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I'm with ya Rod. He's been bleating for years about a lack of support (with merit) and then when he's thrown a lifeline he ups and walks out for a better offer. Gonna have to put up or shut up Ant.

That's good news for Westie. Supersonic got some decent results with Maxime Berger on private Ducati in WSB last year so I'm confident they're a good outfit and with factory BMW's at their disposal...

It appears West will have to keep looking as the scuttlebutt is that Haga has nipped in first on the Yamaha ride. I'm just happy he seems to have a few options available after such a late withdrawal...

Cheers dude. I just found that page before after I saw his old official page was, well, old and an unofficial one had no news. Glad it had a link to his website too after his old one hasn't worked...

Stoked that Ant has a ride for next year (hopefully a paying one) but would've liked to see him remain with the improving MZ team for possible Moto2 podiums next year. Oh well.

Ex-Rainey crew chief, Warren Willing, has been announced as Ants new crew chief moving forward. In such a bleak year for him, this can only be good news. Nice to see Warren still going around too,...

It was a super ride for Ant last nite and after his best qualifying this year (?) hopefully he is on the up and up. Also in good MZ news, how good was his teammate coming 10th after starting 39th! I...

MZ have a further update for West next round at Estoril.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/engle/7/17.jpg

In fairness to MZ, it sounds like their hand has been forced by Neukirchner and the money he brings to the table. The difference between MZ and the rest of the paddock is that MZ wish to be a...

The good news at MZ - they are getting FTR frames to replace their own in house ones. The bad new for Ant is that they are only for Max, West has to persist with the MZ ones. Apparently once (if) the...

Glad to hear it's all more positive on the inside coz the first testing times aren't all that encouraging. Early days.

No good. Particularly difficult in the current financial climate, I can understand why teams value riders who can bring extra resources to their tight budgets. Makes it difficult for riders without...

You will not. :p

On One. He was interviewed by Steve Parrish.

Forgot to mention how jealous I am of Pantah Jack's trip to Sepang. :devil: Hope it's a ripper (and dry). :up:

Ant said on an interview on the MotoGP coverage today that the new bike (ie. frame) should be a lot lighter, that the current bike handles quite well but is just too heavy and it costs them a lot on...

Well at some stage there's going to have to be a believable story or the dude's gonna be stuck on the sidelines again. He's just going to have to take whatever he can get.

Thanks for that Jack. I see it's on MCN too : http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/No-subsection/2010/January/jan2210-plater-and-west-head-new-world-endurance-squad/?&R=EPI-121680
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Oh, forgot to mention, Ant has been listed with MZ on the Moto2 reserves list. Hope they are prepared coz I reckon there's a good chance of opportunity for them to step up.

Garry McCoy, James Ellison, John Hopkins only just got a ride in his national series (equivalent of West getting a 'dreaded' ride in ASBK), Alex Hoffman seems resigned to finishing as a test rider,...

Arts degree! :rotflmao:

Sadly it looks like Ant is in the growing list of good riders without a ride this year. Tough time to be a professional motorcycle racer in these tough times of dwindling...

Arts degree! :rotflmao:

Sadly it looks like Ant is in the growing list of good riders without a ride this year. Tough time to be a professional motorcycle racer in these tough times of dwindling...

I'm really hoping for Ant that the MZ team is finally the well funded, competitive team he's been searching for his whole career. Moto2 is such a mystery at the moment. Can't wait til testing starts...

Not even the likes of Rossi, Doohan or Stoner can overcome an underdeveloped, unreliable bike that pitches them down the road at full noise down the straight. And they'd have every right to complain...

Fairly true that. Westy has battled his whole career as a leading privateer on rubbish machinery and even his 'big breaks' with factory teams turned out to be duds whereas Casey always had...

Chuffed.