A week has passed since Toprak Razgatlioglu’s world title, but Superbike is still incredulous and continues to celebrate the new world champion, who stopped Jonathan Rea’s dominance at the end of a spectacular season, the most closely fought in recent years. The Turk led Yamaha towards a new world title, the first since 2009, and the Iwata manufacturer was able to win the triple crown, taking home not only the riders ‘title, but also the team and constructors’ titles.
This is a very important result for Yamaha, which arrives in 2022 as the team to beat and with what is considered the strongest rider in recent years. Andrea Dosoli, Yamaha project manager, comments on the season that has just ended: “Perhaps the most appropriate word to describe this year is ‘incredible’. The triple crown is something that means a lot to us. Perhaps this was the best Superbike season ever, I don’t remember a year in which three riders from three different manufacturers fought until the last lap, so competitiveness is very high. I have to congratulate Toprak and the team on a fantastic job. The driver didn’t make any mistakes and that says a lot about his talent. But when something like this happens it also means that he is supported by a strong team ”.
The success is the result of a great effort by the whole team, which has struggled in the recent past, then implementing a great growth that has brought Yamaha to the top of the world in 2021: “2020 was difficult, new bike, new rider . But these difficulties made us understand what our riders needed to be regularly on the podium. The guys did a great job and established an efficient way of working that brought us results. Thank you very much to the engineers, Yamaha in Japan, Toprak and the whole team ”.
“It was tough – he continues – because we stopped for a couple of years, then we improved step by step, and this year what makes this result even more special is the level of competition, never seen before. I am sure that all the fans appreciated it and I want to say that this level was possible above all because the championship works very well, the rules made by Dorna and the FIM have ensured that the riders and bikes were largely competitive, so I thank them. for what they did “.
2021 saw Yamaha dominate not only in Superbike, but also in Supersport, where he won with Dominique Aegerter to take a second triple crown: “It was a fantastic season for Yamaha not only in Superbike, but also in Supersport with the riders title, teams and constructors, therefore still triple crown. But also on a continental level, we won the BSB, the MotoAmerica, and I want to congratulate everyone for making this possible ”.
Toprak Razgatlioglu, PATA Yamaha WorldSBK Team, Andrea Dosoli
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