by Mark
Anthony West
Australian rider Anthony ‘Ant’ West has issued a statement on his Facebook page saying he is being forced to retire from racing due to all teams asking for money from riders to race.
West doesn’t hold back going on to say he still hasn’t been paid from MZ Germany, the team he rode for in Moto2, and has had his MX bike and house for sale to try and raise funds.
West had been due to ride for the Speed Master MotoGP team in 2012 on a CRT machine.
This will be a blow for Dorna as the changes to the 2012 season were designed to make racing cheaper and expand the grid.
Anthony West (from Facebook)
“I (ANTHONY WEST) will not race in motogp 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.”
