Britain’s Chaz Davies has hailed his debut double World Superbike Championship victory at round two of the series at Motorland Aragon in Spain as beyond his expectations after reeling off a series of personal landmark achievement in one remarkable weekend.

His second event as a BMW GoldBet Motorrad rider, Davies was on superb form from the opening practice session around the Spanish venue – scene of his maiden WSBK podium in 2012 – before going on to record his maiden front row start in Superpole.

Often regarded as a stronger racer than qualifier, Davies duly made the most of his privileged position at the head of the grid to assert himself as a contender early in race one, only for Eugene Laverty and Tom Sykes ahead of him to retire with mechanical problems. With Sylvain Guintoli posing little threat behind him, Davies was untroubled on the way to securing victory, at that time the second of his burgeoning career.

Keen to complement his success with another good result in race two, Davies proceeded to benefit again from Laverty and Sykes having issues ahead of him to assume the lead on the second lap. It was an advantage he wouldn’t cede to the chequered flag, the Welshman winning by more than five seconds.

Completing a fairly dominant double victory, one that catapults him up to second in the overall standings, though Davies says he was hoping to secure a win for BMW in 2013, he wasn’t expecting to record two on the same day so early in the season.

“For me it is just an amazing day. I cannot explain how happy I am. What a weekend! My first victory with BMW and then the double win – this is something I was hoping to achieve this year but I did not expect it to happen this early.

“I want to thank BMW and everybody who supported me. I knew coming here that we are going to be strong. BMW has done a fantastic job over the last month we had off since Australia, and everybody was working very hard. In addition, I now really feel that the RR is mine, I feel so comfortable on it.

“In race one, the DNFs by Tom and Eugene definitely made it easier. In race two it seemed that I had a comfortable lead, but to be honest I had to push a lot. One of the most impressing things is the fact that we have done a lot of testing in Jerez but not here in Aragón, where nearly everybody else has been.

“So to win with that up against us, is quite impressive and it is credit to the work BMW has done. We will now keep being focused, continue to work hard and look forward to Assen, another race track I really like.”

In addition to his maiden front row start and double win, Davies also picked up his first-ever fastest lap accolade on the way to victory in race two. It is also the first wins for BMW since it switched its factory backing to the Italian-based, GoldBet-backed Feel Racing team.

FIM Superbike World Championship, Motorland Aragon, Spain, April 14, 2013:

Race One results:

1. Chaz DAVIES, UK (BMW S1000RR), 20 laps, 39:50.332

2. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -5.216 seconds

3. Marco MELANDRI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -7.089

4. Jonathan REA, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -8.196

5. Loris BAZ, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -14.417

6. Jules CLUZEL, France (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -18.332

7. Carlos CHECA, Spain (Ducati 1199R), -24.306

8. Michel FABRIZIO, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -25.884

9. Leon HASLAM, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -35.721

10. Ayrton BADOVINI, Italy (Ducati 1199R), -44.129

11. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Germany (Ducati 1199R), -51.424

12. Federico SANDI, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -69.217

13. Ivan CLEMENTI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -74.091

14. Vittorio IANNUZZO, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -108.328, ran off track

15. Eugene LAVERTY, Ireland (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -6 laps, DNF, retired

16. Davide GIUGLIANO, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -1 lap, DNF, retired

17. Alexander LUNDH, Sweden (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -9 laps, DNF, mechanical

18. Mark AITCHISON, Australia (Ducati 1098R), -14 laps, DNF, mechanical

19. Tom SYKES, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -15 laps, DNF, retired

 

Race Two results:

1. Chaz DAVIES, UK (BMW S1000RR), 19 laps, 37:52.691

2. Sylvain GUINTOLI, France (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -5.035 seconds

3. Tom SYKES, UK (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -7.677, ran off track

4. Davide GIUGLIANO, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -12.549

5. Marco MELANDRI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -19.766

6. Loris BAZ, France (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -23.855, ran off track

7. Jules CLUZEL, France (Suzuki GSX-R1000), -26.926

8. Carlos CHECA, Spain (Ducati 1199R), -31.593

9. Leon HASLAM, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -35.308

10. Ayrton BADOVINI, Italy (Ducati 1199R), -44.497

11. Michel FABRIZIO, Italy (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -53.071

12. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Germany (Ducati 1199R), -55.223

13. Alexander LUNDH, Sweden (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -92.995

14. Ivan CLEMENTI, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -101.979, crash

15. Jonathan REA, UK (Honda CBR1000RR), -1 lap, pitted

16. Federico SANDI, Italy (Kawasaki ZX-10R), -13 laps, DNF, retired

17. Vittorio IANNUZZO, Italy (BMW S1000RR), -19 laps, DNF, mechanical

18. Eugene LAVERTY, Ireland (Aprilia RSV4 Factory), -19 laps, DNF, crash

19. Mark AITCHISON, Australia (Ducati 1098R), -19 laps, DNF, retired

 

 

World Championship points standings (after 4 of 30 races):

1. Guintoli, 85 points

2. Davies, 63

3. Laverty, 45

4. Melandri, 43

5. Fabrizio, 42

6. Sykes, 38

7. Cluzel, 33

8. Baz, 31

9. Rea, 30

10. Haslam, 29

11. Giugliano, 23

12. Neukirchner, 20

13. Checa, 17

14. Leon Camier, 14

15. Badovini, 12

16. Clementi, 9

17. Lundh, 7

18. Sandi and Glenn Allerton, 6

20. Jamie Stauffer, 4