Ben Spies is unhappy with the direction taken by MotoGP. Aerodynamics and height adjustment devices have been making motorcycles increasingly technological, leading to the feeling that the rider is losing some importance.
On social network X, the former rider made several criticisms, starting by writing: ‘It would be really sweet if MotoGP bikes started to look more like bikes, less like planes. Let manufacturers waste less money that cannot apply to street speeds’.
When asked by a user about why the World Superbike Championship persists in a secondary position despite having purer bikes and good races, Spies replied
– Yes, it’s money. Any MotoGP rider would tell you (if allowed) that if they (all MotoGP racers) raced a WSBK-spec bike which one is more fun, they would pick the WSBK. Latest and greatest technology is no doubt MotoGP. More fun and more rider dictated? That’s WSBK, not MotoGP.