Chaz Davies is confident of bouncing back after his World Superbikes crash in Jerez on Friday.

The Powys-born racer hit the fresh tarmac on the Spanish track where he roared to a double win last year.

Davies’ incident in second practice on Friday on his Ducati still left him 10th on the timesheets for aruba.it Racing from his time in the opening session.

The 30-year-old – who clocked a best time of one minute 41.204 seconds – said: “This morning we just tried to get acquainted with the new tarmac, which basically means a new track.

“While in FP2 we got out on used tyres to test a couple of changes to our setup but unfortunately we had a technical issue that resulted in a pretty awkward crash.

“Luckily I’m all right, I took a few bangs but nothing too serious.

“Overall, we didn’t have an ideal day but I’m confident we’ll bounce back tomorrow.

“We’ll just have more work to do in FP3, but I think we’re heading in the right direction.”

Davies is nine points adrift of second-placed Tom Sykes in the standings with four races left.

Sykes was second fastest behind Kawasaki team-mate and recently-crowned three-time world champ Jonathan Rea who set the pace despite also having a spill.