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Chaz Davies to join BMW in 2013
The Welsh rider will line up alongside Marco Melandri in the factory team, which leaves Leon Haslam out in the coldBMW Motorrad’s 2013 World Superbike team will feature incumbent Marco Melandri and new signing, 25-year-old Chaz Davies.
After such a brilliant season where he’s currently fighting for championship honours with Max Biaggi, Melandri’s retention was widely expected, while the signing of the promising Davies – who won his first WSBK race in Germany last weekend – has given BMW’s factory team a more youthful edge.
Davies’ elevation from Aprilia satellite rider to factory campaigner means that Leon Haslam’s two-year collaboration with BMW will cease at the end of 2012.
“We are happy that we can welcome Chaz to the BMW Motorrad family,” said Andrea Buzzoni, General Manager BMW Motorrad Italia, which will take responsibility for the BMW Motorrad factory team from next season.
“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. And 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.”
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