Suberbike News | Kawasaki Deltafin Lorenzini team | Sheridan Morais
Two days testing at Valencia for Kawasaki Deltafin Lorenzini
The DeltaFin Lorenzini Kawasaki Team is currently taking part in two days of testing at the Valencia circuit in Spain, with riders Kenan Sofuoglu and Sheridan Morais both putting in as many laps as possible to get an idea of the set-up and electronics package of their official ZX-6R machines.
MoTec electronics represent the main change for the Italian team this year, after they had formerly used EFI systems. Sofuoglu and Morais did 60 laps of the track each yesterday, mainly in the warmer part of the day as temperatures overall were pretty cold. Poor track conditions following recent Formula 1 testing also made things difficult for the riders.
Unofficial times recorded by the team indicate a 1 minute 37.6 seconds for Kenan Sofuoglu, with South African Sheridan Morais clocking a best time of 1’38.1. The team has one more day of testing today, during which it will aim to improve the times as well as concentrating on long-run race simulations.
This is what Shez had to say after today’s first test session at Valencia:
Sheridan Morais: “It went really well, even though I was a bit sick with a stomach bug. We have been consistently in the 1’37 second lap times today with a best of 1’37.3 for me, so it was looking good today. I have been working in one way with the front forks in most of the different days of testing, but I changed today and I improved by almost a second. The electronics we have got pretty much sussed, it is just the suspension we are working on most of all. Our electronics guy really knows his stuff. I am really happy and lucky to have this ride and to be in a factory Kawasaki team is what I have been wanting for ten years or so. I am looking forward to the season now.”
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WSBK News | Carlos Checa is crowned 2011 World Superbike Champion
After his victorious race one at Magny Cours, CARLOS CHECA (Althea Racing Ducati) was crowned the 2011 World Superbike champion.
He has been a leader in the 2011 World Superbike championship right from the start.
Taking his 14th win of the season, Carlos Checa is now the 300th race winner for Ducati as well as the 14th rider to lift the WSB champion’s trophy for the Italian manufacturer.
CARLOS CHECA:
“Today has been a perfect day, the best day of my career and probably the best day of my life. I thank everyone, every person that has helped me throughout my career, from the beginning up until today, for helping me reach this point. I especially thank Genesio Bevilacqua, my entire team and Ducati of course.
“I am experiencing so many emotions and must admit that it was very difficult to keep my concentration in the final stages of race one. Then, in race two, I tried to race as fast as I could, doing what I like to do best, and was able to win once more. Now we can relax and relish in this unforgetable moment.”
Marco Melandri (Yamaha World Superbike Team) enters the final round at Portimao with 360 points and Carlos Checa enters with 467 points.
Eugene Laverty (Yamaha World Superbike Team) with 283 points got an overall third today.
Superbike Motorcycle Racing News | Marco Melandri Wins Race 1 | Bruno
Massimiliano “Max” Biaggi started on pole at his favourite track Bruno for the Czech Republic round of the World Superbike Racing Championship.
Biaggi led for some time but behind him all the way was fellow Italian rival Marco Melandri. The 13 turn 5.403 km Bruno race track provided for brilliant racing and with 6-7 laps Melandri made his move, Biaggi battled back with veteran Carlos “Charlie” Checa lurking in third after a slow start.
At the end it was the Young Italian Marco Melandri taking the win with countryman Biaggi in second and Checa in third.
WSBK News | Carlos Checa Takes Win no 6 for 2011 World Superbike Championship
RACE ONE REPORT:
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) won the first race of the day at Miller, in what was a clean sweep for Ducati in the opening 21-lap contest on a dry track. Effenbert – Liberty Racing Ducati pairing Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli filled the remaining podium places, in second and third respectively, with Leon Camier (Aprilia Alitalia) recovering from a mid-race hiccup to take fourth place away from Eugene Laverty and his Yamaha World Superbike machine.
Tom Sykes made a great final push to take sixth on his Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike machine. Satellite rider Ayrton Badovini (BMW Motorrad Italia Superbike) held off the challenge from official BMW rider Leon Haslam to finish seventh. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Alitalia) and Jonathan Rea (Castrol Honda) clashed on the opening lap, both riders ending up in the mud and on the DNF sheet.
RACE TWO REPORT:
Carlos Checa (Althea Racing Ducati) took his second win of the day and his sixth of the year when he was victorious in race two at MMP, leading home the Aprilia Alitalia duo of Leon Camier and Max Biaggi with some degree of ease.
Fourth place went to Eugene Laverty and Yamaha, with Michel Fabrizio making a fine return from a race one fall to record fifth for Suzuki Alstare. Marco Melandri had an eventually lonely run to sixth on his Yamaha World Superbike machine. Guintoli, Smrz, Badovini and Sykes rounded out the top ten, with star names Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser not making the end of the race.
In the championship standings, Checa leads with 195 points, from Melandri on 134, Biaggi on 133 and Laverty on 109.
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