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Toprak in MotoGP in 2023?
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amaha had made no se-
cret of its desire to place
World Superbike star Toprak
Razgatioglu in its MotoGP
ranks for next season, only for
the Turkish rider to opt to stay
put. But should he overcome
Jonathan Rea in this year's
title, Lin Jarvis, managing di-
rector of Yamaha Motor Rac-
ing, doesn't foresee a reason
why he couldn't move across
to the premier class for 2023.
"Toprak and his manage-
ment [Kenan Sofuoglu] were
in Austria," said Jarvis at
Silverstone. "We had a really
friendly chat about his fu-
ture. But they are pretty fixed
on staying in the Superbike
Championship. They're comfort-
able there. He wants to win one or
two championships in Superbike
before he moves. So, he can't re-
ally win the championship this year
and switch out and go to MotoGP,
because they're championship fin-
ishes too late. He will stay definitely
'22 in Superbike. But if he becomes
champion this year and does very,
very well next year, then why not? In
2023 maybe we'll see him here."
Neil Morrison
Yamaha wants Toprak
in MotoGP, but the man
himself wants at least
one WorldSBK title in his
pocket before he goes.
Waverly face the greatest chal-
lenges of their lives and seek to
find the formula for the recovery
of their community, our communi-
ty of motocross and off-road rac-
ers has the opportunity to repay
the kindness and support that the
Waverly community has shown to
us for nearly half a century.
"MX Sports, organizer of the
AMA Amateur National Motocross
Championship at the Ranch, has
placed a Call to Action to our
sport, our athletes and the motor-
cycle industry as a whole, to join in
a charitable fundraising program to
support the community of Waverly.
It is their goal to develop a mean-
ingful outreach plan to provide fi-
nancial and operational assistance
to the community of Waverly and
its citizens and to those who have
suffered life-changing losses as a
result of this tragedy.
"This program, Racers 4 Wa-
verly, will benefit members of the
Waverly community as a whole,
including local residents who
have been actively engaged with
the event. The program will be
collectively coordinated through
our sport's official charity, the
Road 2 Recovery Foundation."
Click on the Racers 4 Waverly
link to donate and for more infor-
mation.
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