WSBK News.Althea Racing's Carlos Checa set to test new Ducati Panigale 1199 for first time at Mugello in June  

'The Panigale is a different bike and the feel is different too, so we do not want to take Carlos' concentration from the championship' - Ernesto Marinelli

World Superbike champion Carlos Ducati has yet to test Ducati's new Panigale 1199, but is set to ride the exciting new Italian machine during a test in June.

The Panigale was in competitive action for the first time in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup race at Imola, when Eddi La Marra put the bike on the podium in third place.

Ducati is adopting a tried and tested development strategy with the Panigale, with the Superstock class used as a testing ground as work continues on the Superbike version.

Reigning champion Checa, who completed the double at Imola, has a test on the Panigale – Ducati's most radical model for some time – scheduled for Mugello following the World Superbike round at Misano....more here: http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/178481/1/june_date_scheduled_for_checa_panigale_test.html