The private World Superbike tests in Portimão this week offered Michael van der Mark the first opportunity to interact with Toprak Razgatlioglu as a teammate at BMW.
Despite the weather conditions compromising the track time, the Dutch rider gained initial impressions of the team atmosphere and liked what he felt, saying:
– Unfortunately, I did not do so many laps during the test. That has been bad luck. But it was nice to be with the team and to have Toprak in the garage. There are some new mechanics and it was nice to spend a few days with the guys. Hopefully we have some better luck in Jerez. There are so many things to test, so hopefully we can finally go out with the bike. My first impression was that the whole atmosphere in the team is really good. I really enjoyed it even if I did not ride very much.