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A WSBK champion, Carlos Checa Carrera , his Multistrada 1200 and the beautiful landscapes of Lanzarote. Wanna see the result? ‪#ducatilife‬ ‪#multistrada‬ / Un campione del Mondo...
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After twenty years experiences in running precariously looking for an elusive limit, stop does not necessarily mean to cut ties with the past. Simply, it is an opportunity to interpret it in a different perspective. Like when you browse a photo album forgotten on a dusty shelf for some time. The colors of the images seem different, perhaps emerge details of which had not been noticed, but the outlines remain unchanged and well defined.
Read more: SBK, Carlos Checa, quel che resta del giorno http://www.gpone.com/en/2014090714699/Carlos-Checa-quel-che-resta-del-giorno.html#ixzz3Cr6DQxda
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Best interview with Carlos Checa I have seen in ages. In Italian but Google goes a pretty good job with just an auto translate
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Unretiring????
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Carlos Checa on new career and future of WSBK
WorldSBK.com has caught up with Carlos Checa during an event organised by the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona this week. The 2011 Superbike World Champion, who bowed out from racing at the end of last season, was part of a group of riders of various disciplines received by President Artur Mas for their role as representatives of Catalunya into world-level motorcycle racing. The conversation covered many topics:
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Carlos Checa announced what had seemed the only rational decision after his big pelvic injury at Istanbul, that e would retire forthwith, ending his career at a Spanish race, albeit not riding...
For the rest go to page 78 HERE
As an official Ducati Ambassador it means Carlos stays on the payroll so this isn't the goodbye it might have been if he had stayed racing another season (most likely for another brand)
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Niccola Canepa has been drafted into the Alstare Ducati World Superbike team as a replacement for injured Spaniard Carlos Checa for the next round of the series at Laguna Seca.
'I'm really pleased to have this opportunity. Racing at Laguna Seca with the factory Ducati is really something incredible' - Niccolo Canepa
Really happy for Niccolo...
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Team SBK Ducati Alstare has announced that further complications from the serious crash Carlos Checa suffered last weekend in Turkey have revealed a pelvis fracture at the femoral head, an injury that requires surgery and a minimum 10 week recovery time. This effectively removes him from participating in the remaining three rounds.
Earlier today via twitter Carlos Checa posted:
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Has Carlos Checa ridden his last race for Ducati?
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Ducati Alstare rider Carlos Checa's World Superbike weekend has come to an abrupt end. A huge crash in free practice at the Istanbul Park track earlier this morning means he has been ruled out...
The Spaniard had a nasty highside on turn 2, and was taken to the Clinica Mobile as a result, where doctors diagnosed a contusion to the upper thorax as well as a possible fracture of the left scaphoid. Unfortunately Checa will be unable to continue this weekend; further medical tests are required in order to establish when he will be able to return to the track.
Checa’s team-mate Ayrton Badovini also crashed in free practice and had to miss the opening qualifying session this afternoon. But just ten minutes from the end of the first session he too crashed, losing the front at Turn 12.
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Carlos Checa scrapes a pair of top ten finishes at the Nurburgring as rumours suggest he is seeking a way out of Ducati for 2014....
This is not unexpected in my opinion. With Ducati clearly trying to still lure Nicky Hayden to SBK (He's testing the 1199 tomorrow) and Badovini getting better results he's looking down the barrel of low man or worse, no contract offer at all....
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Ducati's Alstare World Superbike team have adopted the same strategy as their MotoGP counterparts and constructed a laboratory bike which Carlos Checa tested
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The Panigale is good for Superstock but not for Superbike, the rules dictate that" – Carlos Checa.
An exclusive interview with formerMotoGP star and 2011 World Superbike champion Carlos Checa.
Checa is currently 14th in this year'sWSBK standings for the Ducati Alstare team, after an injury interrupted season on the new Panigale..
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Full Superpole qualifying times for the ninth round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship at Silverstone, United Kingdom.
