In his latest update for Crash.net, rising 250 GP star Chaz Davies reviews rounds ten of the 2005 world championship; the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno - which would end with the unlucky 18-year-old taken out by an out of control rival (pictured)...
After another month long break it was again time to get packed up and get ready for the second half of the season starting at Brno.
During the summer I did pretty much the same things as the first month long break, cycled, rode Supermoto, MX, drove go karts, basically pretty much anything that had either two wheels or an engine, I was on it.
Midway through the break I went down to my friend Andy Walker's house, in Bournemouth, who I used to race against in 125cc BSB. Leon Camier was also down there as well so it was a good laugh, hanging around Andy you're always guaranteed some sort of carnage, he‘s that sort of bloke, extremely funny!
When I came back from Bournemouth, Leon came with me back to my house for a few days and brought his MX bike and road bicycle so we could do some riding. He stayed for about 4 days and it was good to have somebody else to ride with for a change.
We went riding in the woods behind my house, went to Radnor forest which is a huge forest and is used quite often for high profile enduros. There were a few big bogs in there which we underestimated and it got a bit messy now and again!
I took Leon out cycling which opened his eyes a bit and made his legs hurt! Where he lives in Kent, it’s more or less flat with a few hills here and there but nothing major so he wasn’t really used to it in all fairness.
About a week before Brno, Ady Smith - who runs a supermoto school at my dad’s circuit - asked me if I wanted to go and help him out on one of his enduro schools which opened my eyes a bit. It was in a forest with really deep ruts and tree roots etc and it was all a bit more hardcore than what I’ve done before and I really enjoyed it and learnt quite a bit.
