Chaz Davies has sustained a fractured rig💦ht collarbone in a training accident at Aragon and faces a race against time to be fit for the retu♏rn of the World Superbike championship 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 rider had made a ♛sufficient recovery to take part in last 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 whethe♋r he will need further surgery. The Ducati rider underwent surgery just over a month ago on the same area.

Both Davies and 𝕴his 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 ch♏ampionship, who will switch from MotoGP over the winter, to take up Ma🎀rco Melandri’s ride.

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