Motorcycle racing

Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlıoğlu won the top stop in the 2021 Superbike World Championship title in Indonesia on Nov. 21.

Razgatlıoğlu started the race in the pole position. The leading role changed hands during the fierce race but he eventually finished second and grabbed the world title ahead of the final race of the season.

Turkey's Toprak Razgatlıoğlu won the Portugal round of the 2021 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship on Oct. 2.

Razgatlıoğlu, who races for Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK, edged out Ducati's Scott Redding by 0.691 seconds to claim victory at the Portimao Circuit in Algarve.

Team GoEleven's Loris Baz came in third, finishing 10.628 seconds behind Razgatlıoğlu.

Turkish motorcycle racer Toprak Razgatlıoğlu won Race 1 of the 2021 World Superbike Championship at the French Round on Sept. 4.

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Turkish motorcyclist Toprak Razgatlıoğlu won the opening race of World Superbike's UK round on July 3.

In Turkey's first motor speedway championship for women organized between May 29 and 30 in the western province of İzmir, 20 female motorcycle racers competed on the tracks.

The country's first professional female motorcycle racer, İlayda Yağmur Yılmaz, bagged the winning trophy in the race where many participants were competing for the first time in their lives.

A special course is compulsory for bikes up to 125cc

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu on Sept. 28 became the first-ever Turkish winner of the World Superbike Championship after stunning series leader Jonathan Rea by overtaking him in the final lap. 

The invitation is a consolation of sorts for the reigning European champions missing the recent FIFA World Cup in China, at which they could have a chance to qualify for Tokyo as one of the top two European teams.

This honour went to Spain and France as the top two finishing European teams at the World Cup, while another six slots for the Olympics are also already occupied.

Turkish former professional motorcycle champion Kenan Sofuoğlu raced with unusual opponents in Istanbul on Sept. 20, beating all of them, including an F-16 fighter jet. Click through for the story in photos...

French star Johann Zarco will have huge home support at Le Mans on May 20 as he attempts to claim a first MotoGP win and dent Marc Marquez's quest for a fifth title.