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Spies hoping for full fitness by MotoGP Qatar

Pramac Ducati's Ben Spies has said he will be upset if he hasn't attained full fitness by the opening MotoGP round at Qatar in a month's time but tweaking it at Sepang won't have helped.

The Texan aggravated the shoulder he damaged late last season with another spill and suffered some muscle spasms in the recently-repaired area but says he is working through it day by day.

"At Qatar if I am not 100 percent, then I'll be upset. But I think that is possible, so nothing will be holding me back by then. It is getting better day-by-day, but it is just taking a lot longer I expected. I just have to keep working at getting it better, and I think at the Jerez test it will improve more," said Spies.

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"This was better than the first test, when I was way off physically and couldn't even ride the third day. Here I rode all three days, and while I didn't do a whole lot of laps, it was manageable. Now just after I do 30 laps, the shoulder starts getting weak and it is completely different from two weeks ago, so it is getting better."

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