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Is it wrong to be happy about this more because it might convince Nicky to stay??? :-)
Is it wrong to be happy about this more because it might convince Nicky to stay??? :-)
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Dry, warm conditions prevailed the entire day at the circuit, allowing competitors to make the most of the morning’s practice session as they worked to dial-in their machines to suit the Russian track. Melandri was fastest during practice, moving past Giugliano in the final minutes. Giugliano, though, had been the dominant rider for nearly the entire session and only fell short of the fastest time by 0.071 seconds.
Giugliano pushed for the top-spot again in the afternoon, but had Aprilia’s Eugene Laverty, Sykes and Team Ducati Alstare’s Carlos Checa to contend with as the three riders upped their pace for qualifying. Laverty, Giugliano and Checa swapped the top-spot on the timesheet during the initial stages of the session, with Sykes moving to the lead midway through. The British rider was first to drop into the 1’35s and though Giugliano was able to snatch the lead back in the final minutes, Sykes’ last lap of the day proved his best, under the current Lap Record set by Melandri in 2012 but still over one second short of the Best Lap posted by Checa the same year.
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Alstare Ducati's Carlos Checa has said that the base setup he found during testing should translate well to racing.
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Carlos Checa (Team Ducati Alstare) is eagerly awaiting Round 7 of the eni FIM Superbike World Superbike Championship, scheduled for 30 June at Imola. The 40 year old rider from Sant Fruitos de Bages, Spain, has won five of the last six races held on the Italian venue, and is certainly looking for more after a difficult start of the season.
"Despite still not having full movement in the joint, the Spaniard is confident of his chances to be fully fit to ride the newly "air-restrictor free" 1199 Panigale R on the challenging track near Bologna."
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Checa's shoulder injury forces him to forfeit the Monza weekend Monza (Italy), Saturday 11 May 2013: Carlos Checa and Team SBK Ducati Alstare have decided that the Spanish rider will not take part in today's sessions or tomorrow’s races at the ‘Autodromo di Monza’. During the last week Carlos Checa has been receiving treatment for an osseous edema to the humerus of the left shoulder. This physical problem conditioned yesterday’s sessions, with Checa reporting pain in his shoulder. Overnight the inflammation worsened and early this morning, after consultation with both the doctors of the Clinica Mobile and Ducati Alstare’s management, it was decided that Carlos should not ride and should instead continue to recuperate in order to be back in shape in 2-3 weeks time. Checa will therefore not participate in the rest of the practice sessions or tomorrow’s races and will concentrate on preparing for the next round, to take place in two weeks at Donington Park (UK).
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It is not an easy year, speaking about sport, for Ducati. In addition to the developing difficulties of MotoGp project, significant problems occurred in the SBK area (historically a land of conquest for Borgo Panigale's Production House).
After the initial enthusiasm with the clinched Superpole in Phillip Island, the 1199 Panigale has always struggled in race. Neither the effort of Carlos Checa were useful enough, never on the podium and twelftht in the general ranking with 29 points, nor those of a skilled team like the Alstar one. General manager Berhnard Gobmeiertried to explain the problem of the last emilian superbike.
Read more: http://www.gpone.com/en/2013050710132/Ducati-Monza-alarm-for-bike-and-driver.html#ixzz2Sci5sdin
This is a translation from Italian...
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Carlos Checa says he refuses to lose focus on the challenge of turning the Alstare Ducati 1199 Panigale into a front runner after a tough weekend at Assen appeared to highlight the bike's general lack of pace.
Having burst onto the scene with a stunning pole position at Phillip Island, the new twin-cylinder machine has struggled to make more headlines since, with accidents preventing Checa from capitalising on his qualifying efforts in Australia before the high-speed Motorland Aragon circuit revealed the bike's top speed disadvantage.
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Lot of good info in this article - Don't write these guys off yet.
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Ducati UK, in association with Focused Events, have organised the ultimate track day for Ducatisti at the World famous Donington Park Circuit.
The Leicestershire Circuit, scene of Ducati’s first ever World Superbike win, will play host to the thunderous sound of Ducatis in their natural playground. The track day will take place on Tuesday 28 May and will be held on the full Donington GP Circuit.
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Thank Carlos Checa And CO. For Getting Us A Better Panigale...
The Panigale article starts on page 56...
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Former World Superbike champion Carlos Checa has given an update on his condition following a dramatic clash with Marco Melandri in race one of the Phillip Island season opener.