| | | | MotoGP : Kawasaki confirms Anthony West for 2008 |  Written: 30/08/2007 : 16:35. Read 759 times (3/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | Kawasaki has just confirmed that Anthony West will be the team mate of John Hopkins next season in MotoGP.
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Former 250cc and Supersport rider, Anthony West was called after the retirement of Olivier Jacque from racing during the Catalunya GP earlier this summer.
Quickly in the pace, West was in competition with Randy De Puniet to be the second rider for 2008.
But Randy decided to take another way, so from then rumors restarted. We heared about a return of Nakano but finaly, Anthony West will keep his place in the Kawasaki team next season.
Anthony West :
"I feel great about how things have worked out. As you can imagine, it's a huge weight off my shoulders. This is definitely something I've been stressing about: whether I can stay in MotoGP and, if so, for which team. But this really is the best opportunity for me, to stay with Kawasaki, as I'm really happy here. It's such a good team and a great bike with all the support from the factory. Now, I've got one thing less to worry about so I can just concentrate on riding. It will be cool to be in a team with John Hopkins, too, as I know him pretty well and we get along together. He's riding really well at the moment, so hopefully I can push him next year! This is such a massive difference to where I was earlier this year in 250s. I didn't even think I was going to be racing again and now I'm in one of the best teams in the paddock and staying another year, so it's a big turn around. I'm just so glad I kept trying and stuck at it. With the chances that Kawasaki are giving me, it's really paid off, and I am looking forward to repaying their faith in me with some good results aboard the Ninja ZX-RR, both this year and next."
Article : Aurélien Filippi
ITW : Kawasaki ...
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