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Sylvain Guintoli and Chaz Davies crash sequence at Imola
Race 1 at Imola was marred by this particular accident on lap 2. Sylvain Guintoli who was highly tipped to take at least podium this past World Superbike weekend, instead ended up tangling with Leon Haslam at the Tamburello, the BMW rider got away safely and took a third place podium, while the Effenbert Liberty rider binned it taking out a hapless Chaz Davies.
Davies luckily didn’t re-injury himself - he skipped the season opener at Phillip Island with a fractured wrist - while the French rider had to take a trip to the medical centre where he was treated for some heavily bruised ribs. Davies finished race 2 in 14th, while Guintoli who was shot up with potent painkillers concluded in 11th.
Source | motoblog.it
Chaz Davies breaks left radius, will miss opening round
ParkinGO MTC Aprilia’s Chaz Davies crashed out at the Southern Loop during QP2 at Phillip Island and fractured his left radius and has been ruled out of Sunday’s races.
The Welshman who was due to make his official WSBK debut and qualified for the Superpole in 15th, instead will now have to undergo surgery in Melbourne and will have a month to recover before the second round of season at Imola.
ParkinGo MTC World Superbike team reveals livery
With the official Infront Superbike tests due to kick off on Monday at Phillip Island and ahead of the openining round next Sunday, WSBK newbie ParkinGO team has revealed via the team’s Facebook page, the livery that they will be using on Chaz Davies’ Aprilia RSV4.
ParkinGO has a new main sponsor and will be debuting under the MTC ParkinGO Aprilia banner and the graphics were designed by Italian indiVisual.it | race design.
Chaz Davies tests an Aprilia RSV4 at Portimao
When World Supersport winning team ParkinGO lucked out on taking over the Yamaha Superbike team effort, it seemed that the squad would move into the 2012 Superbike championship with Chaz Davies and field a Ducati, however yesterday at Portimao, in what was supposed to be a secret test, Davies was riding an Aprilia RSV4.
According to motosprint.it, who also has a spy shot of Davies at the helm of the Aprilia, has offered Giuliano Rovelli’s squad a factory backed RSV4 to run next season.
If ParkinGO decides to go the Aprilia route instead of Ducati (this change of heart could also based on the new rules which will see the twins get a further weight increase), the Noale based manufacturer will have their own factory team with Max Biaggi and Eugene Laverty, ParkingGo with 2011 Supersport champion Davies and privateer team Pata, who still has to announce who will be their rider next season, but rumors have it that Pata team owner Marco Borciani wants Randy de Puniet.
ParkinGO with Chaz Davies in World Superbikes in 2012
Guliano Rovelli’s World Supersport ParkinGO winning team will make the jump to World Superbikes next season with 2011 World Champion Chaz Davies. The Australian champion will be at the helm of a Ducati according to British website MCN, even if there hasn’t been an official announcement yet.
Rovelli had be planning to make the switch by taking over the soon-to-be in mothballs Yamaha R1s after the Japanese manufacturer announced they would be withdrawing from the World Superbike championship at the end of this season. His proposal however was shot down by Yamaha Europe’s Racing Manager Laurens Klein Koerkamp who was in talks with a South African group (the offer disappeared), so the Italian manager instead of waiting around turned to a much more interested Ducati management, who was more than happy to listen to him and give his ParkinGO squad a Ducati 1198 with factory support for the upcoming season.
Chaz Davies crowned World Supersport Champion at Magny Cours
Would have anyone thought at the beginning of the 2011 World Supersport season that the ParkinGo Team when they switched manufacturers to pick up slightly outdated Yamaha YZF-R6’s would have dominated the series and take the championship title with Chaz Davies?
However the Welsh rider did it yesterday at Magny Cours. An instantly competitive Davies podiumed seven times with five race wins so far this season, and after his engined blowed at Imola last weekend- where he was expected to take the title - the ParkingGo Yamaha rider decided to play it safe at the French circuit and crossed over the finish line in sixth, but it was enough to let him secure the title, with just one race left.
Teammate Luca Scassa took the race win and it was his third of the season.
Chaz Davies - 2011 World Supersport Champion
“It’s been an amazing season and it has taken me 15 long years to get me where I am now. There are so many emotions hitting me all at once, I’ve worked towards this all my life and I still believe I am now in this position. I can’t thank my team and Yamaha enough for all their effort. I certainly didn’t think at the beginning of the year that I’d be here now, taking the championship title. My family and my girlfriend have been behind me all the way and I owe them so much. Thanks to everyone who helped make this magical moment happen.”
