Toprak Razgatlioglu was the slowest full-time rider on day one of MotoGP testing at Sepang. But his best time was just 1.6 seconds off the benchmark set by Marc Marquez.
It’s a respectable effort from the reigning World Superbike champion who rode the bike at last week’s shakedown. Fabio Quatararo was the leader. YamahaEight tenths of the way, but Razgatlioglu He was within half a second of both Jack Miller and Alex Rinne.
Based on those riders’ form last season, Miller And Reins are the most realistic targets for Razgatlioglu in his rookie season.
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Razgatlioglu is receiving help from Andrea Dovizioso.a Yamaha test rider and MotoGP legend who is also working in Malaysia.
Jack Miller on the Yamaha seat of Torak Razgatlioglu
In an interview on Monday, Miller talked about the different riding positions of Yamaha riders.
As it is, Razgatlioglu cannot use Yamaha’s seat aero. Due to MotoGP regulations.
The Turkish rider is over 6 feet tall, which means Yamaha will be breaking the bike height regulations without modifications. Quatararo is just under 5ft 10in.
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One suspects that Yamaha will find a solution before the start of the season so as not to spoil Razgatlioglu’s performance, but the riding position still looks extreme.
“I’m in the middle. Fabio’s bike is very steep, and Toprak rides the bike like a chopper,” Miller said. Speed week. “We have the full spectrum, which is good for us. We can get a lot of information from it.”
Paolo Pavesio likes Torak Razgatlioglu’s ‘unfiltered’ Yamaha commentary.
Talking with Same publicationAccording to Yamaha boss Paolo Pavesio, Razgatlioglu’s lack of MotoGP experience certainly helps. Its feedback means it hasn’t been covered by previous Grand Prix bikes.
Pavesio wants to get to the point where all four M1 drivers are on the same page, but for now Razgatlioglu’s fresh ‘perspective’ is welcome.
“The fact that Torak has no MotoGP experience is also an advantage,” said Pavesio. “His statements are unfiltered and based on pure intuition, which provides valuable perspective when analyzing the data.
“When you do a new project, it’s not really possible, but we want to reach a common understanding of the drivers at the bottom level about further development.”
Yamaha say they are ’15 years’ behind With their V4 engine a generation later than their competitors. That could make them the slowest team on the grid for most of this year.
