The fifth round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington saw some of the best racing in the series since it began 25 years ago at the same UK circuit. Both races were exciting to watch with some history being made and the results far from a forgone conclusion right up until the very end [...]
Althea Racing’s Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano faced a more difficult afternoon today at the Donington Park circuit. At the end of a hard-fought Superpole session, Checa qualified in ninth position for tomorrow’s Superbike races, Giugliano thirteenth.
The Althea Racing team and riders Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano were more than satisfied with the results of today’s first SBK qualifying session at the Donington Park track. Carlos Checa closed the session in third position with Davide Giugliano in ninth.
In a video shot at Monza where Troy Bayliss was present to help celebrate 25 years of World Superbikes, Troy talks about how close he came to racing this year at Imola and Phillip Island as a wildcard on an Effenbert Racing Ducati.
With round 4 of the World Superbike championship having come to a close just two days ago, the Althea Racing team heads straight to the UK, and Donington, where riders Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano look forward to participating in two full races, after the strange circumstances of Monza.
Today’s World Superbike races at the Monza racetrack were entirely shaped by bad weather. The first race was cancelled due to rain and the second cut short when rain started to fall mid-race.
The two Althea Racing riders Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano were back on track at Monza today for the qualifying sessions of this fourth round of the 2012 World Championship in tricky wet conditions.
As expected, the Althea Ducati duo of Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano struggled at the ultrafast Monza circuit during the first day of qualifying for the World Superbike Championship round. BMWs topped the speed traps at 335km/h (208mph) with the Ducati some 18km/h (11mph) slower.
After a double podium for Althea men Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano at a very wet Assen circuit ten days ago, the team now returns to Italy, and Monza, for round 4 of the 2012 World Superbike Championship. The Monza track is one of the most difficult for the Ducati due to its 1195m straightway, [...]
If you needed further proof of how dull MotoGP has become in comparison to its poorer cousin, may we present as further evidence the racing during the 3rd round of the World Superbike Championship at Assen. Assisted by changeable weather that brought out the red flag in the first race, the racing was furious and [...]
