Toprak RazgatlñoÃÂlu (; born 16 October 1996) is a Turkish motorcycle road racer who currently races for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP in the MotoGP World Championship. RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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.
Born in Alanya, RazgatlñoÃÂlu is the second son of the Turkish stunt motorcyclist Arif RazgatlñoÃÂlu, who was known as "Tek Teker Arif" ("Wheelie Arif"). His father, together with his girlfriend who was riding on the pillion seat, died following a motorcycle accident in Antalya on 17 November 2017.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in 2013 and 2014, finishing tenth and sixth overall respectively. He finished first in the seventh race of the 2014 season in Sachsenring, Germany.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu won his debut race in the European Superstock 600 Championship on 5 October 2014 at Magny Cours aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu won the 2015 European Superstock 600 Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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, RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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, RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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 RazgatlñoÃÂlu's direct replacement, was allowed to participate on his new Yamaha.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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.
BMW signed RazgatlñoÃÂlu in 2024 on a two-year deal. RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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 ÃÂlvaro Bautista at the last corner of the final lap. RazgatlñoÃÂlu scored his first hat trick in Misano; this was followed by further consecutive hat tricks at Donington, Most and Portimão. RazgatlñoÃÂlu crashed heavily during free practice at Magny-Cours and was ultimately diagnosed with pneumothorax; the session was red-flagged as a result. RazgatlioÃÂlu would ultimately be declared unfit to race.
RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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.
In June, RazgatlñoÃÂlu got an opportunity to test a Yamaha YZR-M1 during a one-day MotoGP private test at the Motorland Aragón circuit. RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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.
Yamaha officially announced that RazgatlñoÃÂlu would ride the Yamaha YZR-M1 during the development tests held at the Jerez circuit in AndalucÃÂa, 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.
On June 10, 2025, Yamaha announced that RazgatlñoÃÂlu 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, and will be alongside MotoGP Veteran Jack Miller.
Nicknamed El Turco, RazgatlñoÃÂlu is managed by former multiple time WSSP champion Kenan SofuoÃÂlu. 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 âÂÂI am a racer, not a stunt riderâÂÂ. Toprak's father had a shop with Atari games and at the back was a straight where he used to do stunts as a kid.
On 10 October 2025, RazgatlñoÃÂlu received his 2021 WorldSBK championship winning bike from Yamaha after signing a MotoGP contract with them.
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