Difficult race for Anthony West and Roman Ramos QMMF Racing - TopicsExpress



          

Difficult race for Anthony West and Roman Ramos QMMF Racing Team riders Anthony West and Roman Ramos ended a difficult Czech Grand Prix in 22nd and 27th position. West, who had also struggled in qualifying, didn’t manage to recover due to a mix of different problems, with his engine as well as with a lack of tyre grip. Ramos, who was full of confidence after dramatic improvements on the second day of practice, was also surprised by a lack of rear tyre grip in the race and wasn’t able to match his strong pace in qualifying and the warm-up session. Anthony West – 22nd place “At the beginning of the race, I felt quite strong behind the group that I was in. I could always catch them, but it soon turned out that there was no way for me to get in front. I had a bunch of problems, like a lack of grip and a lot of chattering, but my main issue was speed. The engine is really slow and all weekend I had a problem with the gearbox, which was jumping out of third to neutral. In practice, I didn’t have a really good chance to compare my engine with the others, but in the race I realized that it was just as slow as during the last Grand Prix in Indianapolis.” Roman Ramos – 27th place “The race didn’t turn out the way we hoped and expected. On day one, we had trouble with the set-up and we were way back in the field, but we managed to fix things on Saturday and we had a good bike that allowed us to put better lap times in. We left the bike the way it was for today and in the warm-up I was fast again and I was able to stay with a bunch of other riders. We had a good rhythm and high hopes for the race. But as soon as the race started, I realized that the rear tyre had no grip at all. I had lots of problem under braking and when opening the throttle on the corner exits. I was about a second per lap slower than in the warm-up and it wasn’t a good race. At least, yesterday’s practice and this morning’s warm-up were good, which gives me hope for the future!”
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:40:56 +0000

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