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Ducati Alstare reveals 1199 Panigale livery

9 April, 2020
Ahead of the next pre-season World Superbike test to be held at Phillip Island, Ducati Alstare after their good-bye video to Suzuki, has taken off the wraps off the livery that they will sporting this season on Carlos Checa and…

WSBK Nurburgring: Max Biaggi tops in FP

6 April, 2020
Contrary to what he rarely does on Friday, it was Max Biaggi who topped the charts in the first free practice at Nurburgring. The Italian tested his Aprilia at the Mugello the other day to shake off some of the…

Carlos Checa says WSBK rules and politics handicap Ducati

6 April, 2020
In 2011 Carlos Checa won the World Superbike championship with an extraordinary fifteen wins and six podium finishes, however the 2012 season went backwards for the Althea rider who struggled with an extra six kilos on his 1098R.Checa and other…

Ducati Alstare test at Jerez hampered by rain and wind

5 April, 2020
Alstare Ducati’s three day private test session at Jerez de la Frontera that started yesterday (Saturday, January 19th) ahead of 2013 World Superbike championship that kicks off at Phillip Island, has so far has been hampered by strong rain showers…

WSBK Portimao: Carlos Checa takes provisional pole

4 April, 2020
Carlos Checa set the pace in this afternoon’s QP1 at Portimao. The Althea Ducati rider had to work for it, as the top of the timesheet changed hands several times between Jonathan Rea, Sylvain Guintoli and Eugene Laverty in the…

WSBK – Althea Racing Launches 2010 Line Up

4 April, 2020
You can tell that we are finally approaching the new racing season when teams start their official presentations.The new 2010 Althea Racing Team was officially presented on Saturday January 16th at a club in Fasano, near Brindisi (Italy). This year…

Lorenzo and Checa at Nolan 2011 launch

4 April, 2020
The 2011 Nolan helmet range has been presented with brand ambassadors Jorge Lorenzo, Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri all on board to enjoy the 2011 range launch. The new year sees some innovative and exciting helmet development from Nolan, including…

Motorland Aragon circuit to name turn after Carlos Checa

3 April, 2020
With the World Superbike championship heading to the Motorland Aragon circuit this weekend for the 8th round of the season, has decided to pay tribute to Carlos Checa by naming one of their turns of the track after the first…

Pirro and Battaini testing Ducati GP bikes at Jerez

3 April, 2020
While the Ducati MotoGP factory team will be racing in Austin this weekend, their test team in currently at Jerez de la Frontera for another three-day test along with World Superbike riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini and Aprilia test…

Michael Jordan meets Hanspree Ten Kate Riders

2 April, 2020
Michael Jordan showed up for the WSBK races at Miller Sportspark and went to visit the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda riders, Carlos Checa and Jonathan Rea, but he got a bigger surprise when he met Daniel Postmus, one of Ten…

Carlos Checa leaves hospital

1 April, 2020
Carlos Checa has been discharged from the Melbourne hospital where he was taken as a precautionary measure following his big crash during race 1, when he was running fourth and out-braked himself into Honda corner clipping the rear end of…

Althea Racing to field two riders in WSBK in 2012

1 April, 2020
We already knew after Sunday’s race 2 at Portimao that after very intense last minute negotiations between Ducati, Althea Racing and Carlos Checa that the newly crowned World Superbike champion would be staying with the Italian team.We also imagined that…

Carlos Checa takes comfortable victory in race 1 at Silverstone

1 April, 2020
Carlos Checa took another comfortable win, his 9th this season, in race 1 at Silverstone while giving Ducati an ulterior reason to celebrate; Checa gave the Italian manufacturer its 300th win in World Superbikes.The Althea Ducati rider rode a tatical…

WSBK, Silverstone: all the images from the paddock

31 March, 2020
Young Frenchman Loris Baz was the real star at the latest World Superbike British GP. The talented 19 years old who replaced Joan Lascorz at the Kawasaki Racing Team managed to clinch his maiden victory in Race-1 and got on…

Carlos Checa: "It already feels like we’re at the limit"

31 March, 2020
Reigning World Champion Carlos Checa can be more than satisfied with the results of this latest test at Phillip Island. Even carrying an extra weight of six kilos on his Ducati, the Spaniard still managed to keep everyone at bay…