Ant West out of motogp

[fortytwo]

Quote:"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 retune back to australia to find a normal job. Sorry to my fans."

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2012/01/...to_a_.html

I noticed he mentioned something about BSB on his FB page...so it doesn't seem he's given up the hope of racing altogether...more so venting some hot air.

His replacement in the Speed Master team is Mattia "Italians got moneyz yo" Pasini.

[jlyall]

Oh bummer

[claymation]

so frikken sad.

[Reikon]

yeah it's shit
shark leathers have started trying to raise cash for him in hope of getting him a bike for next season

[sir.b]

"all teams are asking for money from the riders"

So Stoner has to pay Honda to race? What the?

Justin.

[Chrissybenn]

all crt teams i spose..

even then, im pretty sure stoner would have bought a few big personal sponsors to honda..

[dame]

that's fucked!

[chef_boy]

West has always been outside of the top riders, same as Chris vermulen. west makes it worse by whinging after each race. I think coming back to australia will be good for him. maybe he can race in ASBK?

[Reaper]

Im sure he would easily find a ride in asbk

[Cerberus]

(29/01/2012 06:44)sir.b Wrote:  "all teams are asking for money from the riders"

So Stoner has to pay Honda to race? What the?

Justin.

no he isnt. the factory riders however would be the few that are priviliged enough to enjoy a pay check for their services.

all satelite teams would look for riders that bring money to the teams. personal sponsorship is more important then ever.

its unfortunate for westy and it shows that a lot of riders are doing it tough to even be there!