Superbikes news - Chaz Davies: 'I look forward to being healthy again'

ByEurosport

Published 30/10/2018 at 20:48 GMT

As much as he’s excited about riding the new V4 Ducati for the first time, Chaz Davies is relieved that the 2018 World Superbike season is over.

Chaz Davies

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Chatting with Eurosport commentator Greg Haines in this week’s Full Throttle podcast, recorded in Qatar on Saturday, Davies was his usual honest self.

"The collarbone is not particularly good,” he admitted, having injured it twice this year and in the second training incident damaging the plate and screws which were already in place.

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"It has been deteriorating a little bit over these last few weekends.

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"I am looking forward to getting off the bike a little bit to get it fixed. It’s easy to say, but it’s definitely been holding my last part of the season back a little bit.

I’m looking forward to getting 100% healthy again because it hasn’t been a lot of fun.

In mid-November Davies will go to Aragon to test the V4 Ducati which replaces the v-twin Panigale, the only model in WorldSBK history which didn’t win a title.

Will the new bike be able to topple Jonathan Rea off the top of the perch? Time will tell…

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