Chaz Davies
Full house of wild-card entries for Silverstone
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Friday, 23rd July 2010, 9:24 GMTThe British Round of the Superbike World Championship in recent years has seen a considerable influx of wildcards and one-event entrants, anxious to display their undeniable prowess in front of a wider, more prestigious audience. This year's race, which takes place at the revised Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on the weekend of July 31/August 1, is no exception. In the top class, the ‘Magnificent 7' World Superbike regulars will be joined by wildcard Tommy Bridewell on the Quay Garage Honda CBR1000RR, while two more Honda Fireblades will be entered for BSB regulars and occasional WSB entrants HM Plant Honda (photo) for Japan's Ryuichi Kiyonari and Australian Josh Brookes. In the World Supersport Championship race Chaz Davies and Gino Rea will be joined by wildcards James Westmorland (CAME Yamaha), twin brothers Sam (GNS Racing Honda) and Alex Lowes (Seton Yamaha), Christian Iddon (Parkalgar Honda), Jenny Tinmouth (Jenny Tinmouth Racing Honda), Max Hunt (Racelab Yamaha) and David Jones (UK1 Triumph). Barry Burrell (Buildbase Kawasaki), Gavin Hunt (Sloppy Racing BMW), Peter Hickman (Enviro Racing BMW) and Victor Cox (Blackhorse Kawasaki) all fly the flag as wildcards in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, while regular Joshua Elliott (Racedays Kawasaki), who was fighting for the win at Brno, and wildcard Luke Mossey (UK1 Yamaha) will be the British representatives in the European Superstock 600 Championship race. Read article
Davies goes for silver at Silverstone
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 21st July 2010, 9:52 GMTTriumph ParkinGO rider Chaz Davies is currently settling down in his first full World Supersport championship season and so far, out of nine races this year, the Welshman has stepped onto the podium three times. After two thirds at Valencia and Kyalami, Chaz made it three podiums at Brno, after fighting for the win for almost two-thirds of the race with Sofuoglu and Lascorz. This result takes him into an overall fourth place in the standings, not bad at all for a rider at his first experience in the Supersport category. "It was an exciting race," said Davies. "I made a very good start and thought I could battle for the victory, but later on I felt the foot slipping, and realized it was an oil spill. I was expecting to high side any moment, but after a couple of laps I figured out it was only a wire drawing and felt comfortable again, although it was hard to push on the slippery footpeg in the right-hand corners. Rea gave me a hard time, but I managed to pass him." Davies' recent run of form gives the former AMA rider high hopes for the next round in the UK. "This a very important result for me as it comes before my home race at Silverstone, where hopefully many of my fans will turn up". Read article
WSS Brno: Another podium for Chaz Davies at Czech round
Source: bikeracenews.com - Monday, 12th July 2010, 11:34 GMTChaz Davies put in another great performance to take the third podium of the season, after previously finishing third at Valencia and Kyalami as well The Brit made a good start and got in the leading pack right away, battling with Lascorz, Sofuoglu, Laverty and Rea, and managed to take the second position. Davies battled out for victory until halfway into the race, when a small oil spill, which [...] Read article
WSS Brno: Second row start for Davies at Brno
Source: bikeracenews.com - Sunday, 11th July 2010, 13:02 GMTChaz Davies will start from the second row tomorrow at Brno Team mates Salom, Lagrive and Iannuzzo qualified eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth respectively in today’s qualifying second session. Davies was able to improve his time by approximately a second, while Salom, Lagrive and Iannuzzo had more difficulties than expected. CHAZ DAVIES | Triumph Daytona 675 | 8th in 2′03.641 : “I’m happy with both the bike’s [...] Read article
Victory for Kenan against Lascorz
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Sunday, 11th July 2010, 12:43 GMTA fabulous win for Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) saw him hold off long time race leader Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) by only 0.124 seconds after 18 laps of close action racing in hot temperatures. With Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) not finishing, Sofuoglu now has 183 points, Lascorz 168 and Laverty 161. Third today was ParkinGO Triumph BE-1 rider, Chaz Davies, with Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda) fourth after a great scrap with his British rival. Read article
Biaggi heads to favourite circuit with points lead
