Ben Spies, Sterilgarda Yamaha Team – Position: 9th Time: 1’33.539
“It was another good day today, I’m still not where I feel comfortable and I’m definitely not at home yet but I think for such a short time on the bike I’m pretty happy to be in the top ten and not so far off some of the other guys on the Yamahas. In the end I need to try and get a good start, which I definitely haven’t mastered yet, I’ve only had the chance to practice a couple so I think that could be where the downfall of the race will be for me. In the end I think it’s an ok qualifying result for us, we just need to keep doing more laps on the bike. I can feel what the bike wants to do but I’m just not ready to take it there yet. Every time we get on it we go faster and that works for me. I’m still not close to what the tires can do either, I just need laps, laps and more laps!”

Massimo Meregalli, Sterilgarda Yamaha Team Manager
“As we thought, today went even better than our first outing yesterday. Ben is continuing to learn the bike and the tyres, unfortunately the wind here in Valencia today is making it much harder for him. Having said that, to start on the third row having spent just three hours riding this bike is pretty good. I think he achieved a great result today and we’re looking forward to tomorrow.”

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