Well Yamaha have now officially confirmed the worst kept secret of the year that, Yes, Ben Spies will ride in Moto GP in 2010 in the Tech 3 Yamaha squad.

Spies has a two year contract, which originally was for one year in World Superbikes and one in Moto GP, but Yamaha and Spies have decided, presumably based on his outstanding results this year, and Toseland’s pretty awful results, to make the change of class a year early.

“I want to thank Yamaha globally for their faith in me,” said Spies. “They have treated me like royalty! Yamaha just recently allowed me to rethink my contract for 2010-2011; I did sign for WSB for 2010 but after Indy I began thinking of the competition and my age versus waiting until 2011.”

Lin Jarvis, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, said “Following the announcement of Ben’s two year deal with Yamaha one month ago, he has reassessed his options and decided that he would like to move to MotoGP sooner rather than later. Yamaha has considered his request and together with Tech 3 we were able to find a way to make it happen. “

Motorbikin.com: Well lets see if Ben can succeed where others before have failed. Personally, I would like to see him do well. If he does the same in Moto GP as he has done in World Superbikes 2010 Moto GP will be very exciting.