Why spies is leaving yamaha

There are a few people at Yamaha who I hate to leave. And they know who they are. I wish Yamaha the best. I won't make any further comments until the official announcement comes out. He added on Twitter: "I'm extremely happy to push for the rest of the season to my fans and myself next year starts a new chapter.

And yes I'm pumped! With Spies' departure from the factory team it leaves Yamaha with one less rider to decide between, the top candidates to join Jorge Lorenzo have been Cal Crutchlow, Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi.

Where Spies will end up next year is still to be established, but there have been rumours that the World Superbike champion is looking for a return to that series, possibly on a BMW Skip to main content.

Bikes for Sale Get Insurance. Search form Search. All these mechanical failures, undetected crash damage I'm sorry, but it has to be laid at the feet of his crew chief, Tom Houseworth Had a feeling that Yamaha were talking down to him. Alot guys say the mechanical issue were Tom Houseworth's issue. Some things I believe there was a high possibility to be his fault, but the blown Engine which is sealed , and overheating brakes The brakes I might be able to write off, but watching him get spit off at Laguna this year gave me a very sick feeling in my gut.

Spies himself messed up a couple of times all on his own, but I still do not think he will be that low in the standings this year even on a Ducati. In fact, he may be out to prove that he can do better on a Ducati than he was on the Factory Yamaha. Whether that will happen or not, I have low expectations on. But hey, I still will not ever write him off. I still have hope. I magine if you will, a young man loaded with talent and all the tools needed to be the next American GP champion.

Then for no explainable reason, a chain of bizarre and once in a lifetime events occur that land Ben Spies in the Twilight Zone. The only normal event that happened to Spies all year, was the one the as reported, sent Yamaha over the edge. Food Poisoning! An easy and better argument could have been made by Yamaha, mid year. Hey man, it's just not working out for either of us. No hard feelings. Keep it professional. While Spies won a solid race at Assen and nearly took a second win at Valencia Now with all the public failures at Yamaha, no matter who was in the pits, it was a factory Yamaha breaking parts all over the track.

In my eyes, they come off worse in this episode. I'm sorry but I'm finding it a bit hard to believe that the guy that handed Matt Mladin's head games back to him on a silver platter by defeating him multiple times for the AMA Championship was "upset" by someone at Yamaha questioning his dedication. There must have been much, much more said and done to derail his confidence and Spies is definitely not telling the whole story.

Love his analysis of the riding style required to make the Bridgestones work, as they are the key to being successful in MotoGP these days, no matter what kind of frame or engine you're on. I think Ben is signaling that the Ducati needs to be ridden all ragged up superbike style and he might have the right recipie, at least thats what I read between the lines.

While I agree with your interpretation of the approach Ben seems to think is necessary to be fast on the Ducati, I have serious doubts about the approach itself.

Ben has forgotten more about riding bikes than I could ever hope to know, but from what I've seen, it seems a lot of Casey's success had to do with his ability to completely ignore the fact he was receiving essentially no useful feedback from the front end. I mean all the lowsides Casey had riding the post trellis-frame bikes were like a light switch. Blazing fast and then on the ground the next lap for no apparent reason. I couldn't ride. I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything.

Don't come to Laguna Seca if you aren't percent. Despite interest from Honda, the 11 will ride for the satellite Pramac Ducati team, where he will have "factory bikes, factory everything". Having been denied the chance to make his Ducati debut at the Valencia test due to a season-ending shoulder injury at the Malaysian GP, Spies will ride a Desmosedici for the first time at the Sepang test in early February. Contact Crash. The total or partial reproduction of text, photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form.

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