World champion Toprak Razgatlioglu leads the way from Alvaro Bautista and Iker Lecuona at midday of the second and final day of WorldSBK testing in Catalunya.
If WorldSBK pre-season testing has shown us anything, it’s that Alvaro Bautista and Ducati are looking incredibly fast ahead of the 2022 season-opener in Aragon next month.
Garrett Gerloff continues his impressive pre-season form by finishing day-one of the Catalunya WorldSBK test third. Says the Yamaha R1 is ‘working’ no matter the grip levels on offer.
Alvaro Bautista finished the final day of WorldSBK testing at Misano quickest, while 2022 rookie Philipp Oettl was top rookie for a second consecutive day after claiming fourth overall.
Can Garrett Gerloff become the latest American to win a WorldSBK race, or better yet a title? The GRT Yamaha rider certainly believes he can; 'Damn right I can win. I know I'm fast enough'.
Garrett Gerloff says 'working on my mental side, my physical shape' during the off-season has left him in a much better place ahead of the 2022 WorldSBK season.
WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu makes it back-to-back pre-season tests in which he’s fastest after getting the better of Garrett Gerloff and Andrea Locatelli in Aragon.
Gil Motor Sport-Yamaha-rider Christophe Ponsson is aiming to produce regular top ten WorldSBK results in 2022, despite being surrounded by ‘a lot of super-fast riders on official bikes’.
Yamaha win their first WorldSBK manufacturers’ title since 2007, while Toprak Razgatlioglu claimed Yamaha’s second ever riders’ world championship, first since 2009.
WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and team-mate Andrea Locatelli will have an identical Yamaha R1 package to that of 2021 next season according to Team Principal of Pata Yamaha, Paul Denning.