CHAZ Davies stepped up his preparations for the 2020 World Superbike Championship (WSBK) season in Portugal last week.

The Presteigne star joined Ducati team-mate Scott Redding in testing at Portimao over two intense days having begun their season preparations the previous week in Jerez.

The Welsh rider collected important data for the first round of the 2020 WSBK season scheduled at the end of February in Australia.

Davies looked ahead to the season with confidence.

Davies said: "It's been a busy couple of days.

"We were lucky because the weather helped us to carry on our work.

"We tried new solutions, some of them gave positive results, while on other aspects we will have to work further.

"The lap-times? We will return to Portugal in September and the track conditions will be completely different so that wasn't our first target.

"In view of the first Grand Prix in Australia, I feel much more ahead of what I felt last year."