JAKARTA Two WorldSBK Champions, Toprak Razgatlioglu, will certainly become MotoGP riders in 2026.

The Turkish racer has officially signed a contract with Yamaha. He will later compete in the Prima Pramac Yamaha uniform.

"Yamaha is happy to announce that Toprak Razgatlioglu will return to Yamaha. The reigning WorldSBK champion and WorldSBK 2021 champion with Yamaha will move to MotoGP in 2026 by joining the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team," wrote Yamaha.

This announcement came after the Aragon 2025 MotoGP and ahead of the next WorldSBK round at Misano.

On the same day, his rival in the race for the 2025 title, Nicolo Bulega, signed an agreement to become a tester for the MotoGP Ducati in 2026.

Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, Paolo Pavesio, also happily welcomes Toprak into their team in the upcoming MotoGP season.

"We are very pleased to welcome Toprak back to his Yamaha family. Toprak, the most successful Yamaha rider of all time in Superbike, has proven to have extraordinary talent," he said.

Toprak Razgatlioglu grabbed the 2021 WorldSBK title with Yamaha. Previously, he had tested the YZR-M1 season 2023. First, in the private Aragon test which was hit by bad weather.

Then the second was when the Turkish racer took a lot of laps at Jerez. However, the much-anticipated transition to MotoGP for one of the true motorcycle racing superstars has never happened until now.


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