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FEATURE I RIDING RAZGATLIOGLU'S BMW M 1000 RR
style was enhanced on the 2024
M 1000 RR and was paired with
that bike's ability to hold a more
consistent line on corner exits.
After winning the champion-
ship, all concessions granted to
BMW
were taken away, the team
reverting back to the full produc-
tion M 1000 RR chassis as per
the spirit of
WorldSBK, but very
late in their testing season, as
they expected to run the 2024
chassis this year.
"The super-concession chas
-
sis was based and developed
on
our stiffness [numbers] we
got over the last two, three, four
years from the riders," says BMW
tough rider he's ever had on his
books, following his 2021 gold
with Yamaha.
But it wasn't quite as it
seemed. Razgatlioglu and ROKiT
BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team
stablemate Michael van der Mark
had access to the "super conces
-
sions" M 1000 RR chassis, which
was essentially a prototype
unit
with varying stiffness character-
istics compared to a full-produc-
tion M 1000 RR chassis.
At
this level, everything
counts, and Razgatlioglu could
use the super-concessions
chassis to devastating effect.
His trademark ultra-late braking
The preceding 16 years saw
BMW place a host of talented
riders on the RR's seat in the
hopes of title glory, including
Marco Melandri, Chaz Davies,
Tom Sykes and Eugene Laverty.
However, Toprak's arrival at the
end of 2023, one that coincided
with a complete overhaul of
BMW's factory racing depart
-
ment under the stewardship of
legendary
team owner Shaun
Muir, saw the final piece of a
nearly two-decade-old puzzle
finally click into place. The
result? A dominant WorldSBK
title win, the second for the man
Muir says is the most mentally
The 2025 M 1000 RR is much closer to the production machine than it
was in 2024, when it essentially had a prototype chassis.
