Ant West

[tha_jackal]

Surprise, surprise that im the one to re-create this thread

Just a quick update from Ants personal website..

UPDATE 5th of December 2006:

"Aprilia is holding a bike for Anthony, but there must be some things sorted out with the possible team he could ride with in 2007 and also the contract with some italian sponsors is not signed yet. So Ant followers out there keep the fingers crossed for your man and be excited what will come up next on this website... I will let you know asap - the webmaster!"

And the 5th of December was my bday, what a coincidance

Peace..

[axxexs]

Would be good if West could get a semi fabrics aprilia. Hope he can get the money!

[NinjaMaster]

Do ya reckon his head is getting sore by now after banging against a brick wall for so long? Time for him to move on to greener pastures like WSS I reckon.

[patnicholls]

Kinda tough to see where he'd land in 250s even at present, my list looks like this so far:

250cc 2007 outline

Fortuna Aprilia - Lorenzo
Humangest Honda - Dovizioso & Takahashi
Aspar Aprilia - de Angelis & Bautista
Toth Aprilia - Barbera
Gilera - Locatelli
Repsol Honda - Shuhei Aoyama & Julian Simon
KTM - Hiroshi Aoyama & Kallio
BQR Aprilia - Aleix Espargaro & Pablo Nieto
Elit Aprilia - Luthi
Campetella Aprilia - Lai & Poggiali
Kiefer Aprilia - Heidolf & Baldolini
LCR Honda - Eugene Laverty
Stop & Go Honda - Perren
Cardion AB Aprilia/WTR Blauer - Karel Abraham & ??

Equip de France Aprilia (2)
Matteoni Aprilia (2)
Molenaar Honda (1)
Angaia Aprilia (1)
Winona Honda?? - Dan Linfoot?
Anyone else

Looking for work - Marco Simoncelli (unless I've missed something), Jakub Smrz, Anthony West, Martin Cardenas, Arturo Tizon, Taro Sekiguchi, Andrea Ballerini, Franco Battaini, David de Gea, Jordi Carchano, Jules Cluzel, Luca Morelli, Alessio Palumbo, etc

[axxexs]

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Looking for work - Marco Simoncelli (unless I've missed something)
...

I think Marco is staying with Metis Gilera. Locatelli is going to be the official Gilera rider with the new version of the bike and Marco would have a bike that is in same spec as an aprilia RSV250 LE (semifabrics).

I cant Italian, but here is something i guess is saying something like Locatelli and Simoncelli is going to defend the colours of the red rings next year?

http://www.motocorse.com/news/motomo...eam_Gilera.php

[tha_jackal]

Another small, if insignifigant update:-

Extract from motogp.com:-

"Heidolf is joined by Alex Baldolini in 2007, on a kit Aprilia. 2006 Teammate Anthony West's future is still up in the air, although it is believed that he has an exciting 250cc ride lined up."

That sort of gives the impression that Ant's ride, should it come off, will be better than a standard kit bike. Now we just have to figure out what team he'll be riding with. Maybe a new one?? Anyway, at least we Ant fans have some hope..

[borut66]

Another update to the list 250cc (2007) line-up:
Jakub Smrz is confirmed with Angaia Aprilia (from MotoGP.com).

[axxexs]

Manuel Poggiali is not going to race next year.

http://www.manuelpoggiali.it

[tha_jackal]

Manuel Poggiali is not going to race next year.

I read that on a german news site also.. Tis a shame considering his proven ability.. God knows where its gone Anyway, maybe that means Ant's deal involves Campetella.. They are Italian and they run aprilias. Maybe getting involved with them isnt the smartest move though, after what they did to Chaz Davies this year.. Anyway, I know Ants deal is pretty well signed and settled, just has to be announced. Better machinery = guarantee

Peace..

[Subaru WRX]

for a Moto GP hardcore fan, is the 250cc more important than the World Superbike ??