Turkish rider Razgatlioglu on pole position for Superbike World Championship's Sunday races

By Emre Asikci

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu will start from the pole position in the 2021 Superbike World Championship in Indonesia.

"Today, we didn’t have a good start, because in FP3 we had a shifting problem and I could only set two lap times. For the qualifying, the bike is fixed and I could set some fast laps, also the track record," Razgatlioglu said, according to Yamaha Racing team's official website.

"Tomorrow we don’t know what the weather conditions will be, but we will see and I will try to fight for win in last two races. I’m still just looking at the races and not focusing on the championship side," he added.

Razgatlioglu came first with a time of 1:32.877 in the Superpole race that was held at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit.

Jonathan Rea, the British racer of the Kawasaki team finished in second place, posting a lap time of one minute 33.201 seconds. He was followed by his countryman Scott Redding, who races for Aruba.it Racing – Ducati in one minute 33.256 seconds.

There are two rounds on Sunday in Indonesia. Race 1 will start at 11 a.m. local time (0300GMT), while Race 2 will be held at 3 p.m. (0700GMT) at the Pertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit.