Dutch WorldSBK: Davies shakes off ‘a lot of front slides’ to claim fourth place

Following two di꧙fficult rounds in Misano and Donington Park due to injur🍷y, Chaz Davies returned to form at Assen WorldSBK with fourth place in race two.
It’s the GoEleven Ducati rider’s best result since ra🔜ce two in Estoril where he claimed second position.&n𒁏bsp;
Davies claimed two ninth place finishes during race one and the ten lap Superpole race, however, an improvement made with the ‘turning’ of his Ducati Panigale V4 R for race two allowed the Welshman to ‘ꦛwork less on myself’.&nbsꦆp;
At one stage it looked like a podium was possible for Davies as he closed in on former team-mate Scott Reddi꧑ng. But with a few laps to go, Davies ran out of front tyre which instead put him under pressure from Alvaro Bautista.
Davies was able to resist the 🐽Spaniard’s late attack and therefore gain valuable points on Garrett Gerloff 💧for top independent rider.
Speaking after race two, Davies added: "We made quite a big change on the bike a🗹nd it was good! I am happy to feel a step forward in turning; it was turning mo🍒re naturally and that helped not only the performance of the bike, but also from the physical point of view, I had to work on myself a little bit less and I could let the bike do the work naturally.
"So credit to my crew for making a step forward, for being 🌠brave in a decision, it waꦡs definitely the right one. Unfortunately we suffered the same problem of yesterday, with seven laps to go I killed the front tyre.
"That was a bit disappointing, because I was really feeling like I could get in the mix for the podium, catching Scott [Redding] a littl๊e bit; rear tyre was quite good, but the front was absolutely dead.
"From that I was just managing to stay on the bike, I was really losing itไ a lot, I hadꦆ to save a lot of front slides.
"I did what I needed to do, I conserved fourth place and top independent ride🍌r, so happy with that and thanks to the Go Eleven Team!"