Ben Spies MotoGP rig for Valencia

[panthercity]

http://pix.crash.net/motorsport/710/AU564338.jpg

(Gotta love the left leg, eh DD!)

[DarthRider]

(Gotta love the left leg, eh DD!)

Absolutely!

Go fast young Ben, elbows and all!

Too bad he'll never get to race with that new WSB No.1 plate...I guess he'll just have to win another.
Bet it takes more than a year though...

[Griffon]

I very much hope to see Ben do well! It will be interesting to see what an All (Lone) Star Tech 3 team does next season!

[X-Troller]

Oh that French team you are talking about.

[Donson]

Oh that French team you are talking about.

Blasphemer!

[Tassie Devil]

I am looking forward to the last race and to see Ben in action...
He is a fantastic rider and certainly does not lack courage...
"Valentino Rossi has told MCN he is ‘curious’ to gauge the performance of reigning World Superbike champion Ben Spies during his Yamaha MotoGP debut in Valencia.

The Texan, who has raced in three previous MotoGP races for Suzuki, will ride a Yamaha YZR-M1 in the season’s final round as he prepares for his first full assault on the premier class series in 2010.

Spies produced a series of brilliant WSB performances to defeat Noriyuki Haga in a last race title decider against Noriyuki Haga in Portugal.

And Italian Rossi said he was looking forward to assessing Spies’ performance this weekend.

He told MCN: “I am very curious because it will be interesting to see how he performs

" For sure Ben is the fastest rider in World Superbikes, and he won the championship even though he had a lot of bad luck.

"He had a good bike and a good team but he demonstrated on the track a lot of times that he was faster than anybody else, even if he doesn’t know the tracks. I think he will be competitive.

"He is young and maybe he needs more time to adapt, especially to the Bridgestone tyres.” Rossi, who recently claimed a ninth world title with third position in a rain-lashed Sepang GP in Malaysia, said a top six finish would be a great result for Spies in this weekend’s Valencia clash.

He added: “If he is fighting in the second group in fifth or sixth position, that would be a good result.”


Although the Championship is settled, there is much pride on the line which should make this an excellent race.

Will Casey do the right thing and slow down a little so that we can see some close racing? :pot:

Cheers,

JQ.