Carlos Checa

Carlos Checa (born 15 October 1972 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ) is a former Spanish motorcycle racer and Superbike world champion 2011.

Checa made ​​his debut in the season 1993 Honda in classes up to 125 cc and 250 cc in the Motorcycle World Championship. In 1995 he went as a substitute driver for the injured Alberto Puig in the 500 cc class and also in the same year Spanish Champion in the 250 cc class. In 1999, Checa 's team-mate Max Biaggi to Yamaha. 2004 Checa rode one more year on the side of Valentino Rossi, before moving to Ducati 2005. The 2006 season played Checa along with James Ellison for the Yamaha Tech 3 team in the MotoGP class. In the 2007 season he drove a Honda in the team of Lucio Cecchinello. Checa was in 1995 and 1998 to win a race in the 500 cc class. In the 1998 season he reached his best ever World Cup result with fourth place.

For the 2008 season, Checa moved to the Superbike World Championship, where he replaced the migrated in the MotoGP class last year's champion James Toseland at Ten Kate Honda. In that year he also won the 8- hour race at Suzuka with Ryuichi Kiyonari on a Honda CBR 1000RR.

His biggest career success he celebrated with nearly 39 years ago when he won the title on the Ducati Superbike world champion in the 2011 season. He is the first Spaniard to have managed this. After the 2013 season, he ended his active career.

Statistics

In the World Motorcycle Championship

In the Superbike World Championship

(As of end of season 2013)