Aruba Ducati’s Chaz Davies says he is happy with his two days of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island but could have pushed both himself and the Panigale harder.
The Welshman, who finished second in last year’s championship, managed to reduce his gap to Tom Sykes at the top of the table but only ended the test in tenth place while team-mate Davide Giugliano was third.
“In the morning I focused on getting back the feeling and confidence on the bike after crashing out towards the end of yesterday’s session. I also did a race simulation, whose results were quite good. Our gap from the leaders has been reduced, and honestly I think I could have pushed more, both myself and the Panigale ,” said Davies.
“In the afternoon it was impossible to improve the lap times, as the temperature went through the roof, but today the general goal was simply to verify the competitiveness of our package without crashing, so I feel confident ahead of the race weekend.”
