Razgatlioglu prepares for first 2025 test as BMW arrive at MotorLand Aragon
10/28/2024 10:41 AM
ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team and Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team will take part in a two-day test at MotorLand Aragon.
A week after a two-day test at Jerez two more teams will continue their testing at MotorLand Aragon.
Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team will continue its test programme this week at Aragon. However, the ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team will join them, having missed day two of the Jerez Test.
Toprak Razgatlioglu and Michael van der Mark will be on track for the first time since the 2024 season finale. At the Jerez Test BMW Test Riders, Sylvain Guintoli and Markus Reiterberger completed the first day of testing.
Speaking at Jerez on the Aragon plan, ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team Team Principal, Shaun Muir said: "At Jerez, we had the new 2025 engine upgrade and we basically just wanted to put kilometres on those engines to do a full preparation for Aragon.
"At Aragon, we'll roll out the newer items. I hope they'll come back full of energy with a bit of time to recover from the fantastic weekend we've just had. The bikes are, by and large, complete after today with the engine upgrades in them.
"We've got some new material, new aerodynamics to try on the bike and it'll be the engineers working with the application guys and starting to get the new engine dialled in, all the characteristics that Michael and Toprak are looking for with the engine brake feel."
Razgatlioglu and van der Mark will be joined on track by Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani. The British and Italian rider have already had their first taste of the KB998. Both riders will continue their testing programme at their second preseason test.
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