        The ERC Ducati team can&rsquo;t catch a break during this initial part of the 2022 Endurance World Championship. First came injury for its rider Lorenzo Zanetti during the opening CIV Superbike round at Misano, which led team CEO Uwe Reinhardt to revise the line-up for Le Mans, calling upon Chaz Davies to flank Xavi Fores and David Checa. Then, this morning, the news that the Welshman has been struck down by a virus just a few hours before he should have made his official debut during tomorrow&rsquo;s qualifying. As ERC is a German-managed team, who has it selected to replace Davies alongside Fores and Checa? It could only be a German rider, a man who currently competes in WorldSBK with the Ducati V4R of team GO Eleven and who goes by the name of Philipp Oettl. Philipp will shortly arrive in Le Mans to join the rest of the team before heading out on track tomorrow for the first qualifying session ahead of the race, which will get underway at 3pm on Saturday afternoon. Translated by Heather Watson SBK: Tarran Mackenzie&rsquo;s world championship debut postponed       

The Welshman, who should have made his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours standing in for injured Zanetti, has been struck down by a virus. He will be replaced by the German team GO Eleven SBK rider

EWC: Davies withdraws, Philipp Oettl to replace him on the Ducati

With David Checa already on board, the ERC Ducati team will have a new rider for the Le Mans 24 Hours next week, a replacement for injured Lorenzo Zanetti. We&rsquo;re talking about Chaz Davies, the former Ducati rider who retired from racing at the end of 2021 and who currently serves as coach to the Aruba.it team in Superbike. Davies will compete as part of the team in the opening round of the Endurance World Championship.  A dream come true for Chaz Davies   &ldquo;Lorenzo is still in hospital&quot;, explains Uwe Reinhardt, CEO of ERC Endurance Ducati, &quot;He has several broken bones and we don&rsquo;t know if he&rsquo;ll be able to race at Spa, but we have Chaz Davies stepping in for him at Le Mans. Davies is a former Ducati factory rider with a lot of experience and I hope he can reach the podium, it&rsquo;s important.&rdquo;  &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a real blow for Lorenzo - continues Reinhardt &ndash; because the pre-season tests went really well. It&rsquo;s a pity for him to miss this race, but he&rsquo;s a real team player and it&rsquo;s good that all the riders were fast. I spoke with Chaz for an hour and he said &lsquo;OK, I want to race&rsquo;. This is a dream for him.&rdquo;  Davies&rsquo; entry in the EWC follows on from that of another former world championship star, namely Bradley Smith, who has signed for MotoAin Yamaha.  Translated by Heather Watson  SBK, Dall&rsquo;Igna: &ldquo;The title? We rely on Alvaro Bautista&rsquo;s return&rdquo; 

The Welshman, now coach to the Aruba.it team in Superbike, will stand in for injured Lorenzo during the opening 2022 Endurance round &nbsp;

EWC, ERC without Zanetti: Chaz Davies on the Ducati at Le Mans

        Chaz Davies has only recently hung up his helmet as far as the racing is concerned, but the Welshman will continue to attend WorldSBK rounds. The soon to be 35-year old will remain in the paddock, undertaking a role for Ducati after representing the manufacturer as a rider for a total of eight seasons. The tall, blond Brit will act as coach for the Aruba Racing team, which will field Alvaro Bautista, Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Niccol&ograve; Bulega across the Superbike and Supersport classes in 2022. So the Spaniard and the two Italians will be able to count on the support of a man who has a huge amount of experience. Davies stays with Aruba: "My experience will contribute to Ducati&rsquo;s success  Chaz is pleased that he&rsquo;ll remain &lsquo;part of the family&rsquo;, as he confirms in the official press release: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m absolutely thrilled to remain part of the racing world and especially with the Aruba.it - Ducati family, with whom I enjoyed the best years of my racing career. It will be an interesting perspective to see the action from &lsquo;the other side of the fence&rsquo;! I believe that with my seven years of experience as an official Ducati rider and knowledge of both the Ducati V2 and V4 bikes I am well equipped to contribute to the future success of the team. We have excellent riders for the 2022 WorldSBK and WorldSSP campaigns and I will give everything I can to maximise their potential. I want to thank Stefano Cecconi, Feel Racing and Ducati for this opportunity and can&rsquo;t wait to get started!&rdquo; Translated by Heather Watson SSP: Davide Giugliano returns to the championship with Ducati... As team manager       

