As announced in mid-September, a private MotoGP championship test, organized by Yamaha to further develop its V4-powered M1, took place last Sunday and Monday at the MotorLand Aragon circuit. The star of the show was undoubtedly Toprak Razgatlioglu.
The aim of this session was to allow Yamaha's new superstar, Toprak Razgatliogluto complete MotoGP laps again — two and a half years after his last attempt, on this same track.
A simple glance at social media shows the importance of this essay, particularly in Türkiye, the country of origin of Razgatlioglu : the photos published on Monday by Yamaha — showing Razgatlioglu in the booth — generated hundreds of thousands of interactions.
On Sunday, Yamaha had focused its efforts on the development of V4 enginepiloted by its official testers Andrea Dovizioso et Augusto Fernandez, While Razgatlioglu took to the track on Monday on a motorcycle that Fernandez had been used a few weeks earlier during the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Fernandez He himself will pilot the new machine during the season finale at Valencia, while only the four regular riders (Fabio Quartararo, Alex Rins, Jack Miller, Razgatlioglu) will participate in the official tests the following Tuesday.
Andrea Dovizioso: “ The real difference will be Toprak Razgatlioglu's mental capacity to change »
At the end of Monday's events AragonThe three-time Superbike world champion had completed 33 laps on the Yamaha YZR-M1. Track conditions, with an ambient temperature of around 14°C and a relatively cool track, were not ideal, but Razgatlioglu signed a better lap in 1:49:176.
He finished just 0,545 seconds behind the day's fastest time, achieved by another driver (probably Aleix Espargaro). For comparison, during the first free practice session (FT1) of the 2025 Aragon Grand Prix — in more favorable weather conditions (air temperature of 24°C) — the Ducati factory rider, Marc Marquez, had signed a tour in 1 min 46 s 974.
In addition, Andrea Dovizioso entrusted to GP One :
« It's still too early… the foundation is there… I don't know the details, the real difference will be his mental ability to adapt… every driver has their own way of going fast… The key will be to be mentally open to adaptation.. »
The next test of Valencia is shaping up to be a true revolution: the clash of cultures between the aggressive style of Superbike and the required finesse in MotoGPThe entire paddock is holding its breath at the arrival of this raw talent who could shake up the established order.
