WorldSBK France: Fourth consecutive hat-trick for championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu

Magny-Cours. On Sunday evening at Magny-Cours (FRA), all members of BMW Motorrad Motorsport and the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team had one thing in common, a beaming smile. At the ninth round of the 2025 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK), Toprak Razgatlioglu (TUR) claimed pole position, secured the triple for the fourth time in a row, and set more records. With this, “El Turco” extended his lead in the riders’ championship to 39 points with three more rounds to go. This season he already has 18 victories to his name, twelve of them consecutive. Razgatlioglu’s win in Sunday’s second main race was also BMW’s 50th victory in WorldSBK.

Michael van der Mark (NED) completed the team’s excellent showing in France. In Superpole qualifying, he secured eighth place and a spot on the third row of the grid. In the first main race on Saturday, he was already on course for a top-five finish but suffered a heavy crash. On Sunday, van der Mark reaped the rewards for his strong performance. He showed great race pace, delivered thrilling battles, and finished fifth in both the Superpole Race and the second main race. Razgatlioglu and van der Mark collected so many points for the manufacturers’ standings at Magny-Cours that BMW reduced its gap to leaders Ducati to just three points. The next round will take place from September 26 to 28 at MotorLand Aragón (ESP).

Reactions after the Magny-Cours round.

Sven Blusch, Head of BMW Motorrad Motorsport: “It was a perfect start into the final stretch of the season for us. This weekend has finally made us forget that we had mixed feelings about Magny-Cours since last year. Now we are heading to Aragón with our heads held high to start the last quarter of the season. That Toprak has claimed his 12th consecutive victory is indescribable. Once again, he worked flawlessly this weekend. He didn’t make a single mistake, stayed very focused, and is currently playing in a league of his own. At every race weekend, he manages to extract everything perfectly from the BMW M 1000 RR. I’m especially delighted for Mickey as well. From day one here, he showed that the potential is huge. Although he crashed yesterday, today’s two fifth-place finishes and his thrilling battles with Jonathan Rea and Alvaro Bautista perfectly rounded off a fantastic weekend for him. A big thank you goes to the team and all the staff back home who worked hard even during the summer break and prepared for this perfect weekend. Now we are looking forward to Aragón. We had a good test there and are ready for the race weekend.”

Christian Gonschor, Technical Director BMW Motorrad Motorsport: “It was a wonderful weekend. From day one it was perfect teamwork, and the overall team performance is what made this weekend so successful. Everyone involved has worked hard over the past weeks to put both riders in a position to maximise the potential of our BMW M 1000 RR. And that we’ve made another step in this direction was confirmed by Mickey at Magny-Cours. From the first practice, he was very happy with the bike and delivered a fantastic performance. The crash in Saturday’s race was unfortunate, but his race pace was strong. He proved that today with an excellent showing in both the sprint and the second main race. We are very happy and also proud of what we have achieved with hard teamwork. That Toprak has once again taken the triple – even I am at a loss for words by now. All in all, we are ready for the last quarter of the season. That our deficit in the manufacturers’ standings is now down to just three points is tremendous. We’ll keep giving everything, at the track and in Munich, and we know we can rely on our consistently strong engines from Berlin. We’re excited for the final push!”

Toprak Razgatlioglu, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: “I am very happy. This is my favourite track and we did a really good job in every race. This weekend was very important for me because last year, I was not riding here but this year we did an incredible job. Thanks to my team because this was teamwork. We improved the bike and got faster with every session. I just focused on winning the races, and we got another hat-trick. I hope that we can also win the manufacturers’ title. This is teamwork – okay, I am riding strongly but also everyone is working so hard to prepare the bike. I’m happy working with these BMW guys because everyone is fantastic, everyone is working really hard and everyone is giving the best. And this is very important. I’m really feeling like in a family with this team. Now I am focused on Aragón, that will be another important weekend. I want to win there, too.”

Michael van der Mark, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team: “When we started on Friday, I had quite a good feeling with the bike immediately and was enjoying it. This also was the case in Superpole, where I did a good lap. It could have been even better, but I was in the top ten and starting from there makes life a lot easier. In yesterday’s race one, I had a great start, a great pace and a very good rhythm but I made a mistake and crashed. I picked the bike up and then I was just too over excited and unfortunately crashed again. That left the team with a lot of damage and it was a bit embarrassing because we could have been in the top five on Saturday as well. But today was a new day, the team did a fantastic job to get a complete new bike build that was running without any problems. I really enjoyed the Superpole race, had some good battles and finished fifth so secured P5 on the grid for race two. That was fantastic but we knew it was going to be a long race so I tried to have a good start and to manage the tyres a bit. I wasn’t feeling fantastic with the bike and had to find a good way to ride around the problems but I could manage my pace, keep a gap behind me and be consistent. At the end I was getting faster and faster and caught the guys in front of me. I had a nice few battles with Johnny and also Alvaro. I really enjoyed the race. It was not easy but to finish P5 on Sunday is fantastic after all the difficult weekends. And seeing Toprak take the triple here and also me being back in some good points is wonderful result for this weekend and we have a very happy team right now.”

Facts and figures.

Superpole.

Air temperature: 18°, track temperature: 25°, humidity: 68%, conditions: dry.

* New all-time lap record

Race 1.

Air temperature: 22°, track temperature: 33°, humidity: 54%, conditions: dry, laps: 21.

Fastest race lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, lap 5, 1:35.642 (new record)

Superpole Race.

Air temperature: 23°, track temperature: 29°, humidity: 59%, conditions: dry, laps: 10.

Fastest race lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, lap 3, 1:35.500 (new record)

Race 2.

Air temperature: 29°, track temperature: 38°, humidity: 44%, conditions: dry, laps: 21.

Fastest race lap: Toprak Razgatlioglu, lap 4, 1:36.102

Current riders’ classification (R09/12, after 27 of 36 races).

Current manufacturers’ classification (R09/12, after 27 of 36 races).

Posted on September 7, 2025 by Michael Le Pard