Razgatlioglu's First MotoGP Season Is Over: Shoulder Surgery Rules Him Out Until 2027

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s first MotoGP season is over. Prima Pramac Yamaha announced on Tuesday that examinations in Milan have confirmed his dislocated shoulder needs surgery, scheduled for Monday, October 26, and that he will miss the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island and every remaining round of 2026. The ruling lands two weeks after he was passed fit to race at Mandalika, and the gap between those two verdicts is the story.

How did a rider passed fit in Indonesia end his season two weeks later?

By following the sequence in order. Razgatlioglu highsided at Turn 13 in free practice at the Indonesian Grand Prix and dislocated his shoulder, per The Race. The MotoGP medical team passed him fit to continue the weekend. He qualified 19th, finished Saturday’s sprint in the same position, and started Sunday’s race before retiring after eight laps. His explanation afterwards, recorded by The Race, was precise about the problem: the pain was manageable, but once the shoulder had come out it had no power left, and the weakness showed most under braking, where a MotoGP rider loads the joint hardest. He planned an MRI at home and hoped rest would be enough. It was not. He travelled to Milan on Monday, October 19, and the further assessments there confirmed the damage requires an operation to give him the best chance of a full recovery, per the team announcement carried by MotoGP.com.

What exactly did the team announce on Tuesday?

That the season is finished and the seat is filled. Surgery is set for Monday, October 26 in Milan, rehabilitation follows, and the ruling covers Phillip Island and the remaining rounds of the championship. Team director Gino Borsoi said the team knows how much Razgatlioglu wanted to race at Phillip Island and continue his journey with the YZR-M1, that his health must come first, and that the team will support him through recovery. No return date was given, and none should be read into the statement: Pramac has set a surgery date, not a comeback date. Crash.net puts the absence at the remaining five rounds.

Who takes the Pramac seat for the rest of the season?

Augusto Fernandez, Yamaha’s test rider. Borsoi’s welcome in the announcement makes the practical point: as the test rider, Fernandez knows the bike well, and he will ride at Phillip Island and until Razgatlioglu is ready to come back. The Race adds a second strand to the assignment, reporting that Fernandez is also likely to face double duty preparing the finishing touches to Yamaha’s new 2027 850cc machine, the bike Razgatlioglu is due to return on alongside new signings. How the premier class and its machinery compare with the other top formula is set out in MotoGP and how it compares with Formula 1.

What does Razgatlioglu lose with the rest of this season?

The learning time his first year was built around. He arrived in MotoGP with three World Superbike titles, won with Yamaha in 2021 and with BMW in 2024 and 2025, and a style built on late braking that depends on exactly the strength this injury removes. Reuters puts him 21st in the championship. The remaining rounds were the part of the year set aside for adapting to the YZR-M1 without a title fight attached, and that work now has to be rebuilt from winter testing. His own statement dwells on Phillip Island: he calls it one of his favourite circuits, a place where he has experienced special moments in his Superbike career, and notes this year’s race is the final MotoGP event at the track. The record books he is chasing in the premier class sit in most MotoGP wins and most MotoGP championships, and both stay untouched until 2027.

Was racing at Mandalika the wrong call?

Nothing in the sources says so, and this page does not invent a dispute the team has not raised. The record is plain about the order of events: he was examined, passed fit, raced twice, reported a loss of power rather than a loss of control, and the fuller damage only showed on the later examinations in Milan. The Race notes the rehabilitation ahead resembles the process Marc Marquez went through in 2018 and 2019, which is a measure of how seriously a stabilised shoulder is treated once surgery is chosen. What the announcement changes is the shape of Pramac’s winter: its named rider spends it in rehabilitation, its test rider spends it racing, and the rest of the motorsport calendar, including Kimi Antonelli’s title arithmetic in Austin, continues without the season’s most watched newcomer.