# Chaz Davies

Chaz Richard Page Davies (born 10 February 1987) is a British motorcycle racer from Knighton, Wales, primarily known for his career in the Superbike World Championship, where he finished three times as runner-up. In 2024, Davies was confirmed as a rider in the MotoE World Championship, an electrically powered race series.
He was the 2011 World Supersport champion and also the 2011 BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.

## Career
### Early career

Davies started racing in the British Mini Moto championship in 1995, moving up to Junior Road racing in 1999. In the same season he was given special dispensation at the age of 12 to take part in the Aprilia Challenge 125cc Championship. Davies finished 6th overall, and was the only rider to finish every race in a points scoring position. He set a new lap record at Donington Park National circuit, and was awarded 'Superteen of the Year'. He stayed with the series for a second year, and was runner up in the championship.
In 2001 Davies moved to the British 125 Championship, placing seventh after completing 8 of 13 rounds. Davies was the youngest winner of a British Championship race in July at Thruxton at the age of 14 years 5 months. Davies also contested all rounds of the Spanish National 125 Championship with the Telefonica Movistar team under the management of Alberto Puig. He was nominated for BBC "Young Sports Personality of the Year."
In 2002 management company Dorna Sports placed Chaz with Team Matteoni Racing to compete in the 125cc Grand Prix World Championship riding a kit Aprilia. Davies became the youngest rider to compete in a full season of GP Motorcycle racing.
From 2003, Davies rode for Aprilia Germany on the back of the consistent performance in his 125cc 'Rookie' season. In 2003 he became the youngest rider to score World Championship points in the 250cc class finishing 15th place in the Gauloises Africa's Grand Prix. For the 2004 season, still the youngest rider by two years, Davies finished 13th in the 250cc World Championship Classification out of the 36 regular starters scoring three top 10 results in the final three races of the season. Davies finished 2004 with a series of outstanding results on what was a customer kit level of bike, far inferior to those of the factory teams. He finished 9th in Malaysia, 6th in Australia and then backed it up with 5th at the final race in Valencia.
Davies again signed for Aprilia Germany for 2005 in hope that Aprilia would provide him with factory material after his strong end to 2004. With two Top 10 results in Italy and Turkey, Davies again proved himself a consistent front runner within the non-factory machines but again failed to secure any type of factory backing. He finished the championship in 16th.
For the 2006 season, he was promised a semi-works Aprilia bike by the Campetella team, but this did not materialise after the team ran into serious sponsorship difficulties and Davies was forced to ride a series of privateer options. After Campetella replaced Davies for the Mugello round with a sponsored rider Franco Battaini due to financial difficulties, Davies secured a semi-works Honda ride for another team the 2006 British GP at Donington Park. He then rode a 600 cc Yamaha in the AMA Championship at Mid-Ohio; then finished out the season with a 250 cc ride at the closing Grand Prix of the year at Cheste, near Valencia.

### AMA

In 2007, Davies raced in the AMA Supersport Championship and Formula X-Treme Championship, racing a Yamaha for the Celtic Racing team. In 2008 he rode a Kawasaki for Attack Kawasaki. In early December 2007 Davies set the fastest times in two classes while testing at Daytona for the upcoming opening race of the 2008 AMA season. He was named winner of the 2008 Daytona 200 after original race winner, Josh Hayes, was disqualified for an illegal crankshaft. Davies becomes the first racer from the United Kingdom to win the prestigious race.
For 2009 Davies signed with KWS Aprilia to run in the all-new AMA Daytona Sportbike series, finishing the season with moderate success.

### MotoGP World Championship

In 2007 he made his MotoGP debut, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for Pramac d'Antin Ducati, riding a Desmosedici GP7 in replacement for the injured Alex Hofmann, who crashed in first practice. Already there for the supporting AMA round, Davies took over on an unfamiliar bike and track. Despite setting solid laptimes, he was overlooked for the following event at Brno, with Iván Silva replacing Hofmann.
On 28 September 2007 it was announced that Chaz Davies would replace Alex Hoffmann at the D'Antin squad for the final three rounds of the 2007 season. After failing to score in Phillip Island and Sepang, Davies was forced to pull out of the final race of the season in Valencia due to hand and wrist injuries sustained during the qualifying and practice sessions. Davies was offered a full-time testing role with Ducati for 2008, but he turned it down in favour of a return to AMA.

