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Title: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: Capo on August 20, 2008, 05:40:36 AM Reported in todays MCN, Ben Spies is in talks with Ducati to replace Troy Bayliss in WSBK next year.
Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: tufty on August 20, 2008, 05:49:28 AM Reported in todays MCN, Ben Spies is in talks with Ducati to replace Troy Bayliss in WSBK next year. Oh Dear God... Noooooooooo! Mind you it IS MCN reporting that. [roll] ------>Still not a Spies fan<----- Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: mikeb on August 20, 2008, 06:04:25 AM I'd rather see him in WSBK than on a satellite GP team. So I say it'd be a good move.
One thing is for sure he needs to leave the US. The DMG/AMA mess is getting crazy. Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: gm2 on August 20, 2008, 06:47:24 AM look enough and the apparent likelihood of a gresini honda, alice ducati, or wsbk are all allegedly there for him. and who knows, maybe rizla will shock us and not re-sign the mole. ben is focused on being in GP and i think he should be there for a while; the dude is NOT slow and he's shown in the last 2 yrs that he can find that mental toughness to win a race by sheer will. he and nicky will probably have successful wsbk careers later on...
Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: Ducatista on August 20, 2008, 01:52:26 PM Yeah, it was right next to the article about "Bat Boy". It could be true, or...
Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: desmoquattro on August 20, 2008, 02:00:51 PM Hmm...Biaggi or Spies...which one would you rather see on the 1098 F09? Might be a decent place to park himself until a factory ride in GP frees up...Capirossi's maybe?? He'd avoid the DMG mess that way, and probably still make decent money...but not as much as he would have made in AMA.
Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: Spidey on September 07, 2008, 09:15:11 AM Now that we've seen a buncha signings (including the Duc in WSBK (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10814.0)), where is Spies gonna land? There has been more and more talk of a satellite Honda MotoGP ride lately.
Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: desmoquattro on September 07, 2008, 09:51:12 AM Now that we've seen a buncha signings (including the Duc in WSBK (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=10814.0)), where is Spies gonna land? There has been more and more talk of a satellite Honda MotoGP ride lately. Aren't there still spots left on the Pramac team? Hope Elbowz finds a seat somewhere before the music stops. Title: Re: Spies to Ducati WSBK? Post by: gm2 on September 07, 2008, 11:06:43 AM sounds a lot like he's getting Dovi's JiR bike
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