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Will Toprak Razgatlıoğlu join these winning riders in MotoGP and WorldSBK?
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Toprak Razgatlıoğlu will debut in MotoGP from 2026, at Pramac Yamaha, with the hope of finding as much success there as in the Superbike World Championship. A category he currently dominates. In the past, 19 riders have achieved success in the two major categories of motorcycle sport, Superbike and MotoGP. The opportunity to discuss some charts.
Among them, some names still resonate, like Max Biaggi. The Italian, the figurehead of this exclusive circle, has won 21 victories in WorldSBK and 13 in 500cc/MotoGP. He is also the only one to have won both categories on his debut. Alongside him is Troy Bayliss. The Australian dominated Superbike with 52 wins before shining in MotoGP, with a memorable victory in Valencia in 2006, during his wild card.
While Mick Doohan is best known for the five 1990cc championships he won in the mid-500s, his early career was marked by fleeting success in Superbike. In addition to his 54 500cc victories, he also distinguished himself three times in Superbike, starting in 1988.
19 double winners, but no champion yet
Other riders like Marco Melandri and Cal Crutchlow have also made their mark on both stages with multiple triumphs in both championships. The latter has also achieved the same number of victories in both categories, with a score of 3.
Other notable achievements include Ben Spies (14 Superbike wins and 1 MotoGP victory), Carlos Checa, a two-time GP winner, with 24 WorldSBK victories. John Kocinski, Nicky Hayden, Makoto Tamada, Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Iannone are also on the list.
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu joins MotoGP with the goal of adding his name to this exclusive list. A two-time Superbike World Champion and a familiar face for the Japanese brand, the Turk will be aiming to become the 20th rider to reach this milestone, wearing the Pramac Racing colors. However, none of his predecessors have managed to win the title in the sport's two premier classes. A feat the future Yamaha rider can still aspire to.
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CLEME30190
13/12/2025 at 11:45 a.m.
I think journalists and YouTube "pseudo-experts" are making a bit too much of this guy; they're practically handing him the world championship title. He's going to start MotoGP at 29 without having gone through Moto2 at the very least, and especially since he's starting on what is surely the worst MotoGP bike currently available, namely Yamaha, which only one rider (Fabio Quartararo) has more or less managed to "improve" this year, and the V4 seems at least as bad as the current one. And they're allowed all sorts of concessions again this year, with Yamaha actually focusing on the new 850cc regulations for 2027.