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Checa does the double at Miller, winning second WSB race

Tom Cambio, 30 May 2011 23:17

Championship leader Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) completed his consistent domination at Miller Motorsports Park to win the second World Superbike race on a considerably drier track, enabling faster lap times for the Spaniard who led from the start and finished the race with a 7.1s gap ahead of British Aprilia Alitalia rider Leon Camier. Camier put in a strong performance to secure ...

Checa wins race one in Utah

Tom Cambio, 30 May 2011 19:49

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) won an eventful race one at Miller Motorsports Park, Utah. Leading an all-Ducati podium, Checa took first on the seventh lap and pulled away from the chasing pack, finishing the race with a 2.7s lead ahead of Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing team mates Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli, who finished in second and third place. Troy ...

Checa snatches pole position at Miller

Tom Cambio, 29 May 2011 22:55

Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) continued his domination at Miller Motorsports Park, snatching pole position back from Jakub Smrz (Team Effenbert-Liberty Racing) in the last lap of the wet, cold and closely contested Superpole. Yamaha World Superbike team mates Marco Melandri and Eugene Laverty complete the front row, starting from third and fourth respectively. Melandri scraped through into SP2 before upping his pace to take ...

Checa dominates opening day at Miller, Camier second

Michael Guy, 29 May 2011 09:38

Championship leader Carlos Checa lived up to all the hype that he will be the man to beat by decimating his rivals during the opening free practice and qualifying sessions at Miller. The Althea Ducat rider overcame two technical problems in the opening free practice session to head the standings and then reasserted his dominance in qualifying to take provisional ...

Checa back to his best at Misano test

Michael Guy, 12 May 2011 12:30

Carlos Checa shrugged of what was a difficult weekend at Monza where by finishing the two day test at Misano fastest to reassert his previous dominance back on the championship. The Althea Ducati rider optimised the cooler track temperatures on Wednesday morning to post an impressive 1.35.0s lap time using a qualifying tyre to head the test comfortably. But his ...

Biaggi leads the way at Misano test

Michael Guy, 11 May 2011 11:42

Max Biaggi reacted to his extreme disappointment of missing out on victory at Monza on Sunday by dominating the opening day of testing at Misano yesterday. The reigning World Superbike champion received a ride through penalty in the second race at Monza after failing to rejoin the circuit in the correct place after overshooting the first chicane. At the time ...

Monza WSB: Laverty does the double

Liam Marsden, 08 May 2011 15:02

Factory Yamaha rider Eugene Laverty has won both superbikes races at Monza today after Max Biaggi was given a ride through penalty. Max Biaggi got a good start and pulled away from the rest of the field, opening up a five second lead before he ran straight on at the end of the front straight with seven laps remaining. The race ...

Monza WSB: Laverty takes first WSB win

Liam Marsden, 08 May 2011 11:31

Factory Yamaha rider Eugene Laverty has taken his first victory in World Superbikes after dominating race one at Monza today. Laverty took the lead on the second lap, but pole-setter Max Biaggi was right with him, the speed of the Yamaha no match for the Aprilia. Laverty was able to keep Biaggi at bay on the brakes, and after eight ...

Monza Superpole: Biaggi smashes best lap record to secure pole

Michael Guy, 07 May 2011 17:08

World Champion Max Biaggi annihilated his own best lap record of Monza to secure pole position for Sunday’s two 18 lap races. The factory Alitalia Aprilia rider led the final Superpole session comfortably before using his final qualifying tyre to set a new best lap and jump 0.648 seconds clear of his rivals. Biaggi’s pole position was the first of ...

Monza WSB: Haslam storms to the front in Monza qualifying

Michael Guy, 06 May 2011 16:02

Leon Haslam stormed to the top of the timesheets onboard his BMW Motorrad S1000RR in qualifying at Monza today. The 27 year old Brit held first position for the majority of the session until Max Biaggi stole the top spot with four minutes to go. But with his final lap of the session, Haslam responded to Biaggi’s time to take ...