Ben Spies is hoping the 19-day break between the two Sepang MotoGP tests will be enough to significantly improve his fitness and start pushing the limits of his new Pramac Ducati.
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Ben Spies is hoping the 19-day break between the two Sepang MotoGP tests will be enough to significantly improve his fitness and start pushing the limits of his new Pramac Ducati.
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"Quite honestly to be as close as we were to the other guys on the same bike - I was really surprised" - Ben Spies.
New Pramac Ducati MotoGP rider Ben Spies elected to miss the final day of testing at Sepang, in order to rest his healing shoulder.
The Texan was injured at the same circuit in last October's Malaysian Grand Prix and later underwent surgery. The 2011 Factory Yamaha race winner had been absent from the track until Tuesday's opening day of 2013 testing...
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Ignite Pramac Racing Team’s Ben Spies wanted everyone to know the reports of his retiring from the Sepang test were premature.
A report on an Italian website that was lifted by others suggested Spies might not finish his first three-day test on the Ducati Desmosedici GP13. Not the case, Spies said. His surgically repaired right shoulder was recovering at the expected pace, and sore from a day’s exertions at Sepang. But it was the possibility of tendinitis in his right forearm that had caused alarm. Spies left the track after completing his limited test program on Tuesday with his forearm in a compression stocking. The diagnosis of tendinitis was disputed by his physiotherapist, who put it down to hard braking.
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Ben Spies is looking forward to his first ride on a Ducati MotoGP bike this week at the Sepang Circuit in
Malaysia after spending the past few months sitting on a couch with his arm in a sling.
Three days after crashing out of last October’s Malaysian GP, the 28-year-old Texan underwent a 90-minute
procedure to reconstruct his injured right shoulder. Cadaver tissue was used to replace and reinforce the torn ligaments.
“I didn’t do anything for a solid eight weeks,” said Spies. “I mean, like, nothing. After that, I spent another two-to-four weeks slowly starting to straighten my arm. Just moving the elbow was pretty painful.