WSS: West Takes Fourth Place At Magny Cours
West puts in a blistering performance in French WSS round
Anthony West made a successful attempt to put some previous disappointing race results behind him by putting in a blistering performance today onboard his Stiggy Racing Honda CBR600RR taking a hard fought fourth place finish.
Anthony got off to a really good start and put in a hard first couple of laps. Starting from a 16th place on the grid he was up in 10th already on lap three. West quickly found his rhythm and race pace making the same lap times as the front runners. After finally getting past riders who had held him up, Anthony started to push further a couple of laps later he caught up with the group in front of him.
Battling for fifth and fourth places West finally took the lead of the four rider group, but just two laps after he fell back down again to a seventh. With only two laps to go the race got stopped due to a crash and as a result, (counting the lap previous to the red flag as final position) Anthony finished today’s race in a well deserved fourth place and moved him self up in the championship by holding a current fifth place.
Anthony West – 4th:
“I was a lot better today and I think it was really just down to my feeling and the nature of this track. The set-up of the bike is still not quite what I want to have but for this track there are a lot of places to pass. I got to the group in front of me off the start pretty easy, but once I got to them it was hard to get away. But I ended up leading them on the final lap, and I moved up in the championship.”
I’m very happy with Anthony’s race result, he proved that he is still a force in this Championship. It has been a hard time for him lately and to come back this strong at a track he didn’t know just two days ago is just great. With his fourth place finish today he moved himself up in the championship to a fifth so I’m very pleased with that too.”
WSS RACE RESULTS:
1 Lascorz J.
2 Crutchlow C.
3 Sofuoglu K.
4 West Anthony, Stiggy Racing Honda
WSS Championship standings after round 13:
1. C. Crutchlow 230pts
2. E. Laverty 211pts
3. K. Sofuoglu 169pts
4. J. Lascorz 163pts
5. Anthony West, Stiggy Racing Honda 117pts