Toprak Razgatlioglu will be part of the Pramac Yamaha group subsequent season, by which era he’ll have turned 29-years-old.
The 2-time World Superbike Champion will finish his time with BMW in consequence, a partnership which yielded the Bavarian model’s first WorldSBK title in 2024 and Razgtlioglu’s second, having taken his first with Yamaha in 2021.
Razgatlioglu’s deal will solely preserve him at Yamaha for the 2026 season, which implies each events will likely be open to both persevering with or ending the collaboration after the primary 12 months, however, maybe extra importantly, forward of MotoGP’s greatest regulation change in a decade in 2027.
Yamaha welcome Toprak Razgatlioglu
“We’re thrilled to welcome Toprak Razgatlioglu again into the Yamaha household,” stated Yamaha Racing Managing Director Paolo Pavesio, who labored with Razgatlioglu in the course of the Turkish rider’s time with the Iwata manufacturing unit in WorldSBK.
“Toprak, essentially the most victorious Yamaha rider of all time in Superbike, has confirmed to be an distinctive expertise, securing the WorldSBK Title twice, which is not any imply feat.
“His transition to MotoGP is each a ‘homecoming’ and an thrilling new problem that is been arrange with the clear purpose of progressive progress over time.
“His preventing spirit and willpower are an ideal match for each the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP Staff and Yamaha’s daring MotoGP technique, so we consider 2026 is the correct time to make the transfer that many followers have been ready for.”
In fact, Razgatlioglu’s transfer will imply the departure of one in every of Pramac’s present riders: Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira.
Miller is the clear choice, since his contract expires on the finish of this 12 months, however he’s additionally been the extra performative rider of the 2 this 12 months, regardless of his troublesome Aragon race that resulted in solely 14th.