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 7th July 2010, 14:06 GMTThe HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship enters its ninth round this coming weekend, at another firm favourite for riders and fans alike, Brno, in the Czech Republic. A modern era circuit with its roots very firmly in the heritage of the old road courses that have hosted races in this area since the early decades of the previous century, Brno is a classic of its type, with wide chicanes that are still attacked with pace, plus uphill and downhill sections that are a real test of engine power and front end set-up. After winning another two races at the previous round, the experienced Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) now has eight race victories in 2010, and a 37-point championship lead over Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare). Haslam enters the Brno round determined to peg back Biaggi, but the fact that Brno is Biaggi's favourite circuit of all, where he won a race on his Aprilia RSV4 last year, may hamper Haslam's ambitions. But Haslam has been a revelation this year too, which leaves a fascinating battle of nerves all ready to be played out for the benefit of the fans this coming weekend. Like many of their peers, both official Aprilia and Suzuki teams left the previous round of Misano and went directly to Imola for a two-day test. Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) will be ready to go for more wins and podiums on his well-supported 1098 machine, while his team-mate Shane Byrne will be out to overcome the effects of a nasty left hand laceration suffered at the Imola tests. Checa still leads the factory Ducati Xerox duo of Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio, but for Michel in particular, Brno is his ideal venue, one he has enjoyed success at both as a privateer and a factory rider. He scored his first ever podiums in WSBK at Brno, and has scored at least one top three finish there every year since 2006. Curiously, he has never quite taken a win at Brno, however. Brno should be a new track for some riders, but for others it is a well-known venue. Troy Corser (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) has been a rider on the rise this year, and at Brno he has also a strong record, with three of his previous 33 race wins coming in the Czech Republic. His team-mate Ruben Xaus is out to eradicate bad memories of a femur fracture he suffered in 2009 at the base of the uphill section. For local fans the sight of Jakub Smrz racing gladdens the heart at any time and for the Pata B&G team rider a last minute swap to Aprilia RSV4 machinery may well bring him back into the upper echelons of the results sheets. In the official Aprilia team Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia) will be out, with the second works Suzuki coming from Sylvain Guintoli (Alstare Suzuki).With seven manufacturers on the grid in 2010, the talent pool is deep and wide, and in the Honda camp Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) is still the man most likely to post the strongest results, despite his team-mate Max Neukirchner and privateer Broc Parkes (ECHO CRS Honda) finding improvements to their respective set-ups during the Imola tests. Yamaha Sterilgarda duo James Toseland and Cal Crutchlow are looking for a step-up in pace to allow them to compete for wins in 2010, a season in which everything has moved forward several steps compared to even 2009. Each is capable and if they qualify well, can be in with a chance on raceday. One squad particularly pleased to have tested at Imola last week is the official Kawasaki Racing Team, and at the Italian venue Tom Sykes and Chris Vermeulen each found a way forward with machine set-up, leaving them more confident of better finishes as the season wears on. The impressive Luca Scassa (Supersonic) and experienced Lorenzo Lanzi (DFX Ducati) will be two more privateers competing at Brno and the pairing of Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco will be looking for their best performances of the year on their Pedercini Kawasakis. SUPERSPORT: The championship lead changed hands at Misano as Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) won and Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) scored third, but there are only three points in it. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) is only 13 points off a share of the lead with five rounds remaining, including Brno. All of the top three have won races so far, Laverty five, Sofuoglu two and Lascorz a single. ParkinGO Triumph BE-1 rider Chaz Davies sits fourth, 33 points up and away from his team-mate David Salom. Davies is 36 away from both Robbin Harms (Harms Benjan Honda) and Michele Pirro, Sofuoglu's team-mate. This will be a home race for the Intermoto Czech Honda team that fields Gino Rea and Massimo Roccoli, and they will also have one of a total of eight one event riders swelling the ranks of this division this weekend, Czech rider Tomas Holubec. SUPERSTOCK 1000: Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) has claimed the 2010 version of the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup as something of his own private realm this year, winning five from five, with another five races still to run. He will have a strong selection of chasers to deal with as usual, Maxime Berger (Ten Kate Racing Junior Honda), Michele Magnoni (Honda), Davide Giugliano (Team06 Suzuki) and Sylvain Barrier (Garnier Junior Racing BMW) just a few of them. There is a Czech wildcard in the shape of Michal Sambra (Automotoklub Masarykuv Okruh BMW), plus two other one-event riders in this popular class. SUPERSTOCK 600: Five rounds gone and five to go in the 600 Superstock class and French youngster Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Racing Yamaha) heads up Florian Marino (Ten Kate Junior Racing Honda) by 25 points, with Federico D'Annunzio (Martini Corse Yamaha) third. The top two are the only race winners so far. THE CIRCUIT: Brno in its most modern guise is a 5.403km track that weaves its way through the forests and the hills above the Czech Republic's second city, Brno. It is the asphalt and gravel embodiment of the idea that a modern, safe circuit does not have to be tight and cramped, and the real proof that Brno worked right first time is that it has hardly been changed at all since it was first built in 1987, despite huge advances in engine outputs and corner speeds in that time. The power sapping last hill takes the riders up a gradient of over 7%, making this a place where the true worth of any engine is proved in the toughest test of all, real racing. Read article
WSS Misano: Chaz Davies takes fourth at Italian round
Source: bikeracenews.com - Monday, 28th June 2010, 13:43 GMTBrilliant riding display maintains Davies’s 4th place in the overall standings Chaz Davies will remain in the memory for a long time as the Brit aroused the 69.000 people who turned up at the Santamonica circuit in Misano Adriatico, after engaging in a four-rider duel for the entire race, during which he displayed all his skills and was a tremendous [...] Read article
Biaggi leads entering San Marino round
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Wednesday, 23rd June 2010, 7:13 GMTThe San Marino round is the eighth of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship in 2010 and will take place at the Misano World Circuit between 25 and 27 June. There will a full card of races at the popular track close to Misano Adriatico, as the championship returns to Europe for the first time since the Monza round on May 9th. Several of the top teams have taken advantage of the long break between the previous Miller Motorsports Park meeting in the USA and the San Marino race weekend to make their own tests, many at Misano itself. New championship leader Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) also leads the 2010 win count with six as we enter the second half of another exciting year in WSBK, all of the four-time 250cc GP Champion's victories coming in twos. Max has scored doubles at Portimao, Monza and most recently Miller. Hot on his heels is long-time leader Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare), now eager to make up for a crash in the USA that cost him his championship advantage. Both top protagonists, plus their team-mates Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia) and Sylvain Guintoli (Alstare Suzuki), tested at Misano recently. Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and his talented team-mate Max Neukirchner made their own private tests at their team's home circuit of Assen last week. The Honda duo will be keen to return to Misano in race mode however, as each has taken a victory at the ever-evolving Misano World Circuit, Rea last year and Neukirchner the year before. Rea is currently third in the championship standings, ten points ahead of the desperately unlucky Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) who was forced out of the lead in each Miller race. Carlos will have his usual high level of motivation going into Misano, and like his team-mate Shane Byrne he has tested at Misano as well, as part of the recent World Ducati Week festival. Official Ducati riders Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) also tested at Misano during that period, and there could be no better place for the talented duo to get back to their very best winning form. It has been a tough year on occasion for Michel and Nori, but they have each taken a race win; Nori in Spain and Michel in South Africa. Two of the fastest riders at the recent Misano tests were James Toseland (Yamaha Sterilgarda) and his team-mate Cal Crutchlow, who are looking to score their first wins of the year. BMW Motorrad Motorsports' Troy Corser and Ruben Xaus were not quite at the level of the fastest riders in the Misano sessions, but Corser in particular was very close on times, and looks to one of his favourite circuits to be able to show his podium quality again on the ever-improving S1000RR. Xaus has put in some outstanding rides at Misano and the