Loris Baz, who’s now having fun with his second stint in MotoAmerica with Ducati, was left with no seat on the finish of final season when BMW signed Toprak Razgatlioglu.
The 2021 WorldSBK champion joined the manufacturing facility BMW workforce which resulted within the German producer shifting Scott Redding throughout to the Bonovo Motion BMW workforce rather than Baz.
And it’s BMW’s most up-to-date successful Razgatlioglu who the ex-MotoGP rider has in comparison with the likes of Marc Marquez and Casey Stoner.
“For me, Toprak is a type of bike geniuses like Marquez or Stoner,” Baz instructed Paddock-GP.
“These guys have one thing further, you possibly can see it. I’ve all the time stated that I might have preferred to see Toprak in MotoGP, as a result of he’s somebody who has a talent, a sense with the entrance wheel and braking, that I’ve not often seen.
“So after I heard that he was coming, I instantly knew that he would do effectively.”
Baz shouldn’t be the one particular person to have stated glittering issues about Razgatlioglu in the previous couple of weeks following his sensational double race win in Catalunya final month.
Baz, who wished to stay in WorldSBK particularly given the minimal rider/bike weight restrict rule that was imposed, admitted Razgatlioglu is making it work, thus validating the choice to implement such a rule change.
“In the midst of final season some essential adjustments had been made that we had been asking for for a while and which had been then applied,” added Baz.
“That is why I wished to remain there, as a result of I felt there was a brand new impetus.
“I feel it is working, Toprak has confirmed it. I stated I did not consider within the title in my first 12 months, however possibly I modified my thoughts, as a result of he’s distinctive.
“I’ve not often seen one thing much like what he did in Barcelona.”
Talking about his personal profession, Baz was eager to level out that he doesn’t remorse leaving WorldSBK regardless of wanting to remain.
Baz said: “I do not remorse something, as a result of after I commit I do it totally and I knew it might be difficult.
“It was a possibility and it is a disgrace that it ended like this after 2022, however I nonetheless have a very good relationship with the Bonovo workforce and it is all up to now now. I look to the long run.”
