WorldSBK, Chaz Davies seeks a comeback: “I’m here to win”

Chaz Davies appears battle-ready ahead of the 2021 season. The Welshman, who didn’t appreciate being set aside by the factory Ducati team after seven years, has found a new ‘home’ 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

“There were a few moments when I thought ‘maybe this is the best way to finish’. I won the last race, did my job and could go home and keep my head high”, Davies confessed during the recent Jerez tests which were subsequently cancelled due to rain. “But something still burns inside me, and I still have scores to settle and races to win.”

Davies is pleased to be with team GoEleven.

“They’re like a family team, a lot of passion, and I can see that already. It’s immediately obvious. That’s the sort of group you want surrounding you. I’ve been in those situations before in my career and that’s when you find that kind of atmosphere, it really does get the best out of me personally”, commented the Welshman.

Ducati support

Davies will still receive factory support, and says: “Quite honestly, if it was anything less than factory support, I probably wouldn’t be sat here today because I’m here to win, I have proved I can win and I feel like I deserve material that I can win with”.

The Welshman is clearly aiming high. “We won the last race, but we can’t rest on that, we’ve got to keep pushing on. You can’t win in WorldSBK if your head, your body, everything is not in absolute peak condition”, he adds.

“I definitely believe we can keep fighting for a title as much as anybody else here. We’ve proven it before, I proved it at the end of last year in fact, so I think there’s definitely still belief there”, concludes Davies.

Translated by Heather Watson

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