After yesterday’s superb Superpole victory, expectations were high for good results today and Carlos Checa made his intentions clear by making a good start in the first of the two 22-lap races. At the end of the first lap, he was in third place before forcing his way into second spot after five laps. From [...]
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Phillip Island (Australia), Friday 22 February 2013: Team SBK Ducati Alstare faced various challenges in today’s opening sessions of the 2013 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island. Although conditions at the Australian track were almost perfect during today’s free practice and first qualifying sessions, with sunshine and very little wind, both Carlos Checa and Ayrton [...]
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Phillip Island (Australia) The countdown to the start of the 2013 World Superbike championship continues… The season’s opening races are set to get underway this Friday at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia and Team SBK Ducati Alstare and its riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini are fully prepared for this exciting challenge. Having completed [...]
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Friday brought rain and an early end to the three day test but even that could not hide the progress potential that seems possible for Ducati in both Motogp and SBK trim. Nicky Hayden finished the day with a time of 1:40.090, almost one 1/2 second faster than he ran in the spring at Jerez [...]
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