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Pedercini Kawasaki’s Anthony West was in contention for a podium place during Sunday’s rain-soaked second Superbike World Championship race before crashing out.

After finishing 13th in the dry opening race, experienced Queenslander West stormed his way through the pack in the wet during the early stages of race two.

West worked his way to fourth and in sight of a podium result, however the slick surface caught him out at turn eight mid-race and put and end to his impressive performance.

“I’m deeply sorry because this could have been a very important result for me and all my team,” West recalled. “The race was going great, even though during the warm up lap I had already realised how extremely difficult were the conditions of the track, which was really slippery in many turns.

“During the first laps I easily got past many riders and was confident I could get a great result, but the bike was very difficult to ride because of its extreme responsiveness to the throttle and at lap eight, closing the gas, the bike lost grip at the rear and I crashed.”