First time on the Yamaha M1 MotoGP bike Ben “Elbowz” Spies adapted quickly. During qualifying at Valencia Spies started chipping away at the gap to the front. Still learning the MotoGP machine and the Bridgestone tires Spies stated he is still not confident on the different tires yet. As qualifying wore on James Toseland was still towards the back of the pack and Spies had already managed to work his way up to 7th.
As time was running out qualifying kept getting quicker and so did Spies. He managed a 9th Position on the grid for tomorrows race and a very fast race pace. Another shot to Toselands confidence on the MotoGP machines as the Rookie Spies ran off and hid from him during qualifying. As we all know this is only half the story as the conclusion will be the checkered flag after tomorrows race.
We know Toseland is a good rider just he never seemed to get it right on the MotoGP machine. Toseland tested Ben Spies’s championship winning Yamaha R1 in Portugal recently where he adapted quickly and was running faster than Spies. Just goes to show that not all riders can adapt to MotoGP.
A new bike, new tires, and a different race series shows how quickly Ben Spies can adapt to new bikes and tracks. As he is still in the learning phase with the relationship with the M1 Yamaha we expect big things come 2010.
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