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Anthony West passed over for Noriyuki Haga for Swan Yamaha ride?
Can anyone be as unlucky as Anthony West? The Australian rider lost his Speed Master MotoGP ride to Mattia Pasini when he couldn’t come up with the funding and now it looks like he’s lost another ride, but this time in British Superbikes to Noriyuki Haga.
Apparently West was on the verge of finding a ride in British Superbikes and it seemed he was to replace the recently injured Ian Hutchinson in Swan Yamaha, but rumors from the British press now have it that World Superbike drop out Haga-san could be taking up that vacancy.
Could this be why Haga, who is still updating his personal website has just recently changed the photo from his last ride on an Aprilia RSV4 to his old Yamaha R7?
Anthony West has a change of heart and no longer thinking of retiring
It looks like Anthony West has changed his mind regarding retiring from motorcycle racing. The Australian was dropped by Speed Master’s CRT team after he couldn’t come up the sponsorship money to fund his MotoGP ride late last month - they’ve already replaced him with Mattia Pasini - and bitterly added that he would be likely ” not race any more and will return to australia to find a normal job. Sorry to my fans.”
This sad comment has probably touched a couple team owner’s hearts because West is now claiming that he has received offers to continue riding and is currently thinking them over:
“To keep people up to date, I have had some offers to ride BSB, AMA, IDM and endurance racing. Of course I want to be in GP but all rides are taken and same in WSBK. I’m just looking for the best way to go, and a team that can win. And I will start now to try to raise the money to come back into GP or WSBK for 2013.”
If you were in West’s shoes would you choose the highly popular BSB that helped rejuvenate John Hopkins or the AMA and try to be become the next Mat Mladin?
Source | bikesportnews.com
Mattia Pasini takes Anthony West's place in Speed Master's MotoGP team
After Anthony West’s announcement that he would no longer be riding for Speed Master’s CRT team as he couldn’t find a sponsorship to fund his MotoGP ride, Speed Master officially announced that Mattia Pasini would be taking his place.
Apparently Pasini who just recently announced that he too was having the same problems in finding a sponsor and a ride (he was tipped to be riding for Moto2 team Stop and Go) has found the necessary funding, and being friends with Andrea Iannone, whose father Regalino owns the team and also being buddies with Valentino Rossi and his BFF, Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci who also works in Speed Master, probably also helped pave the way.
Pasini’s racing career has had its ups and downs, but Ducati’s Filippo Preziosi described him as a ‘natural talent’ after letting him test back in 2009, the Desmosedici for three days at the Mugello.
Press Release after the jump:
Continue reading: Mattia Pasini takes Anthony West's place in Speed Master's MotoGP team
Anthony West loses Speed Master MotoGP ride due to lack of sponsors
Even taking an ad out in a newspaper hasn’t helped Anthony West find the sponsors he needed to ride for CRT team Speed Master.
The popular Australian rider has announced via his Facebook page that his search turned up zilch and that he even tried put up his house, car and bike as collateral but it wasn’t enough, so he’ll no longer be able to ride this season also bitterly adding that his racing career (he’s only 30) is now likely over.
“I (ANTHONY WEST) will not race in moto gp this year or any other race because I can not find sponsorship to pay the SPEED MASTER team, Because all teams are asking for money from the riders only the rich can race in motogp / moto2 / moto3, I can not even afford to ride a year for free, As i have YET to be payed from my former team MZ Germany Moto2 team. I had my car mx bike and my house for sale trying to keep the ride and even gave the house as a guarantee if I did not find the money but was not enough. I will most likely not race any more and will [return] to australia to find a normal job. Sorry to my fans.”
Except for veterans Colin Edwards and Randy de Puniet, the CRT riders entry list is looking more like an auction sale to the highest bidder; you’ve got the money, you get the ride. Period. Experience, podiums, wins and making a name for yourself based on merits alone no longer counts … and they have the gall to continue calling it the premier racing class with the best racers in the world.
Anthony West looking for sponsors
Claiming rule teams will be the future in MotoGP and Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Espeleta has stated that he will only help teams that use CRTs, but finding sponsors who will fund teams and riders in this current economic climate is a full-time job and sometimes the usual channels don’t work.
Parkalgar Honda and Bogdanka PTR World Supersport team publically admitted via web they’ll hire an aspiring rider if he brings € 350,000 with him and this is the current situation for many riders everywhere.
Newly signed MotoGP Speed Master CRT rider Anthony West is also in this situation, and to try to support himself has taken out this ad to find sponsors, any sponsor and when a rider is desparate to find sponsors by taking out in the wanted ads, you know that he’s sadly in that black hole of a low-pay or no-pay ride.
When West was riding for Kawasaki back in 2008 he found himself in debt for $955,000 with his own father who personally helped support West’s racing career over the years.
Source | anthony west@facebook.com via gpone.com
Anthony West to ride for Speed Master CRT MotoGP team
After spending two not so proficuous years in Moto2 (23rd in 2010 and 22nd 2012) with MZ Racing, Anthony West will return to MotoGP with a CRT team.
According to his Facebook page the Australian rider will be riding for Speed Master, who will making the big jump to MotoGP.
The all Italian team is run by Andrea Iannone’s father Regalino, and Silvio Vercilli with the collaboration of Alessio Salucci aka “Uccio.” Speed Master has yet to announce which CRT powerplant and chassis they’ll be using, but it is believed it will be a FTR chassis with a Honda or an Aprilia engine, both of which have yet to be seen officially on track.
Andrea Iannone will probably remain in Moto2 another season, while West carries out all the testing work and races on the Speed Master CRT machine, until the younger Iannone is ready to make the switch to the Moto1 series.
