West is the only premier-class contender to have raced at the newly-reversed circuit – with spectacular success; the Australian winning the World Supersport race earlier this year (pictured), just prior to his move to Kawasaki and
MotoGP in June.
"I'm looking forward to racing at Misano. I won a World Supersport round there earlier this year, so I know the track and its new lay out and, obviously, I've got good memories of the place," confirmed Ant. "At our testing sessions at Brno, I got to spend some time trying out qualifying tyres, which was great as they're new to me and it's been difficult to use them to their full advantage at the races we've done so far. And, as the season progresses, I'm getting to know the ZX-RR more, which should mean we can go to Misano and improve our set up for the race as, all the time, I'm finding out what works on the bike and what doesn't. It'll be good to see what we can achieve at San Marino."
West is now tipped to retain his ZX-RR ride for next season following team-mate
Randy de Puniet's move to Honda.
