Spies to Aprilia in WSBK for 2010 ?

[zer0t]

Originally Posted by Dave

i couldnt see him going to GP. not unless they fix the competitiveness, in sbk he has a reasonable shot with whatever team he lands on. gp he'd only have one if he landed a top team. why risk black marks on your career?

Very good point, but I think Spies has made it pretty well known if he could get a mount with a factory team he aspires to GP. I think at Yamaha he is positioned to be potentially #2 because Rossi is young, believe it or not, and he is going to continue to dominate.

If I were Spies, but I am not, I would be happy at WSBK for a period of time. Look what it did for Bayliss who dominated there. He's a bit of legend himself.

The part I can't figure out is what would motivate him to leave factory Yamaha to go to Aprilia? I don't know all the ins-and-outs, but how does that improve the situation for him?

thanks -z