QMMF Racing Team Scores 2nd Place at Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix

Sepang, Malaysia, October 21 (QNA) - Rain king Anthony West showed his unbelievable skills on the wet Sepang circuit when he stormed to second place at the Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix, awarding his QMMF Racing Team with its best ever Grand Prix result. Anthony West started from 19th position on the grid and hunted down no less than ten other riders on the opening lap to break into the top ten. He continued with the same incredible place and moved up to sixth after lap two and fourth after lap three. An exciting battle with Italian Alex de Angelis, Briton Gino Rea and local hero Hafizh Syahrin unfolded that made the crowd cheer whenever the front group of four passed the grandstands. Two laps from the end West left Rea and Syahrin behind to take the second spot on the podium behind race winner de Angelis. Elena Rosell, who ran to the podium to celebrate West's success with the entire team, had every reason to be proud as well. Starting from 31st place on the grid, the lady racer from Valencia not only reached her goal of fighting with a group of other riders, but got stronger and stronger as the race went on. In 26th position after 12 laps, she gained six more places in the last three laps to finish in 20th position, her personal best in GP racing, when the race was red-flagged because of heavy rain. "Finally we found what we were looking for during the whole season", said QMMF Racing team manager Rashid al Sulaiti. "Today, he showed his special skills and his unbelievable feeling in the rain. But we are also making big improvements with the set-up of our new Speed Up bike in dry conditions. We struggled a lot in the first part of the season, but now, in the second part, we hope that we can continue on our way up and that we ll be ready for next year. I want to thank QMMF, the team and our riders. Anthony West was simply fantastic today!" (QNA)