Impatient Spies Use 1000cc Engine

Ben Spies MotoGP impatient when entering the season of 2012. Yamaha rider claimed more suitable to use the 1000cc motor.

Brand-new MotoGP season will implement regulations of 2012, one of which is to increase engine power from 800cc to 1000cc. It is expected that the MotoGP will be more attractive to use 1000cc.

Ben Spies, Candidate's Yamaha Replacement

Yamaha moved quickly after the loss of Valentino Rossi to Ducati. Now the team is aiming for the Japanese manufacturer Yamaha Tech 3 rider Monster, Ben Spies, as a new rider.

According to the Managing Director of Yamaha's Lin Jarvis, currently they are in a negotiation to move Spies. Thus in summer 2011, plans had Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo-mate Ben Spies.

"We planned that brought Ben Spies from the Tech 3 team. But then again it has not yet decided," said Jarvis on the official website of the MotoGP, Monday, August 16, 2010.