Anthony West (motorcyclist)

Anthony West
West in 2005
NationalityAustralian
Born (1981-07-17) 17 July 1981 (age 43)
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Current teamEAB antwest Racing
&
Webike IKAZUCHI Racing
Bike number13
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2007–2008, 2015
ManufacturersKawasaki, Honda
Championships0
2015 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
32 0 0 0 0 109
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010–2016
ManufacturersMZ-RE Honda, Moriwaki, Speed Up, Suter
Championships0
2016 championship position27th (6 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
99 1 1 0 0 193
500cc World Championship
Active years2001
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
2001 championship position18th (27 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
14 0 0 0 0 27
250cc World Championship
Active years1999–2000, 2003–2007
ManufacturersHonda, Aprilia, KTM
Championships0
2007 championship position19th (25 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
92 1 5 0 1 578
125cc World Championship
Active years1998
ManufacturersHonda
Championships0
1998 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
1 0 0 0 0 0
Superbike World Championship
Active years2016–2017
ManufacturersKawasaki
Championships0
2017 championship position27th (13 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
16 0 0 0 0 77
Supersport World Championship
Active years2004, 2007, 2009, 2016–2018
ManufacturersHonda, Yamaha, Kawasaki
Championships0
2018 championship position10th (51 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
33 2 9 0 2 330

Anthony Keith West,[1] (born 17 July 1981 in Maryborough, Queensland), is an Australian motorcycle road racer. He most recently raced in the 2019 Brazilian Superbike Championship for the Kawasaki Racing Team.[2] West was suspended from participating at any FIM sanctioned events for 24 months due to testing positive for banned substances from 8 July 2018 to 14 September 2020.[3] In 2018 he competed in the Supersport World Championship, aboard a Kawasaki ZX-6R and in the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship, aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6.

During 2017 he has raced in the Supersport World Championship (600 cc) and the Asia Road Race SS600 Championship initially aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6 followed by a Kawasaki ZX-6R, and also selected events in the Superbike World Championship on a Kawasaki ZX-10R as a stand-in rider for Puccetti Kawasaki.

West has won two races in Grands Prix, the 2003 Dutch TT in the 250 cc class, and the 2014 Dutch TT in the Moto2 class. He is known as "The Rain Man" because of his ability to ride well in the extreme wet, which he attributes to a dirt track racing background.[4] He currently[when?] races in the Australian Superbike Championship.

  1. ^ "ARRC Sentul Supersport 600 class Race Result". Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ "The Strange Case of Anthony West: "I can only run in Brazil". sbk-italia.it. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. ^ "ASADA Sanction". Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ "A Quick Chat with Rainmeister Ant West". Bike Sport News. 9 July 2007. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2007.