A night shot of Losail International Circuit. The same venue will host the opening round of the 2013 MotoGP World Championships on April 7. The bike family starts to arrive in Doha today.
DOHA: The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) is pinning hopes on experienced Australian rider Anthony West and his junior partner from Indonesia Rafid Topan Sucipto to better last season’s performances in this year’s Moto2 World Championship which begins later this week.
At the fag end of the 2012 season, QMMf Racing Team rider West powered his way to podium twice, finishing second at Sepang Circuit and Phillip Island in spectacular fashion.
It was the first time that a QMMF Racing Team rider had reached the podium in a team that is only two seasons old.
“Everybody in the MotoGP family knows that we are investing in our plans, in our teams. We are planning carefully,” Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, QMMF President, said yesterday.
“We were looking to compete hard with other teams,” he said.
“We hope we can produce good results this year also.
“We hope better results are recorded. We know it is not easy but we have given our riders very good exposure,” Al Attiyah pointed out.
“We have done well in pre-season testing. (In 2013), we won’t accept anything lower than last year,” he added.
THE PENINSULA
