In his latest update for Crash.net, rising 250 GP star Chaz Davies reviews round eleven of the 2005 world championship; the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi - which would see the 18-year-old suffer a 'huge disappointment' when he fell while pushing hard on a full tank of fuel...
After the Czech GP I was at home for a couple of weeks before it was time to get fully packed up for the 7 week stint of all the fly away races.
During the 2 weeks I did a bit of cycling and also did my first time trial on my road bicycle, which was good even though I thought I was going to be sick! It was a hill time trial, only 2 miles long but with it being up a hill that makes it really tough and it’s 100% effort as soon as you start.
I went off a bit too hard for about the first half a mile and had to recompose myself and try to find some sort of a rhythm and try not to be sick before the top! When I did reach the top I could taste blood and was gasping for oxygen as if I was winded but was well satisfied that I pushed myself so hard.
At the end I did it in 8 minutes 59 seconds which was 5th out of 17 riders so I was pretty chuffed with that for my first time trial. One guy said to me he‘d been trying 5 years to get under 9 minutes. I reckon if I‘d have scouted the course a bit more beforehand and not gone out quite so hard at the start I could have saved myself about 15-20 seconds but I‘ll know that for next time. The fastest time was 8.06 so I’ve got something to aim towards.
I also went shopping and bought myself a big suitcase that I thought would be able to withstand the beatings of the baggage handlers and hold 7 weeks worth of clothes. Also I went to
Oulton Park to watch the BSB on the 11th which was good. There was some really good racing and I caught up with a few friends there.
