“I'm hungry like never before to sit on a motorcycle again. I want to run and have fun again. As soon as I get my license back, on March 15, 2021, I will return to the track and try to get back into the Superbike or Supersport world championship. » No sooner said than done and, after two and a half years of suspension, Anthony West returned to the handlebars of racing motorcycles, mainly in Australia on a Yamaha R1.
This southern leg-up on an Iwata machine allowed the ex-MotoGP rider to be recruited by the Slovak team Maco Racing for the Bol d'Or and the 2021 FIM EWC Final in Most. He joins the French Gregory Leblanc, who has five victories at the 24 Heures Motos and four victories at the Bol d'Or, and the German Marc Moser, one of the leaders of the German IDM Superbike championship, riding the Yamaha Maco Racing
The one who has distinguished himself many times in the rain already has good experience in Endurance since his victory in Superstock at the 8H of Doha in 2012 with the Qatar Endurance Racing Team.
Anthony West : " The 24 hour races are particularly difficult, and I said I would never do another one after winning the Superstock at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. I thought that in 2015 but since then I must have forgotten how hard it was because I am back this time in SBK with the Maco Racing Team and their Dunlop-shod Yamaha. »
To Andrea Iannone, the suspension was unfortunately more severe, too severe, much too severe! It is therefore only in 2023 that the MotoGP bad boy will be able to recover his license and participate in competitions.
In the meantime, the Vasto rider who has already worked for Ducati, Suzuki and Aprilia has just worked his legs off in Misano, riding an RS-V4 decorated in his colors. Obviously, the Maniac still knows how to fly! Why not a small test program while waiting for the fateful date?
