Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) is now a three-time World Champion in the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship. The Turkish star, a trailblazer throughout his time in the WorldSBK paddock, continued to make history until his departure for MotoGP in 2026 as he made it back-to-back titles with BMW by clinching the 2025 crown despite huge pressure from Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati).

THE TURKISH STAR’S JOURNEY: From STK600 to WorldSBK Champion

Razgatlioglu ‘grew up’ inside the WorldSBK paddock, rising through the STK600 and STK1000 ranks before making his WorldSBK debut in 2018. Podiums came in his rookie season before his first wins in 2019, immediately showcasing his potential on Kawasaki machinery. A switch to Yamaha in 2020 paved the way for his first title in 2021, before a shock move to BMW for 2024 gave the triple Champion the platform to add two more titles to his collection, ensuring he headed to MotoGP as a three-time Champion; one of only four riders to reach at least three Championships.

JOINING AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB: The riders with three or more titles

Razgatlioglu’s third title put him in a club with just three other riders who have claimed three (or more) Championships. Carl Fogarty became the first to achieve this with his third crown in 1998, before adding a fourth in 1999. Troy Bayliss won the Championship in 2001, 2006 and 2008 as he became the second rider to have three titles to his name. However, it was the emergence of Jonathan Rea (Pata Maxus Yamaha) where the landscape changed. It looked like Fogarty’s four titles wouldn’t be matched but the Ulsterman won six in a row between 2015 and 2020 to surpass ‘Foggy’.

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPION: Two-in-a-row for the #1

Three titles in total is an achievement for Razgatlioglu but so is becoming a back-to-back Champion. Only five other riders have managed this. Fred Merkel was the first ever WorldSBK Champion as the American won it in 1988 and 1989, before Doug Polen followed him up in 1991 and 1992. Then, it was the turn of ‘King Carl’. Fogarty won back-to-back titles twice, in 1994 and 1995, and then again in 1998 and 1999. After ‘Foggy’, it wouldn’t be until Rea retained his title initially in 2016 that there was another back-to-back Champion, with the Northern Irishman going on to win an unprecedented six in a row. Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) became the fifth rider to achieve this in 2022 and 2023 with Ducati, before Razgatlioglu added his name into the history books with titles in 2024 and 2025.

RECORDS BROKEN ALONG THE WAY: Razgatlioglu re-writes the history books

It’s perhaps no surprise Razgatlioglu has broken so many records in his career, given the immense potential on display from an early age, but also with what Rea said back in 2020: “I feel like he’ll be the next one.” Razgatlioglu has 78 wins in his career, the second-most of any rider ever, 173 podiums (also the second-highest on record), 24 poles (fifth-most) and 66 fastest laps (second-most). During his career, he claimed the most wins by a Yamaha rider (37), and the most wins for a BMW rider (39). In 2024, he set the record for most consecutive wins – 13 – which he matched in 2025, before he was beaten in the Tissot Superpole Race at Aragon. He also became the first rider to have 10 or more wins at three venues (Most, Donington and Magny-Cours), while also becoming the second rider to win at one circuit with three manufacturers; he’d won previously at Magny-Cours with Kawasaki and Yamaha, adding BMW to the list in 2025, joining Troy Corser (Phillip Island; Ducati, Aprilia, Suzuki).

RAZGATLIOGLU'S CAREER IN NUMBERS

Races: 258
Wins: 78
Podiums: 173
Poles: 24
Fastest laps: 66
Laps raced: 4,240 (18,780km)
Races led: 126
Laps led: 1,218 (5,213km)
Points: 3,482
Titles: 3

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