Carlos Checa

Cloudy sky and dry truck today in Phillip Island for the first World Superbike races of the season. The Althea racing team riders worked on the last minute adjustments of their Ducati 1198 bikes during the morning warm up, in order to be ready for the two 22-laps Superbike races. Due to yesterday Superpole upshots, today Carlos Checa lined up from the first row and Shakey Byrne from the fifth. In race one not a good start for Checa. The Spanish riders did not take advantage from his start...Read Full Story

Carlos Checa experienced a ‘perfect day' at Imola on Sunday, when the Althea Racing man came away with a double victory and a new contract with the team for the 2011 season. With his double victory, the Spanish rider more than made up for his Miller debacle, when he was twice forced into retirement due to technical problems while in the lead. All weekend, except for the tricky Superpole session, Checa proved to have a little bit of extra pace over the rest of the field and in front of his...Read Full Story

Althea Racing's Carlos Checa posted two great displays in practice and qualifying at Imola, leading both and taking the overnight provisional pole at the intense Imola circuit. Late drama arrived when flag signals indicating a fall of rain appeared in the last three minutes of the first qualifying session. Checa was eventually clearly ahead of his peers with a 1'48.178 lap, set in the afternoon's qualifying session. Second quickest rider, a winner last time out in Germany, was Hannspree Ten...Read Full Story

Spain's Carlos Checa was one of the quickest riders in practice and qualifying last weekend and before the start of the first race, said that he was aiming for two podium finishes. In the first race the Althea Racing man had done half the work with the runner-up slot behind Jonathan Rea (Honda). Checa tried right to the very end to take the win from his northern Irish rival, but eventually settled for his fifth podium of the season, following a win at Phillip Island and three second places at...Read Full Story

The Althea Racing Team left with mixed emotions at the end of the Miller race weekend. On the one hand satisfaction with the team having demonstrated a pace equal to (or beyond...) that of the others, but on the other hand great disappointment, with Carlos Checa forced to retire from both races. In Race 1, Carlos Checa was impeccable, making a great start that allowed him to quickly pass Biaggi and take the lead. Having held this lead for seventeen laps, in which he built a 1.6 second...Read Full Story