Spies to race in place of Loris; where does he finish?

Question

http://superbikeplanet.com/2008/Jun/080612a.htm

I say if all goes well he will put it in the top 10...

Answer 1

I Think on a track he does not know (or even seen) and a bike he has never ridden. with Tyres unknown to him too. i have to say 8th the usual suspects first Rossi Pedrossa Stoner Lorenzo Toesland Edwards and Dovi.  But its his progression through the free practises I will be watching. I want o see just how fast he is to start with and compare to race pace on Sunday. I don't think he will really get to use the qualifiers to there full potential in such a short time. but who knows .... He is good. Very Good.

Answer 2

Fantastic news.

I hope it is true about Donnington. That will be fantastic!!

Yeah, ill go with top 10. Its a new track to him, so I will not think any higher then 8th or 9th, but still, that would be a fantastic debut.

Good work on finding this Sir.

Answer 3

hiya there i have a feeling this will be a little exercise for ben in readiness for his 'home' rounds. No doubting his ability if all does go well i see no reason why he cant achieve a top ten finish. J.T for the podium

Answer 4

a strong 6 in my book

Answer 5

Hey Blagger

I got to Jody's question about him first so will paste me answer from there:

" I've never seen any coverage of the AMA so couldn't pick Spies out of a line up - but I hear good things about him so can't wait to see him ride.

However - I'm not as optimistic as Wiggy (though Donni is his home track!) so I think he will be lucky to finish in the single figures (when Cappi & Vermeulin have been struggling to do the same themselves - and they know both the bike and the tracks)

Either way - it's gonna be a corker!"

End plagarism (can you plagarise yourself??) but I will add - just for you - that if we get typical Brithish summer weather i.e. it pisseth down, I think he'll be lucky to finish!

It's gonna be interesting!