Spies to Yamaha World Superbike
“I’m very excited about joining Yamaha in World Superbike," Spies said in a statement released by Yamaha. “This is a positive step for the direction of my career. I’ll have a great opportunity to race on many of the top road racing circuits in the world. Riding with a company as passionate about racing as Yamaha is going to put me in a good position to contest for a world championship right from the start."
Spies joined the Suzuki domination of the Superbike class when he moved to the class in 2005. Racing alongside Mat Mladin, the greatest rider in the history of the class, Spies finished second his first year before stringing together three in a row, including this year’s title which he was awarded when the appeal of Mladin’s disqualification from his double victories at Virginia International Raceway was denied. At last Sunday’s season finale, Spies made the point that he would have won the title even if Mladin had kept the wins.