Ben Spies & Ryota Haga (in inglese)

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Haga’s son and Ben Spies


Rookie sensation Ben Spies has been pleasantly surprised by the warm reception he's received in the World Superbike paddock so far in 2009.

The American has met many new people in the series, some of whom have become fast friends. Surprisingly it was new rival Nori Haga and his family who were among the first to make Spies feel welcome. And one little guy who warmed to Ben immediately is Haga's five-year-old son Ryota.

Ben and Ryota's friendship was put to the test however in the most recent World Superbike event at Assen in the Netherlands.

In the first race at Assen's legendary TT circuit Spies and Ryota's dad had one of the best last-lap battles in recent World Superbike memory and it was Spies coming out on top with a daring high-speed pass with three turns to go.

Now Ryota likes Ben and thinks he's cool, but he loves his father and is his dad's number one fan. He wasn't at all happy that “The Ben”, as Ryota calls Spies, took what seemed like certain victory away from his dad in that first race.

As the Hagas walked down pit lane past the Yamaha garage on the way to the podium after race one, Ben's mother Mary noticed little Ryota crying his eyes out. Mary asked him what was wrong.

He looked up at Mary, obviously frustrated, and said "My daddy is a loser and I don't like the Ben!" With that Ryota, still crying, quickly turned away from Mary and went to see dad.

Things went much better for Haga in Assen's second race, but much worse for “The Ben”. Spies crashed hard while leading at the start of the second lap. Haga went on to victory, extending his championship points lead.

Late that afternoon Spies was sitting alone in his motor home, a little beat up physically from the crash, but mainly upset with himself for letting his team down. Mary stood outside letting Ben have some quiet time. She was answering text messages when she saw little Ryota knocking on the coach door. He had some of his friends with him.

Mary walked over and asked Ryota if she could help him. He said "I want to see the Ben."

Mary said, "But I thought you didn't like Ben?"

"I do like the Ben and he is hurt. I want to talk to him,” Ryota demanded.

So Mary cracked the door to ask Ben if he would see the kids. Ben, still smarting from his race crash, was trying to beg off the visitors when suddenly little Ryota, perhaps taking after his dad, saw his opportunity and edged his way past Mary through the slightly opened door and ran up to Ben.

"The Ben is hurt. Show me where you are hurt!" Ryota said with concern to Spies.

Soon the other children that were with Ryota flooded in and gathered around Ben. Spies sat up and started talking with them. One of the little girls in the group had a cast on her arm. Ben asked her what happened. She'd fallen off a horse. When Ben told her she was brave for riding a horse and that he was scared of horses the little gang burst into laughter.

So a friendship that was put to the test at Assen was restored by the end of the day. Even though Ryota likes it when his dad wins, little Haga still thinks “The Ben” is at least the second coolest rider in the paddock.

After round four of 14, Haga holds a 60 point lead over Spies in the 2009 World Superbike Championship.

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Traduzione (per Scin) :

Il giovane pilota rivelazione Ben Spies è stato piacevolmente sorpreso dalla calorosa accoglienza riservatagli nel paddock della SBK in questo 2009.

L'Americano ha conosciuto molte persone che sono velocemente diventati amici, ma sorprendentemente è stato il suo nuovo rivale Nori Haga e sua familia ad essere tra le prime persone a fare sentire Ben a suo agio. Ed in particolare ha legare subito con Ben è stato il figlio di 5 anni di Nori, Ryota.

Pe rò l'amicizia tra Ben e Ryota è stata messa a dura prova durante questo weekend ad Assen.

[La gara 1 è andata come tutti BEN (scusate il gioco di parole ) sappiamo. ]
A Ryota piace Ben e pensa che sia figo (cool) ma ama il suo padre e ne è il fan n°1. Perciò non è stato affatto contento quando "The Ben" (il modo in cui Ryota chiama Spies) vinse la gara davanti a suo padre.

Mentre gli Haga passavano davanti alla pit lane del box della Yamaha andando verso il podio, Mary, madre di Ben, notò che il piccolo Ryota stava piangendo disperatamente. Lei gli chiese cosa c'era che non andava. Lui, ovviamente frustrato, rispose "Mio padre è un perdente e non mi piace The Ben!"

Le cose sono andate molto meglio per Haga in gara 2 [insomma... gara noiosetta...] ma molto peggio per Spies, caduto nel 2° giro.

Più tardi quel pomeriggio Ben era da solo nel suo motor home, un pò addolorato fisicamente per la sua caduta. Sua madre era di fuori, lasciandolo stare un pò in pace, e stava messaggiando quando vidde Ryota e qualche suo amico bussare alla porta del pullman.

Mary gli chiese se poteva aiutarlo e Ryota rispose che voleva vedere The Ben. Lei: "Ma pensavo che non ti piacesse Ben" Lui: "Mi piace The Ben e si è fatto male. Voglio parlare con lui"

Mary bussò alla porta chiedendo a Ben se voleva vedere i ragazzi e Ben stava cercando di allontanare i visitatori quando Ryota s'introfulò dalla porta mezz'aperta e corse da Ben.

"The Ben si è fatto male. Fammi vedere dove ti sei fatto male!" disse il piccolo a Spies. Presto gli altri bambini entrarono anche loro e si misero attorno a Ben. Una ragazzina tra loro aveva un braccio ingessato [penso] e raccontò a Ben che era caduta da cavallo. Ben le disse che era molto coraggiosa a cavalcare i cavalli, perchè lui ne era impaurito. Il gruppetto si mise a ridere.

Alla fine, un'amicizia che è stata messa a dura prova è tornata solida alla fine della giornata. Anche se a Ryota piace che vinca suo padre, ancora pensa che Ben sia il secondo pilota più cool della SBK.