Source | motomatters.com
Moto2: Kino Racing out, MZ Racing in
The inaugural Moto2 season hasn’t even started yet and we’ve already had the first pull out due to financial reasons. The Spanish Kino Racing team who was to compete in the new series on the BQR chassis with 21 year old Argentinean rider Fabricio Perren, have been forced to withdraw after their sponsors backed out.
With the Kino Racing pull out, MZ Racing run by Martin Wimmer and former 250cc rider Ralf Waldmann have been called up from the reserve list and have confirmed that they will compete in the 2010 season with Anthony West as their sole rider.
The German team has already taken part in the private tests at Catalunya and in the recent official tests at Valencia and Jerez.
Moto2 Valencia Test
While WSBK was testing in Valencia, six Moto2 teams were also on track, however their test times are more difficult to interpret as all the teams had different kitted and tuned Honda engines.
Anthony West posted the fastest times on both days of testing, but even if the bike was branded MZ, West was riding the same Honda SS that he used during 2009 season because MZ bought the bike directly from Stiggy Racing.
Italtrans’ Robert Rolfo was second fastest also on both days, taking advantage of the fact he has already used the Suter bike, but with a Yamaha engine in the Spanish CEV.
Julian Simon rode the Spanish BQR with a best time this morning of 1’37”8, while this afternoon he tried the Pons Kalex with lap time of 1’38”2 which will probably give Aspar Martinez, who is still hoping of getting Aprilia to give him their abandoned chassis, a better idea of what chassis he could eventually use.
Gianluca Vizziello to Stiggy Honda
Team Stiggy Honda has signed Italian rider Gianluca Vizziello to ride alongside Anthony West to complete their Supersport Championship line-up for 2009. The 28-year-old Italian has a long racing history in the Supersport class and has ridden several seasons in the Superstock 1000cc class, winning several race in 2004, and has also raced in WSBK in 2005.
“I must say that I feel like the happiest person in the world right now!” said Gianluca. “Straight after signing the contract with Stiggy the other day, I didn’t really show my enthusiasm but now, when everything has sunk in, I have been celebrating for three days!”
“The WSS championship is tough and highly competitive, but for next year I know that I will have one of the best and fastest bikes in the championship. I will work and fight hard to finish on the podium in every race. My goal for next year is to try to finish in the top five,” he declared.
MotoGP Valencia: review Kawasaki Team
It was a tough time at Valencia for Anthony West and John Hopkins, the two Kawasaki riders. John started at 14th position on the grid and rode spectaculary around into eighth position, but had trouble with cornering issues, ending the race at 14th. West took a great start taking four positions into the first round but suffered rear traction issues in the race and finished 17th.
Anthony West said about his race: “What a frustrating end to a frustrating season. I wanted to finish my last race with Kawasaki as close to the top ten as I could, but a questionable tyre choice put paid to that today. This season didn’t turn out as I was expecting, and while I’m sure people are pointing the finger at me for this, I leave here knowing that I did my best and that I couldn’t do any more. I’d like to thank Kawasaki for giving me this chance in the premier class; it hasn’t been the easiest time, but the experience will definitely stand me in good stead as I move onto pastures new in 2009.”
Some final words from Kawasaki Competition Manager Michael Bartholemy: “Today’s race was a tough ending to a tough season for the Kawasaki Racing Team. The final result for this season is certainly not one I was expecting. I was confident that with the undoubted calibre of our riders, combined with the professionalism of everyone involved in Kawasaki’s MotoGP project, we would be regularly finishing in the top ten, or even top five. Unfortunately it didn’t work out as we were expecting and this is something we hope the all-new for 2009 bike will address. I’d like to thank Anthony for all his hard work this year and, together with everyone in the team, wish him the best of luck for next season.”
Source | kawasaki
Last race for Anthony West in MotoGP
The 27 year-old Anthony West replaced the injured Olivier Jacque in the Kawasaki team halfway through the 2007 season. The Valencia race on Sunday will be his last appearance for Kawasaki and Anthony hopes to finish with one last good result.
West hasn’t achieved the results he was expecting in MotoGP, and next year will ride somewhere else, but with the aspiration to return to MotoGP one day. About the Valencia race he says: “We’ve been missing something all year, and that means we’ve been less competitive than we were expecting. Realistically it will be difficult to run at the front in Valencia, but a top ten finish should be achievable. I’m only one point behind Marco Melandri in the championship standings, and I hope I can pull in enough points in the last race to beat the rider who’ll replace me at Kawasaki next season.”
Anthony West, was born in Maryborough. The Australian rider started racing at an early in dirt-track. He moved to road racing and won the Australian 250 production title in 1998, was 3rd in the 125 Championship and qualified for the Australian Grand Prix. West continued and went to the Shell Advance Honda Team in 2000, finishing at 6th overall. Today Anthony is riding in the Kawasaki factory team and is at 18th position with 50 points.
Source | motogpupdate and motogp
Anthony West Talks Kawasaki
In an article in Motorsprint’s weekly magazine, Anthony West who will be leaving Motogp for theSupersport series riding a Honda for Team Stiggy, had a few words about his 2008 season and team.
I hope Melandri doesn’t come to Kawasaki too charged up, because he’ll soon realize that if Kawasaki doesn’t change radically he’ll find himself at the bottom of the standings, again. The situation in Kawasaki is embarrassing as mine has been throughout the year. I thank Kawasaki for having given me the chance to race in MotoGP, but they’ve got do something otherwise they’ll never come out of it.
According to West, next year’s single tire rule will worsen the situation in Kawasaki:
With our bike we’ve never been able to use the tyres used by Rossi and Stoner, I tried them at Brno, and I would have liked to use them at Misano, but we weren’t able anymore. We use a front that no one else uses. Maybe Suzuki is in as bad a shape as we are …
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