World Supersport: Chaz Davies wins in multiple red flagged race
Luca Scassa’s seemingly unstoppable charge in the World Supersport championship was brought to a halt in yesterday’s very dramatic, twice red flagged race at Assen, that saw Chaz Davies prevail admist the chaos.
The race was marred by two horrific crashes. The first that brought out the red flag on lap six, involved Parkarlgar Honda’s Sam Lowes, who was fighting for the lead with Scassa and Davies when he suddenly lost his the rear of his bike and highsided in a bone crunching crash. The rider was later diagnosed with broken collarbone and a concussion, but team manager Simon Buckmaster believes that Lowes will be fit enough to race at Monza in three weeks times.
After the red flag the race was shortened to 16 laps, but just two laps in, Marko Jerman highsided and Alexander Lundh, who was right behind him had no where to go crashed into him and then was clipped by another rider, bringing out a second red flag. Lundh would be later diagnosed with a broken wrist and Jerman only contusions.
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Divorce Finalized between Triumph and BE1 Racing
Just yesterday we informed you of the rumor floating around that World Supersport team BE1 Racing and Triumph were on the outs, which was confirmed by the provisional 2011 entry list that already had riders Luca Scassa and Chaz Davies listed as riding Yamaha’s R6’s.
The official press release announcing the mutual divorce, is as usual in these cases clouded with very careful wording stating that both parties just couldn’t reach an agreement.
Press release after the jump
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WSS: BE1 Racing to switch from Triumph to Yamaha?
The latest hot rumor going around is that World Supersport BE1 Racing team could be dropping their Triumph Daytona 675’s that they’ve been fielding since 2008, for Yamaha R6’s this upcoming season.
If Luca Scassa and Chaz Davies are going to be riding R6’s, the talk, mostly from the Italian media, that Scassa would be involved in the development of a superbike for the English manufacturer, ready for the 2012 championship, goes down the proverbial drain.
Apparently an announcement of the switch should be coming this week.
Source | bikesportnews
Chaz Davies ParkinGo Triumph Daytona to be auctioned at Rock the Kasbah event
Ever heard of the Virgin Unite? Don’t worry, neither have I. Well, Virgin Unite is the no-profit organization of Virgin Group headed by Richard Branson (yes, him) that organizes the Rock the Kasbah, a fund-raising event organized by Virgin Unite and Eve Branson Foundation for a series of aid actions for young American people in need and to finance females entrepreneurial projects in Morocco.
Rock the Kasbah is in it’s 4th year and ParkinGO, the airport parking facilities network and title sponsor of Team BE1 Racing, and Triumph have decided to donate Chaz Davies Triumph Daytona 675 (4th this year), with this paint job by Dinamo ICQ, that will be auctioned off, with bids starting from € 50.000.
Giuliano Rovelli, CEO ParkinGO and BE1 Racing Team Owner: “I’m really glad to contribute to this action which strengthens relationships between our company and the world Virgin, helping people in need as well. I cooperate with Virgin Holidays Cruises, Virgin Active fitness villages are our partner for fitness and wellness services dedicated to our employees and customers, Virgin Radio is our official media partner in Supersport World Championship. Most of all, we and Virgin share the same strong values: love of new challenges, ability of innovating, care of human resources, will to start business in which fun is an essential part. In a word, being at Rock the Kasbah through a concrete contribution has been natural”.
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Luca Scassa in World Supersport with BE1 Racing in 2011
Supersonic Racing team rider Luca Scassa will no longer be racing in the World Superbike championship next season, but will be switching to the World Supersport series and will be riding with ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing team.
While this may be surprising move by the Italian rider who has well impressed this year on a privateer Ducati, it could also been seen as a strategic move, because there are if the rumors that are floating around are true that Triumph is building a Superbike to enter the WSBK championship in 2012, Scassa could become part of this ambitious development project.
“I have been riding 1000cc bikes in recent years but I have experience of supersport racing from the Italian championship. I am looking forward to riding the Daytona 675. This will be my first experience of a three cylinder bike and I think that the extra torque will prove advantageous at some tracks. BE1 Racing has ambitions to be at the very top and one of my motivations for signing is that I can see the desire to win in the eyes of Giuliano Rovelli . It is important for me to be racing with a factory team again and I can see the great progress that Triumph has made in the championship over the past few years.” said Scassa.
Chaz Davies has also re-signed for ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing next season.
Source | wsbk.com
Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team at Daytona
The new Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies team finished in the top ten at the Daytona 200. This was the first ever race for the team and rider Chaz Davies besides finishing 7th also took the fastest lap of the event. Other rider, Ben Johnson took 24th with his RSV 1000 R Factory.
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