Ben Spies and Yamaha Racing was made a good testing on Jerez circuit last month. The Yamaha M1 is working well. Even the race result on Qatar wasn't good for Spies, but the bike performance is promising. Ben Spies haven't had a good result yet at Jerez. He claimed on his twitter account that it's the best result if you had crashed 2 times before race
As he told on press release, “I’m feeling good, I haven’t had great results at Jerez yet but we had a really positive test there so I’m confident."
"The Yamaha M1 is working well at all circuits we’ve been to so far. After a tough start at Qatar my goal at Jerez is starting the season again, I’m going to do the best I can to deliver." said Spies
He continue, "We had a good Qatar weekend except for the race, we know our pace is strong, the bike is competitive and I’m riding well so we should have a successful weekend.”
