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

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To remember Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa who died tragically at Misano a year ago, Speed Master’s Andrea Iannone took out this page in Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport’s on Wednesday September 7th, to dedicate his third place podium at the Italian circuit, to the much missed Japanese rider.

A special Shoya’s Day will be held by his Technomag-CIP team on September 13th at Alès, France and if you’re interested in paying tribute to the late rider just click here for more info.

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After losing his ride with the now defunct Jack& Jones by Antonio Banderas team (that ditsy Paris Hilton has officially beaten Banderas as a celebrity sponsor after Vinales won his first 125cc GP race) and not wanting to commit to Superbikes with Team Pedercini, Hungarian rider Gabor Talmacsi more or less dropped off the racing radar.

However it seems that “Talma”could be plotting a return to GP racing (if he finds the money or sponsor backing) when he was invited to test Andrea Iannone’s (his team mate in Speed Up last season) Suter at Brno, where Moto2 teams Speed ​​Master and Ioda Racing were carrying out a private two day test last week.

Apparently Talmacsi gave some very useful feedback to the team on the bike’s development, while thanking Iannone and his father for the opportunity to ride again.

Source | talma.hu via bikeracing.it

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