That Toprak Razgatlioglu is a pilot with a spectacular level in the WSBK is something that is obvious. Since he arrived in the category he has achieved, with motorcycles with whom no one has been able to do it, not only to win races but also two world titles. One was with Yamaha and the most recent, the last season, with BMW.
But Toprak has always publicly expressed interest in reaching MotoGP and, in fact, already tested the M1 in private tests before spending BMW last season. Although at that time the Yamaha seemed not to go through the best of his moments and, surely, BMW’s offer was more tempting.
Even so, the toprak and its surroundings plan was to end up in MotoGP and also the clock plays against it to do so, because it already has 29 years and the reality is that although it has demonstrated how fast it can become with a motorcycle derived from the series the change to the queen category will require an adaptation that, by general, is not usually easy and requires time.
The situation of Aprilia with Martín Parce that has closed the doors of Toprak in Honda
In any case, everything seemed to indicate that Toprak was close to closing the agreement with Honda to take this step and even, although we did not seem reasonable for deadlines, to debut this same season as a guest pilot. Now, those same sources indicate that the approach to Honda seems more complicated, speculating with the possibility that the tensions between Martín and Aprilia could have as an option that Jorge reached the motorcycle that is available by contract and that would close the doors of the gold wing mark.
In any case, this does not imply that Toprak cannot be on the grill of 2026 because it seems that other doors open, in this case again those of Yamaha. The information points to the Yamaha Pramac, where Miguel Ángel Oliveira and Jack Miller are currently occupying one of those places.
The Razgatlioglu environment, with Kenan Sofuoglu in front, has continued to push and although it is not yet officially confirmed that it will not take many days to know the future of the Turk.
And although Yamaha is interested, it seems that BMW is willing to do everything you can not to lose its raw diamond, a pilot who is able to take out everything he has to a BMW m 1000 RR that no one else can make competitive.