### Supersport World Championship

Davies made a switch to World Supersport late in the 2009 season for Triumph, remaining with them for 2010. He was consistently their fastest rider, scoring podium finishes at Valencia, Kyalami and Brno. After his Brno success, team manager Guiliano Rovelli commented "He is a tough bloke who always gives 110% and is now the best rider in Supersport". He came agonisingly close to a first class win at Imola – suffering a fuel pump failure while running third, just as leaders Kenan Sofuoglu and Eugene Laverty collided.
2011 saw Davies team switch to Yamaha machinery. After a disappointing start to his championship campaign with a puncture at the first race, Davies scored 8 podiums with 6 wins on his way to securing the 2011 World Supersport Title.

### Superbike World Championship

In 2012 Davies moved to the World Superbike championship to join ParkinGO MTC Racing Aprilia. After a highly impressive debut season he finished 9th overall with 4 podium finishes, including 1 win.
For the 2013 season Davies moved to the factory BMW Motorrad Goldbet team.
From 2015, Davies rode for the Aruba.it Ducati team. Davies announced his retirement from regular competition in September 2021.

### Post Superbike Career

From 2022, Davies was a rider-coach working with Ducati and Feel Racing, mentoring Alvaro Bautista and Michael Ruben Rinaldi in World Superbikes and Nicolo Bulega in Ducati's inaugural World Supersport season, riding the Panigale V-twin.
Davies intended to compete in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race but was ill. He entered the 2023 event on an ERC Endurance Ducati with David Checa and Philipp Öttl, finishing fifth.
In 2024, Davies was confirmed as a rider in the MotoE World Championship, an electrically powered race series using Ducati series-specified machines.

## Career statistics
### All-time statistics

| Series | Years | Races | Poles | Podiums | Wins | 2nd place | 3rd place | Fastest Laps | Titles |
| 125cc | $^{2002}$ | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 250cc | $^{2003–2006}$ | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMA Formula Xtreme | $^{2006–2008}$ | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| AMA Supersport Championship | $^{2006–2008}$ | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MotoGP | $^{2007}$ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMA Pro Daytona SportBike | $^{2009}$ | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Supersport Championship | $^{2009–2011}$ | 28 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| World Superbike Championship | $^{2012–2020}$ | 237 | 7 | 98 | 32 | 37 | 29 | 36 | 0 |
| MotoE World Championship | $^{2024}$ | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 418 | 8 | 116 | 39 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 1 |

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Pts |
| 2002 | 125cc | Aprilia | JPN Ret | RSA 21 | SPA 24 | FRA 18 | ITA 18 | CAT Ret | NED 24 | GBR 16 | GER 20 | CZE DNS | POR 11 | BRA 29 | PAC 24 | MAL 25 | AUS 22 | VAL 28 | | | 29th | 5 |
| 2003 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN 18 | RSA 15 | SPA 18 | FRA Ret | ITA 13 | CAT Ret | NED 24 | GBR 13 | GER 12 | CZE 14 | POR 20 | BRA 9 | PAC 11 | MAL 12 | AUS 15 | VAL 13 | | | 14th | 33 |
| 2004 | 250cc | Aprilia | RSA Ret | SPA Ret | FRA 12 | ITA 17 | CAT 13 | NED 15 | BRA 13 | GER 12 | GBR Ret | CZE 8 | POR 16 | JPN Ret | QAT 16 | MAL 9 | AUS 6 | VAL 5 | | | 13th | 51 |
| 2005 | 250cc | Aprilia | SPA 11 | POR Ret | CHN Ret | FRA 12 | ITA 10 | CAT Ret | NED 14 | GBR Ret | GER Ret | CZE Ret | JPN Ret | MAL 12 | QAT 16 | AUS 11 | TUR 10 | VAL 16 | | | 16th | 32 |
| 2006 | 250cc | Aprilia | SPA 13 | QAT 17 | TUR Ret | CHN 17 | FRA Ret | ITA | CAT | NED | | | | | | | | | | | 32nd | 3 |
| 2006 | 250cc | Honda | | | | | | | | | GBR Ret | GER | CZE | MAL | AUS | JPN | POR | VAL 21 | | | 32nd | 3 |
| 2007 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA 16 | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS Ret | MAL 17 | VAL DNS | NC | 0 |
| 2024 | MotoE | Ducati | POR1 9 | POR2 15 | FRA1 13 | FRA2 12 | CAT1 Ret | CAT2 14 | ITA1 14 | ITA2 16 | NED1 9 | NED2 Ret | GER1 14 | GER2 16 | AUT1 13 | AUT2 14 | RSM1 15 | RSM2 15 | | | 17th | 35 |

