Det här sammanfattar väl rätt bra hur det var:Fast det var nog inte där det brast tror jag.
"With Capirossi and Vermeulen officially signed, this leaves Ben Spies - the man who was 99% sure of joining Suzuki at the beginning of the year - looking at other options. Part of Spies' problem remains his salary demands, which, though not exorbitant by the standards of an AMA Superbike champion, are well beyond what a MotoGP rookie might reasonably expect, unless they were a multiple world champion in the 125 and 250 champion.
This leaves Spies is in a dilemma, with sources from the Road Atlanta AMA meeting saying that his team was not interested in taking "a 75% pay cut" just to run in MotoGP. If he wants to make it into the premier class, though, he may have to do just that. Unless, of course, he can pull out a huge surprise at Indianapolis next weekend.
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Tech3 skulle nog inte tacka nej till Spies tjänster nästa år men då får han nog fixa sin lön från någon sponsor.