The "future" of world class motorcycle racing

[cowasockee]

It's kinda been this way on the world scene for a while, where a rider has to bring his own money to ride at least on non factory teams, but it's going to get worse. Sad really. It's keeping the true young talent out of the game.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Jan/120127x.htm

Ah, Moto2, wasn't this supposed to be the class that would get rid of all those works Aprilia 250 tariffs and allow the fast to get on the good stuff and get on with racing? Guess not, according to Anthony 'Ant' West who posted this on his page this morning, regarding his 2012 MotoGP effort. Are a grid of pay ride CRTs next?

I (ANTHONY WEST) will not race in moto gp this year or any other race because I can not find sponsorship to pay the SPEED MASTER team,
Because all teams are asking for money from the riders only the rich can race in motogp / moto2 / moto3,
I can not even afford to ride a year for free,
As i have YET to be payed from my former team MZ Germany Moto2 team.
I had my car mx bike and my house for sale trying to keep the ride and even gave the house as a guarantee if I did not find the money but was not enough.
I will most likely not race any more and will retune back to australia to find a normal job.
Sorry to my fans.

[97nismo]

Wow

[TwisteD]

This is crazy but I can see this happening....

[ericf1]

Too bad. I liked ant.

[Good2me]

Too bad for him. Did not realize that a racer had to contribute money to keep a team going, unless he was the owner. With all the BS in the european economy, the future is rocky for sure.

[kleavage]

That's fuckng ridiculous.

[.Cheetah.]

Damn I wanted to see him on one of those Hondas too........ Kids got skillz. Someone will jump on him for sure.