### AMA Formula Xtreme
#### Races by year

(key)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
| 2006 | Yamaha | DAY | BAR | FON | INF | RAM | MIL | LAG | M-O | VIR | RAT | M-O 8 | 45th | 23 |
| 2007 | Yamaha | DAY 4 | BAR Ret | FON 4 | INF 28 | RAM 15 | MIL 3 | LAG 6 | M-O 3 | VIR 6 | RAT 6 | LAG 6 | 6th | 206 |
| 2008 | Kawasaki | DAY 1 | BAR 3 | FON 5 | INF 27 | MIL Ret | RAM 6 | M-O 4 | VIR 6 | RAT 5 | LAG 5 | | 5th | 224 |

### AMA Supersport Championship
#### Races by year

(key)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
| 2006 | Yamaha | DAY | BAR | FON | INF | RAM | MIL | LAG | M-O | VIR | RAT | M-O 5 | 40th | 26 |
| 2007 | Yamaha | DAY 8 | BAR Ret | FON 8 | INF 4 | RAM 7 | MIL 9 | LAG Ret | M-O | VIR 6 | RAT Ret | LAG Ret | 13th | 145 |
| 2008 | Kawasaki | DAY 4 | BAR 10 | FON 8 | INF 10 | MIL 9 | RAM 6 | LAG 15 | M-O 9 | VIR 11 | RAT 16 | LAG 4 | 6th | 239 |

### AMA Pro Daytona SportBike
#### Races by year

(key)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | 1 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | 7 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2009 | Aprilia | DAY 7 | FON 8 | FON 7 | RAT 5 | RAT 6 | BAR 28 | BAR 4 | INF 4 | INF 31 | RAM 39 | RAM 8 | LAG 2 | M-O 5 | M-O 7 | HRT 4 | HRT 36 | VIR 36 | VIR 30 | N-J 2 | N-J 29 | 9th | 219 |

### Supersport World Championship
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| 2009 | Triumph | AUS | QAT | SPA | NED | ITA | RSA | USA | SMR | GBR | CZE | GER | ITA 4 | FRA Ret | POR 7 | 20th | 22 |
| 2010 | Triumph | AUS 12 | POR 4 | SPA 3 | NED 4 | ITA 7 | RSA 3 | USA 4 | SMR 4 | CZE 3 | GBR 4 | GER 5 | ITA Ret | FRA 3 | | 4th | 153 |
| 2011 | Yamaha | AUS 18 | EUR 2 | NED 1 | ITA 1 | SMR 6 | SPA 1 | CZE 3 | GBR 1 | GER 1 | ITA Ret | FRA 6 | POR 1 | | | 1st | 206 |

