Goldbet BMW's Chaz Davies couldn't emulate his Phillip Island World Superbike first race performance, where he stormed to fourth place, in the second outing after getting a ride-through penalty for an improper wheel change.

The Welshman had come in with a punctured rear tyre due to a first-lap tangle with Loris Baz at MG. The rules state that the rider must get off before the crew can start the process, but Davies remained on his S1000R so race direction brought him in again.

“After race one, I was happy with the points I received for my fourth position finish, but honestly I would have liked to have a podium. I knew after warm-up that a podium was realistic. I was almost a little bit disappointed when I didn't get it, despite the fact that I achieved far more than I expected before I started the weekend here," said Davies.

"The race was quite hectic. To overtake in Phillip Island you need to make a split second decision and there are a lot of close moves, especially ones that use the brakes. The bike was working great on the brakes, so that was an advantage. It was a little bit of a shame that I was held up in the very beginning. I think if I could have stayed directly behind the leading group I would have had the speed to move away with them.

"In the opening lap of race two I lost the rear as I turned in. I'm not exactly sure why. The only reason I can give is either that somebody tapped me or that the extreme right hand side of the tyre wasn’t quite scrubbed in and that made the rear spin around. Unfortunately, Loris was on the outside of me and he had nowhere to go. Of course that was very disappointing but we are mostly taking the positives from the first race and will build on those for the future rounds.”