Toprak Razgatlioglu promoted to MotoGP: Yamaha's announcement

Toprak Razgatlioglu will race in MotoGP starting in 2026 with the Prima Pramac Yamaha team. This was announced through an official note by the Japanese manufacturer itself, with which the Turkish rider had become world champion in Superbike in 2021.

“Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Toprak Razgatlıoğlu, the current World Superbike champion and 2021 WorldSBK champion with Yamaha, will return to wear the Yamaha colors in the 2026 season – it reads -, debuting in MotoGP with the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team”.

“After an extraordinary run in the FIM Superbike World Championship (2018-2025), during which he won two world titles and established himself as the second winningest rider ever with 63 victories to his credit, Razgatlıoğlu is ready to take on a new challenge in the premier class of motorcycling”.

“Razgatlıoğlu’s move to MotoGP and his joining the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team, a team officially supported by Yamaha in partnership with Pramac, is a strategic choice that will allow him to showcase his unique talent at the highest level of motorcycle racing”.

“Further details on the 2026 line-up of the Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP team will be announced soon” closes the Yamaha statement.