Toprak Razgatlıoğlu
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is a Turkish motorcycle road racer who currently races for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP in the MotoGP World Championship. Razgatlıoğlu currently has three Superbike World Championship titles: 2021 with the Yamaha factory Superbike team, ending Jonathan Rea's six-year reign, 2024 and 2025 with the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team, the manufacturer's first two titles. He is the first Turkish Superbike World Champion and the rider with the most wins for both Yamaha and BMW in the championship, with 37 and 39 total victories, respectively.
He is well known for his 'stoppie' celebration. He is also known for his dominating record, being called a Superbike equivalent to Marc Márquez. He joined Pramac Racing in MotoGP for the 2026 season, the year before the 2027 Regulation change, and in doing so will become the first MotoGP rider hailing from Turkey. He will become the first WSBK rider since Loris Baz to switch to MotoGP and the first WSBK champion since Ben Spies.
Early life
Born in Alanya, Razgatlıoğlu is the second son of the Turkish stunt motorcyclist Arif Razgatlıoğlu, who was known as "Tek Teker Arif". His father died, together with his girlfriend who was riding on the pillion seat, following a motorcycle accident in Antalya on 17 November 2017.Career
Early career
Razgatlıoğlu competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing 10th and 6th overall respectively. He finished first in the 7th race of the 2014 season in Sachsenring, Germany.Razgatlıoğlu won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
Razgatlıoğlu won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
Superbike World Championship
Razgatlıoğlu was an upcoming performer with Turkish Puccetti Kawasaki racing team from 2018 and was partnered with factory Kawasaki riders Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam for the 2019 Suzuka 8 Hours, a track endurance race. Due to not being allowed to ride with the other two taking turns throughout the race, Razgatlıoğlu soon left the Kawasaki marque to become a factory Yamaha rider from 2020. He became World Champion in 2021 after finishing 2nd in Race 1 at the Mandalika International Street Circuit.Under contract to Yamaha in the Superbike class from 2020 until 30 November 2023, Razgatlıoğlu was prevented by Yamaha from testing his 2024 BMW machine at an official test held immediately after the 2023 season-end race at Jerez in late October/early November, when Jonathan Rea, previously with Kawasaki Racing Team and Razgatlıoğlu's direct replacement, was allowed to participate on his new Yamaha.
Razgatlıoğlu was offered a test on 22/23 November with gagging conditions attached, but chose to wait until 4 December when out of contract to Yamaha. He rode the BMW over two days at Portimão, followed by another test at Jerez.
2024
signed Razgatlıoğlu in 2024 on a two-year deal. Razgatlıoğlu won his first race at race 1 in Catalunya, the first win for BMW since 2013 and his 40th overall. He would then proceed to win the Superpole race by overtaking Álvaro Bautista at the last corner of the final lap. Razgatlıoğlu scored his first hat trick in Misano; this was followed by further consecutive hat tricks at Donington, Most and Portimão. Razgatlıoğlu crashed heavily during free practice at Magny-Cours and was ultimately diagnosed with pneumothorax; the session was red-flagged as a result. Razgatlioğlu would ultimately be declared unfit to race.Razgatlıoğlu broke the record for most consecutive wins in a season with 13 following his hat trick in Portimão; he celebrated breaking the record by imitating a viral pose struck by Olympic silver medalist shooter Yusuf Dikeç.
MotoGP World Championship
2022
In June, Razgatlıoğlu got an opportunity to test a Yamaha YZR-M1 during a one-day MotoGP private test at the Motorland Aragón circuit. Razgatlıoğlu completed forty laps during this test. No empirical data was made available from the test likely owing to the test's confidentiality and press being locked out of the event. He was accompanied by Yamaha test rider Cal Crutchlow during the test.2023
officially announced that Razgatlıoğlu would ride the Yamaha YZR-M1 during the development tests held at the Jerez circuit in Andalucía, Spain, when he joined Yamaha MotoGP test rider Cal Crutchlow for two days on April 10 and 11. This was the second test on the YZR-M1, following his first ride at Motorland Aragon in June 2022.2026: Prima Pramac Racing
On June 10, 2025, Yamaha announced that Razgatlıoğlu will move from World Superbikes to MotoGP in 2026, riding for the Prima Pramac Racing Team. He is set to become the first Turkish MotoGP rider in history, he will be alongside MotoGP Veteran Jack Miller.Personal life
Nicknamed El Turco, Razgatlıoğlu is managed by former multiple time WSSP champion Kenan Sofuoğlu. He resides in Sakarya. Toprak's father used to call him Tek Teker Toprak, but he used to get angry by it because He would say ‘I am a racer, not a stunt rider’. Toprak's father had a shop with Atari games and at the back was a straight, that is where he used to do stunts as a kid.On 10 October 2025, Razgatlıoğlu received his 2021 WorldSBK championship winning bike from Yamaha after signing a MotoGP contract with them.
Career statistics
Career summary
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Races by year
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| 2013 | AME1 3 | AME2 3 | JER1 6 | JER2 5 | ASS1 Ret | ASS2 15 | SAC1 6 | SAC2 12 | BRN 19 | SIL1 Ret | SIL2 8 | MIS 12 | ARA1 10 | ARA2 4 | 10th | 99 |
| 2014 | JER1 11 | JER1 8 | MUG 5 | ASS1 12 | ASS2 10 | SAC1 1 | SAC2 3 | BRN1 16 | BRN2 9 | SIL1 9 | SIL2 Ret | MIS 4 | ARA1 6 | ARA2 5 | 6th | 123 |
FIM European Superstock 600
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Pts |
| 2014 | Kawasaki | SPA | NED | IMO | ITA | POR | SPA | FRA 1 | 13th | 25 | |
| 2015 | Kawasaki | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | NED 1 | ITA 1 | POR 1 | ITA 3 | SPA DNS | FRA 3 | 1st | 157 |
FIM Superstock 1000 Cup
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Pts |
| 2016 | Kawasaki | SPA DNS | NED | ITA 5 | GBR 6 | ITA 4 | GER Ret | FRA 2 | SPA 3 | 5th | 70 |
European Superstock 1000 Championship
Races by year
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Pts |
| 2017 | Kawasaki | SPA 4 | NED 1 | ITA 3 | GBR 1 | ITA 6 | GER Ret | ALG 1 | FRA WD | SPA 3 | 2nd | 130 |
Superbike World Championship
By season
Races by year
Season still in progress.Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
By class
Races by year
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Pts |
| MotoGP | Yamaha | THA | BRA | AME | QAT | SPA | FRA | CAT | ITA | HUN | CZE | NED | GER | GBR | ARA | RSM | AUT | JPN | INA | AUS | MAL | POR | VAL |
Season still in progress.