### Superbike World Championship
#### Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2012 | Aprilia | AUS DNS | AUS DNS | ITA Ret | ITA 14 | NED Ret | NED Ret | ITA C | ITA 12 | EUR 12 | EUR 7 | USA 7 | USA 4 | SMR 6 | SMR Ret | SPA 4 | SPA 3 | CZE 11 | CZE 6 | GBR 14 | GBR 7 | RUS Ret | RUS 3 | GER 3 | GER 1 | POR DNS | POR Ret | FRA Ret | FRA 8 | 9th | 164.5 |
| 2013 | BMW | AUS 4 | AUS 17 | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | NED 7 | NED 5 | ITA 5 | ITA Ret | GBR 8 | GBR 6 | POR 6 | POR 5 | ITA 6 | ITA 5 | RUS 2 | RUS C | GBR 10 | GBR Ret | GER 3 | GER 1 | TUR 8 | TUR 6 | USA 2 | USA Ret | FRA Ret | FRA 5 | SPA 7 | SPA 5 | 5th | 290 |
| 2014 | Ducati | AUS 8 | AUS 7 | SPA 4 | SPA Ret | NED 7 | NED 8 | ITA 2 | ITA 2 | GBR 5 | GBR 5 | MAL 4 | MAL 8 | ITA 4 | ITA Ret | POR 18 | POR 3 | USA Ret | USA DNS | SPA 3 | SPA 4 | FRA Ret | FRA 9 | QAT 7 | QAT 5 | | | | | 6th | 215 |
| 2015 | Ducati | AUS 3 | AUS 3 | THA 11 | THA 15 | SPA 2 | SPA 1 | NED 2 | NED 2 | ITA DNS | ITA Ret | GBR 3 | GBR 3 | POR 3 | POR 4 | ITA 3 | ITA 4 | USA 1 | USA 1 | MAL 2 | MAL 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 1 | FRA 6 | FRA 2 | QAT 4 | QAT 2 | | | 2nd | 416 |
| 2016 | Ducati | AUS 2 | AUS 10 | THA 4 | THA 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | NED 2 | NED 5 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | MAL 3 | MAL 4 | GBR Ret | GBR 3 | ITA 4 | ITA Ret | USA Ret | USA 3 | GER 1 | GER 6 | FRA 1 | FRA 1 | SPA 1 | SPA 1 | QAT 1 | QAT 1 | | | 3rd | 445 |
| 2017 | Ducati | AUS 2 | AUS 2 | THA 2 | THA 6 | ARA Ret | ARA 1 | NED Ret | NED 3 | ITA 1 | ITA 1 | GBR 8 | GBR 3 | ITA Ret | ITA DNS | USA 1 | USA 3 | GER 1 | GER 1 | POR 2 | POR Ret | FRA 10 | FRA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | QAT 2 | QAT 2 | | | 2nd | 403 |
| 2018 | Ducati | AUS 3 | AUS Ret | THA 3 | THA 1 | ARA 2 | ARA 1 | NED 3 | NED 5 | ITA 2 | ITA 2 | GBR 8 | GBR 5 | CZE 8 | CZE 3 | USA 2 | USA 2 | ITA 2 | ITA 4 | POR 4 | POR 4 | FRA 5 | FRA 2 | ARG Ret | ARG 4 | QAT 7 | QAT C | | | 2nd | 356 |
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | R1 | SR | R2 | Pos | Pts |
| 2019 | Ducati | AUS 10 | AUS 10 | AUS 7 | THA 15 | THA 8 | THA Ret | SPA 3 | SPA 4 | SPA 3 | NED 7 | NED C | NED 5 | ITA Ret | ITA 2 | ITA C | SPA 7 | SPA 10 | SPA Ret | ITA 5 | ITA 17 | ITA 7 | GBR 10 | GBR 7 | GBR 9 | USA 2 | USA 2 | USA 1 | POR 2 | POR 10 | POR 16 | FRA Ret | FRA 4 | FRA 4 | ARG DNS | ARG 4 | ARG 2 | QAT 2 | QAT 5 | QAT 2 | 6th | 294 |
| 2020 | Ducati | AUS 8 | AUS 13 | AUS 5 | SPA 4 | SPA 5 | SPA 2 | POR 11 | POR Ret | POR 4 | SPA 2 | SPA 5 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | SPA 5 | SPA Ret | SPA 3 | SPA 4 | SPA 1 | FRA 4 | FRA 5 | FRA 3 | POR 2 | POR 4 | POR 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 273 |
| 2021 | Ducati | SPA 5 | SPA 4 | SPA 19 | POR 6 | POR 9 | POR 2 | ITA NC | ITA Ret | ITA Ret | GBR 11 | GBR 8 | GBR 7 | NED 9 | NED 9 | NED 4 | CZE Ret | CZE 14 | CZE 12 | SPA Ret | SPA 7 | SPA Ret | FRA 7 | FRA 8 | FRA 5 | SPA 10 | SPA Ret | SPA DNS | SPA | SPA | SPA | POR | POR | POR | ARG 12 | ARG 13 | ARG 9 | INA 8 | INA C | INA 12 | 12th | 143 |