In WSBK, the summer break is synonymous with torture for a Kawasaki factory which only thinks of resuming hostilities to regain control of the championship. These were in fact left to a certain Toprak Razgatlioglu on the Yamaha, and for only two points. Worse, this loss of control of the title race is the result of a fall by champion Jonathan Rea, unaccustomed to this kind of fault. He also wants to redeem himself when Assen returns to school at the end of July. Back to school will be hot...
If you MotoGP will wait until the first weekend of August to emerge from its summer torpor, the WSBK, he will return to the circuits at the end of this month of July. The return to school will take place at Assen, and in an electric atmosphere. Thus, at Ducati, we will want to sweep away the ugly doubts that the difficult Battle of Britain Donington was born within the troops. At the house of Yamaha , we will revel in a unique leadership position that Kawasaki will be keen to show that this is just a blip.
We are therefore driven by the spirit of revenge among the Akashi greens. An atmosphere that exudes comments from Guim Roda, team manager of Kawasaki, who thus declared on wsbk.com : " we are certainly seeing a competitive World Championship. It is a high-level Championship with drivers with considerable potential. The challenges on the track are exciting and we will see what happens in the next rounds ».
Kawasaki: “Toprak is strong, but we have seen that he also has some weaknesses”
This good introduction done, he comes to the main subject: Toprak Razgatlioglu, who took the lead in the championship at Jonathan Rhea : " we know Razgatlioglu well, we know where it comes from, and he also shows great potential with Yamaha. This is his second year on the R1 and he has more knowledge about the bike. Toprak is strong, but we have seen that he also has some weaknesses, like in the wet. Our objective and that of Rea is to come back and attack him and exploit all our possibilities in our favor ».
He finishes : " I am convinced that Johnny will want to fight for victory at Assen and attack. It's a shame about the last round at Donington, where he crashed in Race 2. The World Championship is open and we are confident for the Netherlands ". We will remember that it is first Kawasaki who revealed Toprak who then went to Yamaha after having the feeling of being discredited during an edition of the 08h00 of Suzuka accomplished as a teammate of Sale on the ZX-10R. Akashi's men therefore know exactly where the Turk comes from and how he works.
