Ben Spies replaced Valentino Rossi Yamaha MotoGP in 2011

Ben Spies replaced Valentino Rossi at the Yamaha factory team in MotoGP in 2011, will be answered next weekend. According to the plan, Yamaha will announce who the companion Jorge Lorenzo for the next season, in the United States GP at Indianapolis, August 29.

Spies, who represents the MotoGP rookie, looks very impressive in his debut in this prestigious class. Seeing the performance of ciamik, Yamaha Tech 3 pebalap will promote it for the Yamaha squad, filling the place of Rossi, who is certain to leave Ducati.

Indeed, Spies became pebalap "new" the most prominent. 2009 World Superbike Champion was first MotoGP podium at Silverstone last month - ranked third, behind Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso. Later in the GP of the Czech Republic August 15 and then, even this Texas pebalap appear impressive because for the first time, start from the front row, and finished in the order of four.

About it (the announcement of moving to Yamaha), Spies said: "That was the worst thing else that is kept secret, but here there has been no official announcement.

"Now we are working in the right corridor, and there will be something that immediately came to me for several years to come. I can tell, I'm happy now.

"Everything is going according to plan. So far a good year and I look forward to the next few years."

Spies was already tested a prototype YZR-M1 machine in 2011 in Brno earlier this week. The tests, conducted as an initial step for the 26-year-old pebalap this, to get to know his new bike, which officially began ditunggang after the final race in Valencia, November.