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The French round of the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship witnessed a Toprak Razgatlıoğlu masterclass, with the Pata Yamaha with Brixx #worldsbk rider claiming three on-track victories, extending his lead in the riders’ championship, while Yamaha increased their advantage at the top of the manufacturers’ standings.
There were also some standout performances by Yamaha riders in the FIM Supersport World Championship class, namely with Luca Bernardi, Manuel Gonzalez, and Dominique Aegerter, as well as superb showings from bLU cRU youngsters Andy Verdoia and Unai Orradre.
Andrea Dosoli, Yamaha Motor Europe’s Road #racing Manager, looked back on this special Magny-Cours weekend, giving his thoughts on the #worldsbk, WorldSSP, FIM Supersport 300 World Championship and Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup races.
“It was a dry and sunny Magny-Cours, which has been unusual over the last few years. The weekend confirmed that this is one of the best seasons in a long time, with a lot of close battles between the championship protagonists. For sure it has been an important #event for Yamaha in the #worldsbk class, and we will leave Magny-Cours with the riders’, manufacturers’ and teams’ championship leads.”
After moving level on points at the top of the standings in Navarra, Razgatlıoğlu was in scintillating form at Magny-Cours. From second on the grid, the Turkish rider stormed to a dominant victory in Race 1, beating Jonathan Rea by 4.467s.
In the Superpole Race, the pair scrapped for victory until the final moments, with Razgatlıoğlu making it stick at Complex du Lycée on the last lap to take another on-track win, although he was later penalised a position for track limits. In Race 2, another epic battle for victory ensued, and it was the Pata Yamaha with Brixx #worldsbk rider who would come out on top once again.
“The fantastic weekend was highlighted by Toprak’s performances. He was clearly the quickest rider and got three on-track wins. I must say that the team and the rider really wanted to leave Magny-Cours with the three victories, they prepared very well knowing that Toprak has been competitive on this circuit. They’ve done a great job and already on Friday we could see that Toprak had the best race pace. This led to the results seen on Saturday and Sunday. Of course, no one is happy about the penalty that we got in the SPRC, but this won’t affect us and we leave confident in our competitiveness.”
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