Razgatlıoğlu and Yamaha Dominate in Mandalika, as Locatelli Achieves Superpole Podium

“For me it was an unbelievable weekend. I have three wins, this is a really good event for me and I’m very happy! Thanks to Yamaha and my team, my bike was good in every session and I could manage the races in the way I want. Congratulations to Bautista – very good season, we are fighting every race and we have great respect also off the track. Okay, we lose the championship, but I try my best and get three wins this weekend, we could not do more than this today! I love this circuit, now maybe it is one of my favourites and I am already looking forward to come back next year. We keep fighting next weekend in Phillip Island, it is where I won my first race with Yamaha so I have good memories of this track also.”

“I’m really happy about today, because in the end after yesterday we understand everything a lot better. We prepared very well and I was feeling confident this morning to push hard in the Superpole Race. It was an important result, we were fighting a lot at the front and to get third position for the Race 2 grid. I never thought that it was possible to get a podium here, but I arrived ready and had a lot of confidence with the bike from immediately on the first day. After a lot of months without the podium, I enjoy a lot! We had a good start in Race 2 also, but I made one very small mistake and fell a bit behind the top three guys. Fourth is still positive and I now take a lot of motivation for the final round at Phillip Island next week. I really like the track and I want to end the season in a good way.”

“What a fantastic weekend for the whole team! Toprak just keeps surprising us at how far he can raise his level and despite a bout of either food poisoning or dehydration that was making him feel pretty “second hand” today, he was absolutely dominant. As positive as Toprak’s results were, seeing Loka back up his superb Saturday with his first Superpole Race podium of the year and a really strong fourth position in Race 2, meant that collectively we’ve had Yamaha’s best ever total points haul in a single weekend alongside the utter domination of pole position, three wins and Pirelli Fastest Lap Award in every single race. Sadly, this performance was not enough to keep Alvaro from wrapping up the championship – he and his team have done a fabulous job this year and you cannot take anything away from their title victory. Many congratulations are due and we look forward to the challenge of fighting them for the title again next season.”