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WSBK: Checa Third Quick
Reigning Superbike World Champion Carlos Checa was third fastest in provisional qualifying in England.
Althea Racing Ducati's Carlos Checa (Photo: Althea Racing)
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Round 5 of the Superbike World Championship from Donington Park, UK will air back-to-back on SPEED Sunday, May 13 starting at 4:00pm ET.
The Althea Racing team and riders Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano were more than satisfied with the results of today’s first SBK qualifying session at the Donington Park track; Checa closed the session in third position, Giugliano in ninth.
In cool temperatures (12˚C air, 20˚C track) and under cloudy skies, Carlos and Davide were on track for this morning’s free practice sessions. In the first part of the session, Checa was at the top of the timesheets; the Althea rider continued to improve on his lap times until he crashed ten minutes from the end of the session. He returned to the garage where his technicians immediately set to work to repair the damaged Ducati 1198. His best lap time, a 1m31.1, positioned him eleventh. Giugliano, who hasn’t raced at Donington since 2009, used the first session to familiarize himself with the track once more. He made consistent progress throughout the 45-minute session, recording a best time of 1m32.0 in the final minutes and closing in fourteenth position.
The Althea men returned to the track later in the day for the first of two qualifying sessions. Thanks to a fast lap made in the opening stages Checa was almost immediately up in third place, a position that he held for most of the session. In the final minutes he made another step, lowering his best time by a further four tenths of a second and recording a 1m29.6 followed by a 1m29.5 on the very next lap. Giugliano made significant improvement in terms of lap times in the afternoon session, recording his best time in the final minutes (1m29.9) and thus lowering his morning’s time by over two seconds. Thanks to this time Davide closed in ninth position.
Carlos Checa:
“For some reason I was having more difficulty turning the bike in certain sections of the track today compared to last year. This morning I crashed, which came out of nowhere really, but luckily I am fine and we could carry on, and tomorrow we’ll continue with the planned work. We’ll need to make some changes to see if we can resolve the turning issue but in the meantime I’ll say that I’m feeling pretty confident.”
Davide Giugliano:
“It’s always great to ride here at Donington and I’m pretty happy with this afternoon’s result. In the morning I took things a little easy, to improve feeling with the track and the bike. Then in the afternoon I was able to do well. Unfortunately on the fast lap one of the wildcard riders caused me to lose a couple of tenths but I’m nevertheless fairly satisfied, though we of course have room to improve further tomorrow.”
The Althea Racing team and riders Carlos Checa and Davide Giugliano were more than satisfied with the results of today’s first SBK qualifying session at the Donington Park track; Checa closed the session in third position, Giugliano in ninth.
In cool temperatures (12˚C air, 20˚C track) and under cloudy skies, Carlos and Davide were on track for this morning’s free practice sessions. In the first part of the session, Checa was at the top of the timesheets; the Althea rider continued to improve on his lap times until he crashed ten minutes from the end of the session. He returned to the garage where his technicians immediately set to work to repair the damaged Ducati 1198. His best lap time, a 1m31.1, positioned him eleventh. Giugliano, who hasn’t raced at Donington since 2009, used the first session to familiarize himself with the track once more. He made consistent progress throughout the 45-minute session, recording a best time of 1m32.0 in the final minutes and closing in fourteenth position.
The Althea men returned to the track later in the day for the first of two qualifying sessions. Thanks to a fast lap made in the opening stages Checa was almost immediately up in third place, a position that he held for most of the session. In the final minutes he made another step, lowering his best time by a further four tenths of a second and recording a 1m29.6 followed by a 1m29.5 on the very next lap. Giugliano made significant improvement in terms of lap times in the afternoon session, recording his best time in the final minutes (1m29.9) and thus lowering his morning’s time by over two seconds. Thanks to this time Davide closed in ninth position.
Carlos Checa:
“For some reason I was having more difficulty turning the bike in certain sections of the track today compared to last year. This morning I crashed, which came out of nowhere really, but luckily I am fine and we could carry on, and tomorrow we’ll continue with the planned work. We’ll need to make some changes to see if we can resolve the turning issue but in the meantime I’ll say that I’m feeling pretty confident.”
Davide Giugliano:
“It’s always great to ride here at Donington and I’m pretty happy with this afternoon’s result. In the morning I took things a little easy, to improve feeling with the track and the bike. Then in the afternoon I was able to do well. Unfortunately on the fast lap one of the wildcard riders caused me to lose a couple of tenths but I’m nevertheless fairly satisfied, though we of course have room to improve further tomorrow.”
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