Ducati Riding Academy Returns with DRE 2016
18 Feb 2016, 10:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The Ducati Riding Experience is back for 2016 and includes new classes that use the Panigale R and the Multistrada 1200 Enduro
Carlos Checa Returns aboard a Ducati 1199 Panigale R
29 Jun 2015, 16:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Carlos Checa will be once more at the helm of a WSBK Ducati 1199 Panigale R machine, but he will only be testing at Mugello, with no racing action involved
Carlos Checa Refuses Test Rider Offer
20 Dec 2013, 13:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Carlos Checa has no intentions of becoming a test rider, at least not for the moment gp-inside reports. It looks like Carlos Checa is not exactly eager to get back to professional riding, even if...
2013 Is the Worst WSBK Season Ever for Ducati
21 Oct 2013, 15:07 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Ducati will not be quite eager to remember their 2013 World Superbike lack of performance, as Ducati News Today reports that this was the absolute worst season ever. While the past ...
Carlos Checa Retires after a 2 Decade Career
19 Oct 2013, 05:40 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It's now time to say goodbye (from a racing point of view) to another motorcycle legend: Carlos Checa. The Spaniard, who is now 41, will announce his official retirement during a press conferen...
2013 WSBK: Niccolo Canepa Replaces Carlos Checa at Laguna Seca
24 Sep 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati Alstare has chosen Italian FIM Superstock 1000 rider Niccolo Canepa as a replacement rider for Carlos Checa, who recently had surgery for his fractured pelvis. While Checa's surgery w...
Carlos Checa Fractures Pelvis, Out for the Rest of the Superbike Season
18 Sep 2013, 15:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Ducati Alstare Team rider Carlos Checa was diagnosed with a fractured pelvis after his very brutal accident in Istanbul, Turkey and he will be missing the rest of the World Superbike series this yea...
Checa Is Back with the Team, Melandri Is Mad at the On-Site Medical Crew
25 Feb 2013, 16:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Carlos Checa was released from the Melbourne hospital he ended up in after the brutal crash in the first race of the 2013 WSBK reason, and fellow rider Marco Melandri is mad at the medical crew who ...
2013 WSBK: Carlos Checa Crashes Hard in Race 1
25 Feb 2013, 10:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad news for Ducati Alstare in the first round of the 2013 WSBK season. While Carlos Checa and his bike did really well in the pole position race just days ago, the race itself proved to be ill-fate...
2013 WSBK: Checa and Ducati Finish First at Phillip Island Tests
19 Feb 2013, 14:04 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Carlos Checa and his Alstare Ducati machine were the fastest in the second and final day of official tests at Phillip Island in Australia. Having skipped the initial days of private test rides due t...
Checa Brings Ducati's 3000th World Superbike Win
1 Aug 2011, 06:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / This past weekend, Ducati celebrated its 300th World Superbike victory when Carlos Checa's wont Silverstone's round 9 of the 2011 WSBK series in the UK on Sunday, while also managing to de...
Melandri Scores First WSBK Win at Donington
28 Mar 2011, 13:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Marco Melandri did not take too long to become a race winner in the World Superbike Championship, as he clinched a superb victory at only his 3rd outing in the series, at Donington Park. The Ital...
Carlos Checa Scores Double Win at Phillip Island
1 Mar 2011, 06:38 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After the first of thirteen 2011 World Superbike Championship events, Althea Racing team rider Carlos Checa stormed to first place riding his Ducati 1198 after scoring a double win at Phillip Island...
Biaggi Is the Man to Beat in 2011 - Checa
28 Dec 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Once a new season kicks off in the World Superbike next season, it's only natural for everyone to fear the reigning world champion. And it's indeed Max Biaggi everyone is pointing fingers ...
Checa Feeling Relaxed on Racing Comeback at Estoril
28 Oct 2010, 08:31 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Racing veteran Carlos Checa will be returning to MotoGP this weekend, after three years of absence. However, the Spaniard is feeling relaxed about the upcoming Portuguese GP, describing the two-race...
Mika Kallio Gives Up Pramac Seat Due to Injury
18 Oct 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With nothing left to fight for in the 2010 MotoGP championship two rounds from the end, Finnish rider Mika Kallio decided to step down his racing seat with Pramac Ducati and recover from his injury-...
Haslam, Haga Share Wins in Valencia
12 Apr 2010, 08:03 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / This weekend's Superbike event at Valencia offered the Spanish fans two entirely different races, as Leon Haslam and Noriyuki Haga each went home with one win apiece following the Sunday action...
Haslam, Checa Share Wins at Phillip Island
28 Feb 2010, 14:32 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / British racer Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare) and motorcycle racing veteran Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) started off great in the 2010 World Superbike Championship, winning a race apiece after the fir...
Shane Byrne Joins Carlos Checa at Althea Ducati
13 Nov 2009, 09:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Shane Byrne finally managed to secure his staying in the World Superbike Championship for the 2010 season, as the double British Superbike Champion inked a one-year deal with Althea Ducati. The Brit...
Carlos Checa Signs with Althea Ducati for 2010
18 Oct 2009, 17:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Althea Racing Team revealed that it has signed Carlos Checa, who will compete on a 2010 model Ducati 1098R machine, for the 2010 World Superbike Championship season. Moreover, Massimo Tul...