With two victories, courtesy of Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK’s #toprakrazgatlolu and four podiums at the FIM Superbike World Championship’s maiden visit to Autodrom Most, Yamaha now lead the manufacturers’ championship with Razgatlıoğlu also closing to within three points of series leader, Jonathan Rea.
The Czech venue provided three thrilling WorldSBK races, while the fans were treated to even more edge-of-your-seat action in the supporting FIM Supersport World Championship, FIM Supersport 300 World Championship and Yamaha R3 bLU cRU European Cup categories.
Yamaha Motor Europe, Road #racing Manager, Andrea Dosoli was delighted by the performance of the riders and teams, and was also happy to see the large crowd at this new venue.
“It was nice to discover the Autodrom Most circuit for the first time – a race track that is in a very strategic location in terms of logistics, which offered the chance for the Czech and German fans to enjoy the WorldSBK championship,” Dosoli said. “It was nice to see all of the fans in the grandstand and it’s great to be almost back to normal. It’s an area that has a lot of passionate motorsport fans, and we look forward to coming back.”
In WorldSBK, Turkish rider Razgatlıoğlu enjoyed a near perfect weekend, taking a stunning last lap victory in Race 1, followed up by a dominant Superpole Race performance and a mature ride to second in Race 2, leaving him just three points adrift of series leader Jonathan Rea in the championship standings.
“Of course, it has been an impressive performance for Toprak at Most. He had no chance to test here, but it looks like this was not an issue and straight away he was one of the quickest guys on the grid. He really wanted to recover the points lost in Assen and he has shown not only fantastic speed, but also the maturity that is needed in this delicate phase of the championship. He was attacking when he understood the win was possible, like in Race 1 and the SPRC, but he was clever enough to take an important second place in Race 2. It’s a track that not only Toprak was able to achieve a good result, but also our other riders have been performing very well, and this has added up to Yamaha leading the manufacturers’ championship.”
Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli also continued his fine form from Assen, scoring another podium in Race 1, before two very encouraging Sunday performances, in which he rode to a pair of fourth-place finishes.
“One of the riders that strongly contributed to our great weekend was our rookie Locatelli. He confirmed the fantastic performance in Assen with another podium and two solid fourth place finishes. It’s the first time we’ve seen a rookie achieving such good results in just his sixth race weekend, so congratulations to him and his crew, who have done a great job in supporting him through this learning process.”
