Castrol Honda rider Jonathan Rea continued his good form at the Assen circuit in the Netherlands in race one on Sunday, claiming a victory over current World Superbike Champion Max Biaggi and 2011 Championship leader Carlos Checa.
It was Checa who who pulled away from the start putting some distance between himself and the chasing pack [...]

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Jonathan Rea & Carlos Checa share the race wins at 2011 World Superbike in Assen
Joy Ryder - Monday 18.04.11, 17:43pm
Tags: Althea Ducati · Aprilia Alitalia Racing · Assen Race · Carlos Checa · Castrol Honda · Eugene Laverty · Jonathan Rea · Leon Camier · Leon Haslam · Max Biaggi · Tom Sykes
A slap from Biaggi, then Marco Melandri claims first WSB win at Donington Park
Joy Ryder - Monday 28.03.11, 14:11pm
After been held up by fellow Italian Max Biaggi while on a flying lap in Superpole, Marco Melandri was bitch slapped by the current WSB champion in the pits when the riders came together after Saturday’s qualification.
Biaggi was fined €3000 for the assault and it was Melandri who had the last laugh in the Donington [...]
Tags: Althea Ducati · Carlos Checa · Donington Park · Jakub Smrz · Leon Camier · Leon Haslam · Marco Melandri · Max Biaggi · Tom Sykes
Dominant Carlos Checa does the double at round one of 2011 WSB in Australia
Joy Ryder - Monday 28.02.11, 11:00am
After dominating during practise and qualifying it was hardly a surprise to see Carlos Checa continue in the same vein in both races of the opening round of the 2011 World Superbike season at Phillip Island in Australia.
What might have been surprising is that despite closing the gap on the Althea Ducati during qualifying, none [...]
Tags: 2011 WSB Calandar · Althea Ducati · Carlos Checa · Jonathan Rea · Leon Haslam · Marco Melandri · Max Biaggi · Phillip Island, Australia
Carlos Checa provisional pole sitter at 2011 World Superbike opening round at Phillip Island
Joy Ryder - Friday 25.02.11, 13:31pm
The Spanish rider Carlos Checa dominated during the first qualifying session as the first round of the 2011 World Superbike got underway at Phillip Island in Australia.
Checa continued the blistering form that he had shown earlier in the week during testing when he broke the lap record on the Australian circuit.
Showing his fearless love of [...]
Tags: Carlos Checa · Eugene Laverty · James Toseland · Jonathan Rea · Leon Camier · Leon Haslam · Phillip Island, Australia · Sylvain Guintoli · Tom Sykes · Troy Corser
World Superbike 2011 gets underway on February 26th – British Eurosport TV coverage
Joy Ryder - Thursday 17.02.11, 16:13pm
As if you need reminding, the FIM World Superbike 2011 Championship gets underway later this month on February 26th at Australia’s Phillip Island circuit.
There will be six British riders on this year’s grid following the musical chairs that the end of season always brings and World Superbike welcomes Eugene Laverty who joins the Yamaha Sterilgarda [...]






