Bahattin Sofuoğlu (born 19 August 2003) is a Turkish professional motorcycle racer, being the third generation member of the Sofuoğlu family in this sport. He competes in the Superbike World Championship for Yamaha Thailand Racing Team.

Personal life Sofuoğlu was born on 19 August 2003, and was named after his paternal cousin Bahattin Sofuoğlu (1978–2002), who died following a crash during a motorcycle race training.

Career Sofuoğlu debuted internationally in the Supersport 300 World Championship racing for the Italian Team Trasimeno on a Yamaha YZF-R3 at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal. He started from the 34th grid among 40 racers in the seventh round of the championship on 14-16 September 2018, and placed 17th.

Racing for Biblion Motoxracing on a Yamaha YZF-R3, Sofuoğlu finished the 2020 Supersport 300 World Championship on third place with 143 points after ranking fourth in the second race of the last round at the Circuito do Estoril in Portugal.

Sofuoğlu won the Super pole in the second round of 2021 Supersport 300 World Championship at Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Italy.

For the 2022 season, Sofuoğlu graduated to the World Supersport Championship to ride for the MV Agusta Reparto Corse team, also winning the WorldSSP Challenge the same year.

Career statistics Asia Talent Cup

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2016 Honda THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 MAL1 MAL2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 SEP1 SEP2 16th 28

Supersport 300 World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Pts Yamaha SPA NED ITA GBR CZE ITA POR FRA NC 0 Kawasaki SPA NED ITA SPA SPA ITA GBR POR FRA QAT NC 0 Yamaha SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA POR POR 3rd 143 Yamaha SPA SPA ITA ITA NED NED CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR 6th 131

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts MV Agusta SPA SPA NED NED POR POR ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA AUS AUS 14th 72 MV Agusta AUS AUS INA INA NED NED SPASPA ITA ITA GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG 6th 168 MV Agusta AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA 12th 103 Yamaha POR POR SPA SPA

Superbike World Championship

By season Season Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 36 0 0 0 0 26 21st Yamaha YZF-R1 Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team 24 0 0 0 0 4* 23rd* Total 60 0 0 0 0 30

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 Yamaha AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR HUN HUN HUN FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 21st 26 Yamaha AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED HUN HUN HUN CZE CZE CZE SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 23rd* 4* Season still in progress.

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