Yamaha Motor Racing Boss, Lin Jarvis, has commented on Ben Spies’ entry for the last MotoGP event of the year at Valencia as a ‘win-win’ scenario for both the competitor and his squad.

25 year-old Spies will compete for Herve Poncharal’s Tech 3 squad alongside Colin Edwards next year, after originally being due to line up for his MotoGP induction for the 2011 year.

Spies, who appeared on three successive MotoGP events for Suzuki last year, is currently second in the World Superbike rankings, he will comepte on a YZR-M1 test bike at the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana early next month prior to commencing next year's campaign.

Jarvis explained the opportunity for Spies to race an M1 for the initial time will ensure he becomes familiar with the bike prior to testing and their intial season together.

“As we announced a few days ago, Ben has made his switch and his decision to come over to MotoGP. Essentially, next season starts two days after the Valencia race. We have the test on Tuesday and Wednesday so of course that would be the normal way for him to start,” states Jarvis.

“But Ben made his request to Yamaha and asked, ‘would it be possible, could it be possible to do a wild card?’ We checked internally and we found a way to make it happen. So I think it will be exciting for the sport and for Valencia, and it will give him three days extra track time before starting the two days of testing before the winter break. So I think it’s a win-win situation all round.”