Top ten for West at wet Sachsenring

Kawasaki rider Anthony West crossed the line in tenth place aboard his Ninja ZX-RR in Germany after crashing and remounting in the rain-soaked 30-lap race.

Anthony West – tenth

`I´m disappointed because it was possible for me to finish much higher than tenth today. I got a good start and made up lots of places in the opening laps, eventually closing onto the back of Chris Vermeulen and Alex De Angelis, who were battling for fifth place. I was pushing hard to stay with them when I lost the front under braking for the final turn. It was a stupid mistake to make, but luckily the bike wasn´t too badly damaged and I was able to rejoin the race quite quickly. From then it was just a case of getting my head down and trying to retake as many places as possible. It was quite hard, because my injured back was really sore and I couldn´t push on the left foot peg, as most of it was snapped off in the crash. This is only my second top ten finish of the season but that´s no consolation when I know, but for a stupid mistake, I could have finished much higher today.´