The Welshman retired from racing at the end of 2021, but he&rsquo;ll be back in the WorldSBK paddock this season, supporting riders Alvaro Bautista, Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Niccol&ograve; Bulega

SBK, Chaz Davies to stay with Ducati, as coach for the Aruba team

A media room set up just for him. A lot of people in different team shirts. Two screens, on which to replay just some of his many achievements. And, centre stage, the man himself, as he concentrated on finding the right words and sipped from a seemingly endless glass of water.  Chaz Davies has called time on his career. The Welshman will retire from racing and, therefore, from SBK. He&rsquo;s thought long and hard about it and recent events convinced him: &quot;I have to say &ndash; he said with a smile &ndash; it&rsquo;s great to see you all here. As soon as I mentioned the conference, I started to think about changing my mind but&hellip; no, it&rsquo;s right like this. I&rsquo;m ready to go&quot;.  Thirty-four years old and so many trophies lifted high, a title win in Supersport with Yamaha and runner-up positions in the Superbike category, one in which he counts 32 race wins and 99 podiums: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve shared incredible seasons with every member of staff, I&rsquo;ve been lucky to race for so long&quot;.  Ducati, or rather magical moments   In SBK, Chaz has competed for various manufacturers. Aprilia and BMW first, then Ducati. And it was on the red bike that he spent the best part of his career: &quot;Magical moments with Ducati &ndash; he says emotionally &ndash; especially at Imola, a circuit just down the road from the company in Bologna&quot;.  Davies struggled to hold back tears: &quot;The people, the bike... the atmosphere. Will I continue to ride? Maybe a supermotard, we&rsquo;ll see. I don&rsquo;t know, I&rsquo;m not thinking about that right now. I&rsquo;ll have time to spend with the family and I&rsquo;ll enjoy every single moment. Racing is important, but it&rsquo;s not everything. I&rsquo;m growing up, I&rsquo;ll find something to do&rdquo;.  And we don&rsquo;t know whether the Knighton rider will be back on a bike in the future: &quot;I might do some testing but, I&rsquo;ll say it again, now is not the time to think about it. Last year I ended the season with a win, in Portugal. I was left with that taste of success and so I tried with Go Eleven, a new team and new people. I&rsquo;m leaving some fantastic people&quot;.  Translated by Heather Watson  WorldSBK Jerez, Rea: &ldquo;We need to solve our Barcelona issues&rdquo; 

Chaz announces his retirement from racing at Jerez: &quot;I don&rsquo;t know if I&rsquo;ll continue riding bikes, now is not the time to think about it. I&rsquo;ll have time to spend with the family, remembering the many racing experiences&quot;

WorldSBK, Davies calls time: &ldquo;Racing is important, but it&rsquo;s not everything&rdquo;

The news comes like a bolt out of the blue. Chaz Davies will be at Jerez but he won&rsquo;t race, rather he&rsquo;ll be confirming his future plans. Just a few days after an accident at Barcelona saw him sustain two fractured ribs, and with the rider only having been released from hospital yesterday, the Welshman has called a press conference for later today (5.45 pm CET) in which he will speak about the future.  Retirement a possibility   And the clues seem to lead in only one direction, or rather that of retirement. At 34, the number 7 rider is having a challenging season with the Ducati V4R of the Go Eleven team, the squad having welcomed the Welshman after seven seasons spent with the factory Borgo Panigale squad. Might the injury at Montmel&oacute; constitute the straw that breaks the camel&rsquo;s back?  We can only wait until later today to find out whether the talented Welshman&rsquo;s career has in fact reached the end of the line.  Translated by Heather Watson  WorldSSP, Sofuoglu to return with Puccetti Racing at Jerez 

At 5.45 pm CET the Welshman will reveal his future plans, after being released from the hospital after his accident at Barcelona. At 34, could he be about to bid farewell to racing?