most recent of his 11 career race wins came there in 2008. One of the few top teams not to test recently is the Kawasaki Racing Team, but Tom Sykes and Chris Vermeulen are very much up for a fight in Italy, with Vermeulen now getting on top of his long-term knee injury and Sykes having had to rest his body after a heavy crash in America. In the kingdom of the true privateers, Jakub Smrz (Pata B&G Ducati) and Luca Scassa (Supersonic) have been battling it out for the title of most impressive rider so far. Scassa may be nearer to home ground, and have tested at Misano recently (as did the DFX Ducati team) but Smrz can count on memories of being the 2009 Superpole winner at Misano to boost his pre-race hopes. Lorenzo Lanzi returns to action for DFX Ducati this weekend. Four-cylinder private entries from ECHO CRS Honda rider Broc Parkes, and Pedercini Kawasaki riders Roger Lee Hayden and Matteo Baiocco are in place once more, and there will be a wildcard in their midst this weekend as well. Regular CIV competitor Federico Sandi (Gabrielli Racing Team) will join the grid at Misano on his Aprilia RSV4 machine. SUPERSPORT: The intense battle for supremacy in the Supersport World Championship will continue at Misano, with leader Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) on 142 points, second placed Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) only six points behind and Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) now 14 points back in third. The top three have monopolised the 2010 season wins in this class but others will look to Misano as another chance to secure their first victory. ParkinGO Triumph BE-1 rider Chaz Davies is a clear fourth in the rankings, with Sofuoglu's team-mate and local rider Michele Pirro fifth, on the same points total as Spanish star David Salom. Former 1000c Superstock champion and recent WSBK regular Vittorio Iannuzzo will now ride for the BE-1 Triumph team. A total of nine additional riders will compete at Misano in the Supersport class, as well as the regular competitors. SUPERSTOCK 1000: Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia) has been making the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup category his own this year, having taken all four wins so far, the most recent at Monza back in May. Michele Magnoni (Honda) heads up a fabulously tight battle for second with 47 points, Maxime Berger (Ten Kate Racing Junior Honda) has 46, Davide Giugliano (Team06 Suzuki) 45 and Sylvain Barrier (Garnier Junior Racing BMW) 40. SUPERSTOCK 600: In the 600 Superstock division, Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Racing Yamaha) heads up the pack, having never been off the podium so far, collecting two wins on the way. Twenty points behind, his fellow Frenchman Florian Marino (Ten Kate Junior Racing) is second, with Federico D'Annunzio (Martini Corse Yamaha) now third. THE CIRCUIT: The Misano Adriatico circuit, now properly called the Misano World Circuit, is a 4.226km track which has seen many improvements in the recent years, and most radically of all a change in the direction of racing, meaning that right hand corners are the more predominant now. Rain affected the first day of recent tests but the normal characteristics of a Misano race weekend are heat and humidity, which make for very high track temperatures. Located at sea level, Misano will be a complete change from the previous two circuits on the championship trail, Kyalami and Miller, which are both situated at high elevations. Read article
WSS Miller Motorsports Park: Excellent team result for Team ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing
Source: bikeracenews.com - Tuesday, 1st June 2010, 12:07 GMTTeam ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing scored a great team result in the US, gathering 31 points overall Chaz Davies finished fourth, David Salom took seventh place, Jason Di Salvo was eleventh and Matthieu Lagrive twelfth. From the first few laps, the pack split into three separate groups: the first one made up of the riders who eventually [...] Read article
Sofuoglu wins to extend his championship lead
Source: WORLDSBK.COM | NEWS - Monday, 31st May 2010, 20:21 GMTKenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) extended his championship lead to six points at Miller by recording his first race win since Portimao. He also took a new lap record of 1'51.702, on lap six. Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) was second, just over a second behind Sofuoglu, with Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Motocard.com) third, 1.76" from the win. Chaz Davies (ParkinGo Triumph BE1) won a tight battle for fourth from Michele Pirro (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda), Katsuaki Fuijwara (Kawasaki Motocard.com) and David Salom (Triumph ParkingGO BE1), while Melissa Paris crashed out early on. In the championship, Sofuoglu has 142 points, Laverty 136, Lascorz 128 and Davies 84. Read article
