“He is obviously very experienced and I don’t need to tell you how fast he is, I would be interested to see him on this bike – only on a test not a race!”.
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“He is obviously very experienced and I don’t need to tell you how fast he is, I would be interested to see him on this bike – only on a test not a race!”.
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Front row start for Giugliano. Can Ducati get it's 800th Podium this weekend?
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Chaz Davies aims to end his bad run of results on a Ducati on home territory and is confident he has the machine to challenge Kawasaki.
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Prospects of close racing on Sunday after Ducati and Kawasaki head the opening session.
After the opening 45 minute FP1 that kick started the Acerbis Italian Round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship it’s the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team duo of Chaz Davies and the returning Davide Giugliano that are sitting pretty at the top of the standings ahead of the Kawasaki Racing Team pairing of Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea.
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Kitchen combat as round 5 begins for a selection of leading riders.
Round 5 of the 2015 eni FIM Superbike World championship, the Acerbis Italian round, got under way with a culinary challenge that saw current championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), Sylvain Guintoli (PATA Honda World Superbike Team), Leon Camier (MV Agusta – Reparto Corse), Davide Giugliano (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team) and Michel Fabrizio, substitute rider for Althea Racing Team Ducati’s Nico Terol go head to head preparing traditional hand-made pasta, led by popular host Chef Valentino Marcattilii and his crew. The venue, the restaurant of the “San Domenico” Museum in downtown Imola is internationally renowned, serving world class food since 1970. Following a short demonstration on how the pasta dish should be prepared by Marcattilii, the riders were judged on their efforts by a jury comprising many well-known paddock personalities.
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Good photo gallery on the link. Looks like these guys can actually cook. Nice!
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The first private test of the off season started today at Alcaniz’s MotorLand Aragon, involving three teams who are going to play an important role in next year’s edition of the Superbike and Supersport World Championships. The first of two days of track action began a little later than expected, given the wet conditions encountered early morning and the low temperatures at the Spanish track.
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Looking forward to seeing how this shake out in 2015. Thinking SBK will be a bit more level play ground...
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ONE of the country’s top motorcycle racers, Herefordshire’s Chad Davies, until recently could not legally ride on UK roads.
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Crash.net catches up with Ducati WSBK rider Chaz Davies to discuss his season so far, the future and his opinions on the Circuit of Wales.
Q&A Chaz Davies
Crash.net
This is your first season on the Ducati, how do you view it so far?
Chaz Davies
It's gone about as expected. It's been up and down with podiums here and there. The podium at Imola came a bit out of the blue, I didn't expect to be quite that competitive there, and then in six races I had three DNFs in Portugal, Misano and at Laguna Seca I barely started. We had some DNFs there but I felt that the pace was there with a front row at Portimao and Laguna and then getting on the podium last weekend at Jerez. It's been about what was expected and a little bit up and down but it's a development year and we've gone from strength to strength in a few areas of the bike but as we've improved in some areas we've had to change the way that the bike works in others. We've made it a lot lighter, its lost 5kg compared to last year, and the engine is a lot more powerful so we're playing around and getting closer to the limit of the bike.
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Very intelligent interview, worth a read
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Yesterday’s first SBK race at Jerez saw the Ducati Superbike Team celebrate a return to the podium with Chaz Davies. The British rider crossed the line in third place in race one, fourth in race two. Two DNFs for Davide Giugliano, who crashed unhurt in the first encounter and was forced to an early retirement in race 2 due to a technical problem.
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Chaz Davies believes he can enjoy a strong WSBK race weekend at Jerez with the Ducati, even if he hasn't had the best of luck there previously.
Though he admits it isn't a circuit that has been kind to him in the past, Chaz Davies believes the flowing nature of the Jerez circuit will play to the strengths of his Ducati 1199 Panigale.
Returning to action after a lengthy summer break, Davies is hoping to get the final portion of his 2014 WSBK season off to a good start after a promising race weekend in Laguna Seca was scuppered by a race one crash that ruled him out of the second encounter too.
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Despite the three podium finishes achieved in his first season as factory Ducati rider, Chaz Davies is not happy with his current position in the championship standings, which doesn’t reflect the current level reached lately by the rider astride his bike.
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Factory Ducati World Superbike rider talks with Cycle World Technical Editor Kevin Cameron.
Pretty interesting read...
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Ducati Grandstand at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will be the place to be to watch the nail-biting action for the only US stop of the 2014 FIM Superbike World Championship.
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You need this. Why? How are you going to show off your beautiful Ducati if it's not parked on Ducati Island???
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However this was something that Chaz had always wanted to do but never seemed to be able to fit into his busy racing schedule.
So Chaz found time between racing and testing, teaming up with Ducati UK and booking on the Ducati Learn to Ride Programme to gain the road licence he had always wanted...
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Pretty funny...
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A positive race day overall for the Ducati Superbike team and riders Chaz Davies and Davide Giugliano yesterday at Donington Park. Although Davide Giugliano crashed out of race 1 while fighting for the win, he closed race two in fourth place, while Chaz Davies finished both of the day’s races in fifth position.
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Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) was the fastest rider in the opening Free Practice session at Imola this morning. Riding in the hottest conditions of the season so far, the Italian ended the session marginally quicker than his nearest rival, Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team).
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Go Ducati, Gassssssss!
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When you get a sniff of winning and you know you can do it, it gets your blood up and you just want more and more of it" - Chaz Davies.
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In depth. Good way to get to know the new Ducati SBK rider