VOLUME 58 ISSUE 39 SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 P37
Davies Set To Retire
C
haz Davies (Team GoEleven)
announced that he plans to
retire from WorldSBK at the end
of the 2021 season.
Davies has finished runner-up
in WorldSBK on three occa-
sions, in 2015, 2017 and 2018
and third on another two occa-
sions as he often fought for the
title throughout his career. The
British rider also had two full
seasons in WorldSSP and won
the title in 2011 by 50 points over
his nearest rival, ensuring he will
go down in history as a World
Champion. In that 2011 campaign
with Yamaha ParkinGo, Davies
claimed six wins and eight podi-
ums on his way to the title and
earning a 2012 WorldSBK seat
onboard Aprilia machinery.
His debut season started a run
of 10 consecutive seasons scor-
ing podiums in WorldSBK while
he has taken victories in all but
two of his campaigns. For 2013,
Davies switched to BMW ma-
chinery which featured a win on
BMW's home turf at the Nurbur-
gring before switching to Ducati
for 2014 for this third manufac-
turer in three years. He remained
with the factory Ducati team until
the end of the 2020 season,
taking them close to the title on
numerous occasions throughout
an illustrious career. For his last
campaign in WorldSBK, Davies
had been competing on the
Independent Ducati outfit, Team
GoEleven, taking one podium at
the start of the season.
An emotional Davies an-
nounced at Jerez that the 2021
season would be his last, say-
ing, "I just wanted to say that
unfortunately in some ways, and
fortunately in others, this will be
my last season in WorldSBK.
It's obviously a decision that has
not come easily, it's taken a lot
of thought because I'm a strong
believer in when you're done,
you're done. To me, the timing
seemed right to make this deci-
sion. Like I said, very difficult and
a lot of deliberation especially
being here at the circuit again!
It even felt different walking in
a couple of hours ago to make
this announcement. You need to
change something in your head.
Here we are. There's a lot of
reasons behind it and like I said,
a lot of deliberation and wonder-
ing whether it's the right move,
but I'm very confident and I'm
both happy and sad at the same
time that it is the right decision.
Ready to turn the page and open
up the next chapter."
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Chaz Davies, who
joined the WorldSBK
Championship in 2012,
says he's going to
retire at the end of the
2021 season.
Team Great Britain's Ben Watson was the
overall winner in the MXGP category, while
in MX2 it was Austria's Rene Hofer and
finally in open it was Jeffrey Herlings of The
Netherlands's who was victorious after his
1-1 result.
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OVERALL (Top 10)
1. Italy (37)
2. The Netherlands (38)
3. Great Britain (39)
4. MFR (44)
5. France (50)
6. Belgium (74)
7. Estonia (78)
8. Switzerland (80)
9. Austria (82)
10. Denmark (84)
