QMMF Moto2 Racing Team’s Julian Simon celebrates his points finish in the Dutch TT yesterday.

Agencies/Assen, The Netherlands

QMMF Racing Team rider Julian Simon scored a solid result and valuable points at the Dutch TT. The Spaniard started well from 12th place on the grid, swapped positions with Simone Corsi several times and then settled in 11th position behind the Italian in the seventh lap of the race.
Teammate Anthony West was unable to score points courtesy a crash on the 12th lap of the race.
“We were not bad in the race, and I want to thank my team once again for their good work in the preparation of the bike,” said Simon, who is now looking forward to the next race on the German Sachsenring, a track he likes and where he is determined to fight for an even better result.
“Altogether, it was not an easy weekend. We lost a lot of time in qualifying yesterday due to our problem with the brake and we didn’t get the grid position we had hoped for. But I started well in the race, I managed to overtake some riders and later on to defend myself, so we scored some valuable world championship points.”
West had a good first part of the race, in which he stormed from 22nd place on the grid to 14th in only eight laps. But on lap 12, the Australian fell victim to a collision right in front of him. A fender that flew off off one of the other bikes landed in his path and caused West to crash.
“I had a really good feeling with the bike. As far as race pace goes, we were quite strong and I passed riders in almost every lap. I felt stronger than the two riders in front of me and I could have beaten them easily, so 12th place would have been possible,” said West.
“But one of them made a small mistake in the chicane and when the other one tried to pass him going in to turn one, they collided. As they hit each other, the front fender of one of their bikes flew off and went directly under my front wheel and I crashed straight away. It was really bad luck and I am disappointed because I lost points. Nevertheless, I want to thank my team for the good job they’ve done. They worked hard to improve our settings and thanks to them, I had the feeling with the bike I needed. Without this incident, we would have scored a good result after a bad weekend.”