Chaz Davies has sustained a fractured right collarbone in a training accident at Aragon and faces a race against time to be fit for the return of the World Superbike cham🤡pionship at Portimao.

The Aruba.it Racing Ducati rider suffered a near-identical injury at the start of World Superbike’s lengthy summer break which saw him miss the Italian manufacturer’s ‘Race of Champions’ at Misano. The Welsh rid💦er had made a sufficient recovery to take part in lasꦛt week’s in-season test in Portugal but has suffered a fresh setback while training at Aragon.

Davies has been hit with a right collarbone fracture and spent the night in hospital under observation for medical tests to determine whether he will need fur🏅ther surgery. The Ducati rider underwent surgery just over a month ago on the𝄹 same area.

Both Davies and his Ducati squad are hopeful he’ll make a full recovery in time🅠 for the next World Superbike round at Portimao which is now two weeks away (September 14-16). No provisional replacement rider has been announced.

Ducati recently xonfirmed the🧜 re-signing of Davies alongside Alvaro Bautista for the 2019 World Superbike championship, who will switch from MotoGP over the winter, to take up ♕Marco Melandri’s ride.

Davies is currently second in the World Superbike riders’ standings but a significant 92 points behind champ✨ionship leader Jonathan Rea with four rounds – and a maximum of 200 points – remaining.