This last two days Toprak Razgatlioglu kept working with his new BMW M 1000 RR at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, riding alongside with his grid opponents. He ended the second day with the fourth time in a overall ‘very positive test’, but without forgetting, and highlighting, that he is still getting used to the new bike.
The ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team rider completed yesterday 78 laps, with his best to come in 1:38,638s (-0,829s than the leader). Looking at his performance, the #54 said: ‘We made some big improvements, but we also lost. We tried some new parts. Sometimes they were very positive, sometimes they weren’t so good. We are working because we need to improve the bike and I need to understand it. For me, everything is new, but every lap, I am understanding the bike character more. We did a 1’38s, we saw a lot of 1’39s’.
Razgatlioglu noticed some growth, as he said: ‘It’s a very positive test this thursday especially with the race tyre, we are very strong, but we need to learn with the SCQ tyre and change the setup for grip. We’ve improved corner entry and I’m happy with the bike. We are still working on rear grip because it’s not fantastic’.