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West looking forward to first race at Laguna Seca

Anthony West, having come from the 250cc world championship, is a newcomer to Laguna Seca and is relishing the opportunity to learn the track and see what the Ninja is capable of around its 3.61km, or 2.243 mile, length.

After making excellent progress since joining the Kawasaki MotoGP team in June, the 26-year-old Australian hopes to add to his tally of 20 championship points, accumulated since the British Grand Prix at Donington Park. "This is my first time in America, and I'm excited to be here, but obviously that also means it's my first time at this track so it could be hard to learn it and still go fast," said West. "Still, I'm looking forward to the race: it's something different for me and should be exciting.

"I'm a little bit more confident coming here after last weekend's result at the Sachsenring but it's still going to be difficult. I just need to learn as much of the circuit as I can before I get on the bike, although I normally learn tracks pretty quickly. When I rode in some Supersport races earlier this year, I hadn't ridden any of those three tracks before but I still did OK, so hopefully I can do the same here. I don't know if I can still improve my final position in the race this weekend, I'd need to get higher than eighth, but it's different at Laguna as you don't get the usual people up at the front, so it could be possible."

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