WorldSBK Jerez: Davies calls a conference, retirement ahead?

The bad luck continues for the Go Eleven Ducati team this season. After Covid earlier in the year, Chaz Davies is now out of action for at least the next two rounds of Jerez and Portimao due to injury. Sunday&rsquo;s Superpole race unfortunately left Davies with fractured ribs.  Many names have been cited as possible substitutes for the Welshman, but the most likely to ride the #7 V4R is Loris Baz. The Frenchman, having just completed the final MotoAmerica round in which he scored three podiums, will climb aboard the Italian&rsquo;s team V4R in the coming days to be ready to compete at a track he enjoys and at which he&rsquo;s always scored strong results.  Translated by Heather Watson  WorldSSP300: season over for Vicente P&eacute;rez Selfa 

The Frenchman will stand in for the Welshman at the next two world championship rounds, having completed his first MotoAmerica season

WorldSBK: Loris Baz at Jerez in place of Chaz Davies

        The team Go Eleven presentation has taken place against the beautiful Italian backdrop of Langhe. In the 2021, the squad headed up by Gianni Ramello and Denis Sacchetti will be even more closely tied to Ducati, the manufacturer set to help the team with spares and factory support. The rider who will take to the track with the red, sorry, turquoise Panigale V4 R, is Chaz Davies, a man who has ridden for Borgo Panigale for years and amassed many wins and podiums in the process. Unfortunately, the number 7 rider hasn&rsquo;t been able to test so far this year, but he&rsquo;s confident: "I cannot wait to take it out on track &ndash; he says &ndash; also because the colour is cool and stands out from the other bikes. My 2021 goal is to give 100% to obtain the kind of results that the team, Ducati and I can be happy with". For Denis Sacchetti, turquoise is a winning colour  Denis Sacchetti is enthusiastic. Following an evening of good food and wine, the Go Eleven manager reveals how much he enjoyed his little trip to the countryside aboard Davies&rsquo; bike. &ldquo;Langhe is beautiful, I wanted to open the throttle. This bike embodies power an dspeed. I had fun. Significant work has been done on the V4 R. We have a new tank and saddle and other more advanced details. The package is impressive, we just need to optimise it all on track. With Chaz, we have a rider who brakes hard, no one can beat him in that phase. We know Davies is one of the strongest SBK riders, he&rsquo;s been a real antagonist to Rea with the Kawasaki. Our aim is have fun and score great results&rdquo;. The connection between the team and the manufacturer is closer than ever: "For us, working with Ducati is something we&rsquo;re proud of. We&rsquo;ve reached this point one step at a time and we&rsquo;re pleased and motivated. I thank Gigi Dall&rsquo;Igna, Aruba and Feel Racing. Our relationship began in 2019 and is getting ever stronger. The package is a winner&rdquo;. An original livery for a specific reason: "We owe this blue to Stefano Cecconi at Aruba. They&rsquo;re coming out with a new product, a fibre, so the livery is dedicated to that. And our bike will stand out among the many red Ducatis&rdquo;.  The work of Gianni Ramello and his team  The team is based in Piedmont, and so the presentation took place in familiar surroundings. Gianni Ramello was proud to reveal just how much work has been done, and how much still lies ahead: &ldquo;We are a strong, united family and every member is important (he lists the Go Eleven team members). They each give it their all, as do I&rdquo;. Back to the turquoise colour scheme: "It&rsquo;s beautiful, right? We hope to see our blue bike ahead of the other red Ducatis. We know it won&rsquo;t be easy, but we&rsquo;ll do our best to obtain the best possible results. Thanks everyone, and we&rsquo;ll see you on track, where we hope to reap what we&rsquo;ve sewn up until now". Translated by Heather Watson SBK, in 2000 "everyone" naked for Neil Hodgson at Donington Park       

