Toprak Razgatlioglu extends World Championship lead with one other hat-trick • Complete Bike

Balaton Park. Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR) dominated the premiere of the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) on the brand-new Balaton Park Circuit in Hungary. Similar to at Misano (ITA) and Donington Park (GBR), ‘El Turco’ was unstoppable on his BMW M 1000 RR from the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Staff at Lake Balaton. He secured pole place and gained all three races – usually with a commanding lead and with the quickest lap every time. His victory within the Superpole Race on Sunday morning was historic because it marked the a thousandth race in WorldSBK historical past. Within the riders’ championship, Razgatlioglu prolonged his lead from 4 to 26 factors. Within the producers’ standings, BMW, presently in second, diminished the hole to chief Ducati to only 16 factors.

His teammate Michael van der Mark (NED) completed twelfth within the first most important race. Within the Superpole Race below altering circumstances, he was unfortunate within the tyre lottery and ended up fifteenth. He was sixteenth within the second most important race. Van der Mark is travelling straight from Hungary to Japan, the place he’ll compete in subsequent weekend’s Suzuka 8 Hours, the third spherical of the 2025 FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC), with the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Staff. WorldSBK now heads into the summer season break, with spherical 9 of the season scheduled for the primary weekend of September at Magny-Cours (FRA).

Reactions after the Balaton Park Circuit spherical.

Sven Blusch, Head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport: “It was a very historic weekend for BMW Motorrad Motorsport. Celebrating a win within the a thousandth WorldSBK race with Toprak on the debut of the brand new Balaton Park Circuit, reaching one other triple victory, and increasing the championship lead – that is merely improbable for us. Large because of your complete staff on web site, the crews in Munich and Berlin, and all BMW workers and followers who supported us. We’re on observe and already trying ahead to Magny-Cours. We’ll additionally use the summer season break to intensively help Michael van der Mark and produce him again into the highest ten. However first, our full focus collectively is now on the Suzuka 8 Hours, the place we’re already heading. We’re assured that Mickey, together with his expertise as a four-time winner of that race, shall be an ideal asset to our FIM EWC staff.”

Christian Gonschor, Technical Director BMW Motorrad Motorsport: “It was a beautiful weekend – not solely due to our success, but in addition due to the nice environment right here. It was improbable to race in Hungary once more after such a very long time. Nice folks, an ideal observe, and glorious infrastructure: we actually loved it. The circuit suited Toprak effectively; there’s a variety of stop-and-go, which performs to his strengths and people of the bike. His talent, mixed with the strengths of our BMW M 1000 RR in braking and acceleration, created an ideal mixture. We celebrated one other triple win, and the championship battle stays tight. It’s additionally vital that we made important progress within the producers’ standings and are simply 16 factors behind now. We’re very joyful and searching ahead to a brief however intense summer season break, to return again all-in at Magny-Cours.”

Toprak Razgatlioglu, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Staff: “For me, it has been a tremendous weekend. That was a brand new observe for everybody and we began the weekend strongly on Friday. I rapidly tailored to the circuit and we did an excellent job. I’m very joyful for that! The Superpole Race was just a little bit tough as a result of there have been many moist patches, we had only one dry line and a few corners had been additionally nonetheless moist. However we did an excellent job, no mistake, I used to be simply using and targeted on the tempo. That race was crucial for me as a result of I had gained the 800th and the 900th and now additionally the a thousandth WorldSBK race so this was a really particular race for me to win. I’m not targeted on the championship, I simply focus in each race to win it. The subsequent races shall be at Magny-Cours. Final yr I didn’t trip there, and I’m trying ahead to go there. I’ll attempt to get one other hat-trick there. Like Portugal, that is considered one of my favorite tracks. We have to win there, in France, and at Estoril, as I feel that Ducati shall be very robust at Aragón and Jerez. Now we have now an extended break and I’ll take pleasure in some vacation however I additionally have to work so much. We’ve elevated our lead within the championship however every little thing is feasible within the races so we have to attempt to get as many wins as doable.”

Michael van der Mark, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Staff: “I used to be trying ahead to racing right here in Hungary as it’s at all times thrilling to enter uncharted territory and it’s enjoyable to be taught new circuits. Race one was fairly stable and that made me assured for Sunday. Sadly, the unpredictable climate within the Superpole Race made the tyre selection an actual gamble. We opted for intermediates, however may see throughout the race that everybody who made the identical selection appeared to battle. In race two, I sadly had a small crash that dropped me to the again of the sector nevertheless it’s time to place that Sunday behind me. I’m on my manner now to Suzuka, to a race that I actually love. I’ll give my highest to assist BMW Motorrad Motorsport and the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Staff to realize their large objective: to win the Suzuka 8 Hours as the primary European producer.”

Details and figures.

Superpole.

Air temperature: 27°, observe temperature: 37°, humidity: 56%, circumstances: dry.

* New all-time lap file

Race 1.

Air temperature: 32°, observe temperature: 41°, humidity: 45%, circumstances: dry, laps: 20 (after crimson flag).

Quickest race lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, lap 7, 1:39.732 (new file)

Superpole Race.

Air temperature: 21°, observe temperature: 27°, humidity: 83%, circumstances: moist, laps: 10.

Quickest race lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, lap 9, 1:40.649

Race 2.

Air temperature: 22°, observe temperature: 30°, humidity: 79%, circumstances: dry, laps: 21.

Quickest race lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, lap 7, 1:39.384 (new file)

Present riders’ classification (R08/12, after 24 of 36 races).

Present producers’ classification (R08/12, after 24 of 36 races).

Posted on Sunday, July twenty seventh, 2025 by Michael Le Pard