The saga of when Ben Spies will move to MotoGP has finally been settled with an official announcement that the World Superbike title contender will move to Tech 3 Yamaha in 2010.
With Colin Edwards also agreeing a one-year Tech 3 extension, former double World Superbike champion James Toseland is to swap with Spies and join the factory Yamaha WSBK team, bringing an end to Toseland’s MotoGP career – which began promisingly in 2008, but fell below expectations in 2009. Read more…
September 17th, 2009
Aaron
Woohoo! If this is true, congrats Ben. He is putting it to them in WSBK and will surely give ‘em a run in MotoGP.
THE HOTTEST rumour doing the rounds at the moment concerns two of the hottest riders in the WSBK series.
Ben Spies, our sources tell us, has already inked the deal to join Colin Edwards at the Tech 3 MotoGP squad for 2010. This frees up his seat with the Belgarda Yamaha WSBK team; British ace Cal Crutchlow is the hot rumour to take Spies’ ride.
Spies has been a revelation this year and it would be short-sighted of Yamaha to curb this confidence by clipping his wings and making him stay in WSBK for another season. The same applies to Crutchlow who has been on fire since the season opener.
Looks like another interesting season on the World stage. Source.
