In his statement, President Uçar stated that the national athlete is an exemplary athlete for Turkish youth with his achievements and said, “We are in the middle of the season, we have completed the 6 stages of the 12-stage World Superbike Championship. The start of the season for Toprak was not as we wanted. He had a huge underperformance, but he recovered very quickly.” said.
Expressing that Toprak’s team is solid because it works with such a great master as TMF National Teams Captain Kenan Sofuoğlu, Uçar said, “We, as the federation, provide all the support we can. There has never been a race where Toprak has not seen a podium in 6 races this season. World We seem to be in the third place in the ranking. With one of their rivals, Bautista, they have 38 points, and with Rea, there are 7 points, these differences can be easily closed in one or two stages.” he said.
Emphasizing that the national athlete has the strength and experience to close the difference in points in the general classification, Uçar continued:
“Our hope is that Toprak will continue to increase this performance in the remaining 6 races. As of August, the World Superbike Championship will be interrupted for a short time due to the weather. Stages will continue in September in France. France and all European tracks are the tracks where Kenan Sofuoğlu races. So, the races that the Earth knows by heart, every bend, every chican, every stage and paddock will have started for Toprak. I hope that in the French race, we will see the podiums again and our National Anthem will be sung and our chests will continue to fill our chests. Our athletes are very lucky 5 times. They train every morning with Kenan Sofuoğlu’s brothers, a national hero who has won a world championship. They interact with him and their self-confidence is always at the top because they train with him.”
– “He needs to say and make them say that I put an embargo on the championship”
Emphasizing that the world championship of the national motorcyclist should continue, Uçar said, “The land won a championship last year, but it has to register this championship, that is, it needs to make all the world motor sports authorities say and say ‘I put an embargo on this championship’. “If he wins it several times in a row, three, four, and fifth championships will come. Just like his brother Kenan, we will be waiting for these successes. Later, a difference can be made on the career map.” expressed an opinion.
Noting that technical support in motor sports is as important as piloting, Uçar said, “Even if one or more of the MotoGP teams made an offer to Toprak after his second championship, it will be up to TMF National Teams Captain Kenan Sofuoğlu to evaluate this offer.” said.
Uçar stated that the team he competed with and the technical team are as important as the pilot and continued his words as follows:
“For example, while he could have easily reached the first place in 4 of 6 races this season, he was left behind due to some mechanical problems. Therefore, when one of the MotoGP teams brought such an offer to Toprak, our thoughts are entirely about where that team is in the world class. Because our child is number one in the world class. “He is a candidate to be the first for the next 10 years, as long as God wills, for the next 10 years. Likewise, so are our other athletes. If Toprak is seen as the world champion in the next 10 years, the team we will choose should always be a team that will always invest in its team and Toprak in the future.”
– “It always suits Turkish athletes to do what no one else has done”
Uçar stated that one of Toprak’s most important rivals, Great Britain’s Jonathan Rea’s record of being champion for 6 consecutive times, is something that cannot be exceeded, and continued as follows:
“As the Turkish nation, we are a nation that knows no bounds in terms of success, and this is the mission and vision that our President has given to us, to the youth. This is the vision given by our Ministry of Youth and Sports. Therefore, the championship that Rea has made 6 times in a row is a very significant one for us. “Why don’t we do 7 with Toprak so that he saw it with his master Kenan brother, whom he works with. We will be waiting for him to perform that no one else in the world can achieve. It always suits Turkish athletes to do what no one else has done. Toprak is currently surpassing the unbreakable records of many tracks and smashing himself into those tracks.” registered as a record holder”
Noting that Turkey will also mark the future with its athletes who are trained in motorcycle sports, Uçar concluded his statement as follows:
“We are a promising federation in terms of its performance in world championships. While the Union of World Federations celebrates its 110th anniversary, we, as a federation established in 2003, have great potential. Yes, ours is a sport that requires high economic conditions. “We will be able to train Can Öncü, Bahattin Sofuoğlu and Deniz Öncü. In the last race we held in Çatalca, 50 child athletes competed against each other. I hope that we will see all of them proudly represent the Turkish youth in Europe and in world championships in the next 10 years.”
Source: AA