Ant West in MotoGP 2012!!

fezzick · Post by **fezzick** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:42 am

Not good news, really. Anthony has again signed with a second-rate team. That's the reason why he should have taken a sabbatical this year, recharged his batteries and then went looking for a ride (in a team that could actually win) later this year, so he was well set for 2013. Anthony's career has been one of going from one second-string team to another, you can't make it to the top like that.

philbo · Post by **philbo** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:38 am

is britain its always wet there

Six Addict · Post by **Six Addict** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:28 am

fezzick wrote:Not good news, really. Anthony has again signed with a second-rate team. That's the reason why he should have taken a sabbatical this year, recharged his batteries and then went looking for a ride (in a team that could actually win) later this year, so he was well set for 2013. Anthony's career has been one of going from one second-string team to another, you can't make it to the top like that.

I would think the only thing worse than racing in a shit team is not racing at all... You got to hang around and stay in people's minds...

dickfaber · Post by **dickfaber** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:36 am

hang on, i think i found a championship westy hasnt been kicked out of yet or run out of money from (it may look familiar to some here). i wonder if team managers this prestigious comp have been fielding phone calls from Britain ?

fezzick · Post by **fezzick** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:56 pm

Six Addict wrote:
fezzick wrote:Not good news, really. Anthony has again signed with a second-rate team. That's the reason why he should have taken a sabbatical this year, recharged his batteries and then went looking for a ride (in a team that could actually win) later this year, so he was well set for 2013. Anthony's career has been one of going from one second-string team to another, you can't make it to the top like that.
I would think the only thing worse than racing in a shit team is not racing at all... You got to hang around and stay in people's minds...

I'm sorry, but I disagree. Nothing degrades the confidence of the rider and depletes his reputation in the eyes of others than racing for 15th place on a bike that is always going to be 10 seconds off the pace. I stand by my original statement that Ant should have taken a year off.

Naked Twin · Post by **Naked Twin** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:06 pm

Hasn't held back those CRT riders who came some between first and who gives a toss in the the who cares championship

Strika · Post by **Strika** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:16 am

Terry O'Neill popped this up about Westy. Read carefully though, as it only says one round....................

"For those that may be interested below is a link to the FX FaceBook page where there is a press release from Aluma-Lite announcing that Anthony West will race the Derek Williams Aluma-Lites BMW S1000RR in the FX-Superbike class at the first round of the YMF Loan Yamaha Australian FX-Superbike Championship at Eastern Creek Raceway on the 17-18th March.

Long time Aluma-Lites campaigner Johnny Allen will also make a come back in the Pro-Twins class on a Ducati 1198.

http://www.formula-xtreme.com.au/xtr...D!OpenDocument

cheers,
Terry
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Australian Road & Track Rider Promotions Pty Ltd"

born green · Post by **born green** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:40 pm

wrong year

born green · Post by **born green** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:40 pm

born green wrote:Just read that he has signed to ride a bmw in BSB for 2012 for the supersonic squad

Blurr · Post by **Blurr** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:50 pm

Would be interested to see how he goes.

If t rains then he is a shoe in

born green · Post by **born green** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:54 pm

Blurr wrote:Would be interested to see how he goes.

If t rains then he is a shoe in

Well the Beemer should be quick enough u would think?? guess it depends on how good the team is to, they ran dukes for the last couple of sessions, time will tell, but i reckon he should go ok there.

Blurr · Post by **Blurr** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:13 pm

Yeah but first time on a bike is always a touch and go area. I would think they would use it more as set up time then point acquiring for the series.

Post by **Wattie** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:18 pm

Scott Charlton went ok on the alumalite BMW at winton last year. And that is not a track suited to the BMW.

Blurr · Post by **Blurr** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:33 pm

Yep and he went did a bang up job at the last AFX round at EC also.

That Beamer smoked the Yamaha boys down the straight.

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