In 2021, the independent team headed up by Gianni Ramello and Denis Sacchetti is even more official: "We have a winning bike-rider package"

SBK, Go Eleven throws down the gauntlet: “This blue bike needs to beat the red Ducatis”

No red details on the welshman&#39;s new Ducati, that recalls instead the color of a gem

WorldSBK, Go Eleven goes turquoise: here is Davies' new Panigale V4 R

Chaz Davies appears battle-ready ahead of the 2021 season. The Welshman, who didn&rsquo;t appreciate being set aside by the factory Ducati team after seven years, has found a new &lsquo;home&rsquo; with satellite team GoEleven and now prepares to settle scores.  Although he can count on direct support from Ducati, Davies will run his first season as an independent rider after seven years with the factory team. Following the split, Davies even considered retiring from racing.  The desire to win   &ldquo;There were a few moments when I thought &lsquo;maybe this is the best way to finish&rsquo;. I won the last race, did my job and could go home and keep my head high&rdquo;, Davies confessed during the recent Jerez tests which were subsequently cancelled due to rain. &ldquo;But something still burns inside me, and I still have scores to settle and races to win.&rdquo;  Davies is pleased to be with team GoEleven.  &ldquo;They&rsquo;re like a family team, a lot of passion, and I can see that already. It&rsquo;s immediately obvious. That&rsquo;s the sort of group you want surrounding you. I&rsquo;ve been in those situations before in my career and that&rsquo;s when you find that kind of atmosphere, it really does get the best out of me personally&rdquo;, commented the Welshman.  Ducati support   Davies will still receive factory support, and says: &ldquo;Quite honestly, if it was anything less than factory support, I probably wouldn&rsquo;t be sat here today because I&rsquo;m here to win, I have proved I can win and I feel like I deserve material that I can win with&rdquo;.  The Welshman is clearly aiming high. &ldquo;We won the last race, but we can&rsquo;t rest on that, we&rsquo;ve got to keep pushing on. You can&rsquo;t win in WorldSBK if your head, your body, everything is not in absolute peak condition&rdquo;, he adds.  &ldquo;I definitely believe we can keep fighting for a title as much as anybody else here. We&rsquo;ve proven it before, I proved it at the end of last year in fact, so I think there&rsquo;s definitely still belief there&rdquo;, concludes Davies.  Translated by Heather Watson  WorldSBK, Bautista: &ldquo;We have a direction to follow&rdquo; 

&ldquo;A fire still burns inside me, I still have scores to settle and races to win&rdquo;, states the Welshman as he prepares to ride the Team GoEleven Ducati

WorldSBK, Chaz Davies seeks a comeback: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m here to win&rdquo;

