Ben Spies will be given his first chance to impress on Suzuki’s
factory GSV-R MotoGP machine when he tests at the Sepang
circuit in Malaysia next month.
MCN understands the newly crowned American superbike
champion will ride in a test session on the Monday after the
Malaysian MotoGP on October 21, 2007.
Suzuki is keen to get him on their GSV-R 800 as much as possible
before Spies makes a full-time switch to MotoGP in 2009.
Ben Spies, who retained his American Superbike crown yesterday
(Sunday) with a dramatic final round success over Aussie team-
mate Mat Mladin in Laguna Seca, told MCN earlier this season that
he already has a deal in place for a factory ride in 2009.
But Suzuki management denied that an agreement had already in
place. It has also been rumoured that Ben Spies could feature as
a wild card with him tipped to make his MotoGP race debut for
Suzuki in the season’s final race in Valencia.
That now seems unlikely, but he is still expected to fly to
Europe and take part in the traditional post Valencia test
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