Toprak vented his frustration: Frustration over a poor Q1 and annoyance with Pol Espargaro

Pramac Yamaha rider Toprak Razgatlioglu continues to battle at the back of the field. The MotoGP rookie on pointless manoeuvres at the start of the race and the few positive aspects of the sprint at the Red Bull Ring.

Thomas Kuttruf

MotoGP

19.09.2026 - 22:22

This article is an automatically generated English version. The Original Article was published in German.

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Pramac Yamaha rookie Toprak Razgatlioglu was the only MotoGP rider who failed to break the 1:30 mark at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday. He is over 2.1 seconds off the pole set by Aprilia rider and sprint winner Jorge Martin in Austria. On a circuit notorious for its braking zones, ‘Stoprak’ was therefore forced to start the races from the very back of the grid.

In the 14-lap sprint, the three-time Superbike World Champion did at least manage to fight his way up to 17th place – though not far enough to put a smile on Razgatlioglu’s face. “The feeling in the race was better than in qualifying, at least. The pace isn’t too bad, even though my tyre went off again at the end and I couldn’t do any more in the final.”

A duel that came to a virtual standstill

However, the Yamaha rider saw the real problem elsewhere: “The start was frustrating. I got into a completely unnecessary tussle with Pol Espargaro. We were making completely unnecessary manoeuvres at that point. It went back and forth several times – at one point, he rode into Turn 2 in such a way that we were both almost at a standstill. That meant we lost contact with the group ahead of us early on. He disrupted my rhythm – nobody needs that sort of manoeuvre.”

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The lap data confirms the rookie’s account: from laps 2 to 7, the Vinales stand-in and Razgatlioglu rode together – but then it was Espargaro who pulled away and ultimately secured World Championship points. During the Austrian Grand Prix, fellow rookie Diogo Moreira also crossed his path. The Brazilian had set off too hastily and, after the second long lap, the Honda rider was locked in a battle with Razgatlioglu.

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