Chaz Davies and the Go Eleven team are an interesting pairing, whichever way you look at it. The Welshman is (again) set to be one of the top riders in 2021, and Gianni Ramello&rsquo;s squad, independent team winners, proved to be the real surprise of the 2020 season.  This was also thanks to Michael Ruben Rinaldi, make no mistake. And now Rino moves to the Aruba factory team, seizing the opportunity to wear official colours. He&rsquo;s the right age, has the talent and a certain nationality. As for the Brit though, he&rsquo;s not headed for a &quot;B Solution&quot;. Far from it.  Go Eleven will receive direct support from Borgo Panigale. Its V4 R will be updated with brand-new solutions. Number 7 will be the only rider on Denis Sacchetti&rsquo;s team. Being able to race with less pressure on his shoulders, Chaz should be more relaxed yet as gutsy as ever. Try to imagine how much he will want to beat his factory rivals. The pairing is reminiscent of Checa with Althea, in what was a triumphant 2011.    A new-look pre-season   Four tests. Starting in January and running until mid-April. The Go Eleven team has never been able to plan such a winter schedule before, but now that it&rsquo;s linked to a manufacturer competing in SBK, wherever Redding and Rinaldi go, Davies will go too.  Added to the fact that the atmosphere inside the Italian team is so positive, while the Aruba riders will be obliged to win (who can deny it?!), Chaz won&rsquo;t have the same responsibility, if not for that dictated by his own pride. At the end of the day, Carlos Checa was also able to remain calm and enjoy himself.  Their race number is the same: 7. Another coincidence. If you believe in fortune telling, head out to place your bets now as, while some will be touching wood, others hope for a deja vu: Davies like Checa, Go Eleven like Althea.  &nbsp;  One significant &quot;but&rdquo;: team Aruba is first in line for Borgo Panigale   Ducati will be represented by Motocorsa, Barni, Brixx, Go Eleven and Aruba. Listed in no particular order. But it is Aruba that will receive most of the manufacturer&rsquo;s attention, in that it is the factory team. The others follow behind, but not all of them. Go Eleven and Davies will receive solid support, but they nevertheless make up a satellite outfit.  In 2011, on the other hand, Althea was the main red team, the most valid of the structures fielding Ducati machines. The fact remains that the achievements of the Spaniard and Bevilacqua&rsquo;s team were significant, with many things done in Civita Castellana, but the situation was quite different.  The title scored by Carlos and Althea remains Ducati&rsquo;s latest title in the production-derived series. Almost ten years have passed since then. That pairing proved that even privateers - or almost - can win in SBK&hellip; Who knows whether team Go Eleven will be thinking about our words.  Translated by Heather Watson  WorldSBK, will anyone be able to usurp King Rea or will he continue to dominate? 

The Welshman and the Spaniard are both top riders with the number 7. Gianni Ramello&rsquo;s team is independent. Can it repeat what Genesio Bevilacqua did? Perhaps, but ten years ago Ducati had no factory teams, while now Aruba is first in line for Borgo Panigale

WorldSBK: Davies and Go Eleven, like Checa and Althea in 2011?

The long-standing rumour is finally confirmed, with Chaz Davies and team Go Eleven having reached an agreement that will see them join forces in the 2021 WorldSBK championship. This collaboration between the Welshman and Gianni Ramello&rsquo;s team could very well prove to be one of the most fruitful, at least among the independent teams.  Having come out on top among the &lsquo;unofficial&rsquo; teams in 2020, the Italian squad, headed up by Denis Sacchetti, will be looking to defend its subcategory title won with Michael Ruben Rinaldi, who now moves to Ducati Aruba. Essentially a direct swap that will see the Italian with a factory package and the Brit benefiting from almost the same, in that updated material will arrive from Borgo Panigale round after round.    With two race wins and seven further podiums to his name in 2020, the experienced number seven rider will be supported by the racing department. The bike will still be a V4 R, one that Chaz knows well, because it&rsquo;s the factory version already used this year. He also won&rsquo;t have the pressure of having to work on development and can instead focus solely on twisting that throttle.  Chain reaction: Barni, Motocorsa and Brixx on the home stretch   The other satellite teams should now complete their line-ups. Will Esteve Rabat make the move from MotoGP? If Tito accepts the SBK idea, there&rsquo;s a seat for him with Barni, if Loris Baz hasn&rsquo;t got there first. Lorenzo Mauri&rsquo;s Motocorsa team is looking at Axel Bassani, while Brixx will confirm Sylvain Barrier, who may well be joined by a team-mate.  Translated by Heather Watson  WorldSBK, will anyone be able to usurp King Rea or will he continue to dominate? 

The independent team champions and the Welsh rider join forces for 2021, with a semi-official Ducati deal

11 risultati per 'EN chaz davies'