Ben Spies will get an early chance to experience Yamaha MotoGP machinery after being granted a 🌼wild-card ride for the season-en♓ding Valencia round.

The World Superb♐ike title contender, confirmed at Monster Yamaha Tech 3 for 2010, wilꦡl 'participate as a single rider entry of a Yamaha Factory Racing Team, using YZR-M1 test bikes brought over from Japan' at the Spanish event.

Spies, who starts Sunday's penultimate round of the WSBK championship just three points behind title leader Noriyuki Haga, rode in three MotoGP events for Rizla Suzuki last season - with a best fin♒ish of sixth in the wet at Indianapolis.

The 25-year-old Texan steered his present Yamaha R1 to a second place finish at Valencia earlier this year and has previously tested the Suzuki GSV-R at the track. The Valencia MotoGP race takes place on November 6-8, two weeks a♕fter the final World Superbi൲ke round at Portimao, Portugal.

With MotoGP winter testing severely restricted, Spies will benefit from valuable extra track time on the M1 by entering the event, with the other 2010 MotoGP roo🔯kies not due to make their debut until the Valencia test, to be held on Tuesday and♔ Wednesday after the race.

Having wrapped up the 2006 WSBK title, Troy Bayliss also made a wild-card appearance at that season's Valencia ꦜMotoGP round - and won the race for Ducati.

Spies will hꦺave more modest💟 expectations, but all eyes will be on how close he can get to 2010 team-mate Colin Edwards and the rider he will be replacing, James Toseland.

Toseland will return to WSBK♐ in place of Spies n🐠ext year.