With space on the Yamaha factory team seemingly closed and likely without any satellites in 2023, MotoGP’s doors are closed for now on Toprak Razgatlioglu. But, secondary team or no, from the moment Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli were signed to Monster Energy Yamaha, the premier class is no longer an option for 2023 for the reigning Superbike world champion.
This is what his manager, Kenan Sofuoglu, highlighted, quoted on the official MotoGP website: ‘One thing is clear: Yamaha’s MotoGP factory team has signed Quartararo. So [Toprak] has no opportunity. They were speaking about the B team but always when I spoke with Yamaha, I told them we are never, ever interested to be in MotoGP with a B team. If we come to MotoGP, only in an official team. Without that, we’re not interested’.
In this way, the former rider has ensured that the next Razgatlioglu season passes through the same current location – the Superbike World Championship: ‘Yamaha has lost their second team and their factory team is full, so we’ll be in WorldSBK next year’ .