][6]
Razgatlıoğlu won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
Superbike World Championship
Razgatlıoğlu was an upcoming performer with Turkish Puccetti Kawasaki racing team from 2018 and was partnered with factory Kawasaki riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam for the 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours, a track endurance race. Due to not being allowed to ride with the other two taking turns throughout the race, Razgatlıoğlu soon left the Kawasaki marque to become a factory Yamaha rider from 2020. He became World Champion in 2021 after finishing 2nd in Race 1 at the Mandalika International Street Circuit.[7][8]
Under contract to Yamaha in the Superbike class from 2020 until 30 November 2023, Razgatlıoğlu was prevented by Yamaha from testing his 2024 BMW machine at an official test held immediately after the 2023 season-end race at Jerez in late October/early November, when Jonathan Rea, previously with Kawasaki Racing Team and Razgatlıoğlu's direct replacement, was allowed to participate on his new Yamaha.[9]
Razgatlıoğlu was offered a test on 22/23 November with gagging conditions attached, but chose to wait until 4 December when out of contract to Yamaha.[9] He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão,[10] followed by another test at Jerez.[11]
2024
BMW signed Razgatlıoğlu in 2024 on a two-year deal.[12] Razgatlıoğlu won his first race at race 1 in Catalunya, the first win for BMW since 2013 and his 40th overall.[13] He would then proceed to win the Superpole race by overtaking Álvaro Bautista at the last corner of the final lap.[14] Razgatlıoğlu scored his first hat trick in Misano;[15] this was followed by further consecutive hat tricks at Donington,[16] Most[17] and Portimão.[18] Razgatlıoğlu crashed heavily during free practice at Magny-Cours and was ultimately diagnosed with pneumothorax; the session was red-flagged as a result. Razgatlioğlu would ultimately be declared unfit to race.[19]
Razgatlıoğlu broke the record for most consecutive wins in a season with 13 following his hat trick in Portimão;[20] he celebrated breaking the record by imitating a viral pose struck by Olympic silver medalist shooter Yusuf Dikeç.[21]
MotoGP World Championship
2022
In June, Razgatlıoğlu got an opportunity to test a Yamaha YZR-M1 during a one-day MotoGP private test at the Motorland Aragón circuit. Razgatlıoğlu completed forty laps during this test. No empirical data was made available from the test, likely owing to the test's confidentiality and press being locked out of the event. He was accompanied by Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow during the test.[22]
2023
Yamaha officially announced that Razgatlıoğlu would ride the Yamaha YZR-M1 during the development tests held at the Jerez circuit in Andalucía, Spain, when he joined Yamaha MotoGP test rider Cal Crutchlow for two days on April 10 and 11. This was the second test on the YZR-M1, following his first ride at Motorland Aragon in June 2022.[23]
2026: Prima Pramac Racing
On June 10, 2025, Yamaha announced that Razgatlıoğlu will move from World Superbikes to MotoGP in 2026, riding for the Prima Pramac Racing Team. He is set to become the first Turkish MotoGP rider in history, and will be alongside MotoGP Veteran Jack Miller.[24][25]
Personal life
Nicknamed El Turco, Razgatlıoğlu is managed by former multiple time WSSP champion Kenan Sofuoğlu. He resides in Sakarya. Toprak's father used to call him Tek Teker Toprak, but he used to get angry by it because he would say ‘I am a racer, not a stunt rider’.[26] Toprak's father had a shop with Atari games and at the back was a straight where he used to do stunts as a kid.[26]
On 10 October 2025, Razgatlıoğlu received his 2021 WorldSBK championship winning bike from Yamaha after signing a MotoGP contract with them.[27]
Career statistics
Career summary
| Season | Series | Motorcycle | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | IDM Yamaha R6 Cup | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 18th |
| Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship | 2nd | ||
| 2012 | IDM Yamaha R6 Cup | 7th | |
| Turkish Road Race 600cc Championship | 1st | ||
| 2013 | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup | KTM RC250GP | 10th |
| 2014 | Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup | 6th | |
| European Superstock 600 Championship | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 13th | |
| 2015 | European Superstock 600 Championship | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 1st |
| 2016 | FIM Superstock 1000 Cup | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 5th |
| 2017 | European Superstock 1000 Championship | 2nd | |
| 2018 | 2018 Superbike World Championship | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R | 9th |
| 2019 | 2019 Superbike World Championship | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R | 5th |
| 2020 | 2020 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 4th |
| 2021 | 2021 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 1st |
| 2022 | 2022 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2nd |
| 2023 | 2023 Superbike World Championship | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2nd |
| 2024 | 2024 Superbike World Championship | BMW M1000RR | 1st |
| 2025 | 2025 Superbike World Championship | BMW M1000RR | 1st |
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
FIM European Superstock 600
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
European Superstock 1000 Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
By season
| Season | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | Puccetti Racing – Kawasaki | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 9th |
| 2019 | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | Puccetti Racing – Kawasaki | 37 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 315 | 5th |
| 2020 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 228 | 4th |
| 2021 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | 37 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 564 | 1st |
| 2022 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK | 36 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 529 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Yamaha YZF-R1 | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | 36 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 552 | 2nd |
| 2024 | BMW M1000RR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 30 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 527 | 1st |
| 2025 | BMW M1000RR | ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 36 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 616 | 1st |
| Total | 258 | 78 | 173 | 24 | 66 | 3482 | |||
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2016 | Kawasaki | AUS DNS |
AUS DNS |
THA | THA | SPA | SPA | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | MAL | MAL | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | ITA | ITA | GER | GER | FRA | FRA | SPA | SPA | QAT | QAT | NC | 0 |
| 2018 | Kawasaki | AUS 13 |
AUS 10 |
THA 15 |
THA 8 |
SPA 9 |
SPA 9 |
NED 10 |
NED 9 |
ITA 11 |
ITA 8 |
GBR 21 |
GBR 2 |
CZE 10 |
CZE 9 |
USA Ret |
USA DNS |
ITA 11 |
ITA 12 |
POR 8 |
POR Ret |
FRA 8 |
FRA 12 |
ARG 3 |
ARG 7 |
QAT 10 |
QAT C |
9th | 151 | ||
* Season still in progress.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd | WCh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | MotoGP | Yamaha | Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21st* | – |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
By class
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st pod | 1st win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MotoGP | 2026 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2026 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
Suzuka 8 Hours results
| Year | Team | Riders | Bike | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 |  Kawasaki Racing Team Suzuka 8H |
 Leon Haslam Jonathan Rea |
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR | 1st |
