Welshman Chaz Davies took his debut World Superbike race win in Germany today and was then confirmed as Marco Melandri's team-mate in the BMW Italia squad for next year.

"We are happy that we can welcome Chaz to the BMW Motorrad family. On his way through the ranks, Chaz showed how talented and fast he is. His title win in the Supersport World Championship in 2011 was impressive proof of that”, says Andrea Buzzoni, General Manager BMW Motorrad Italia.

"In his current debut season in the Superbike World Championship, it did not take him long to win his first race. We are convinced that Marco and Chaz will form a premium rider line-up, and that in combination with the BMW S 1000 RR, we will have one of the strongest packages in the World Championship.”