Althea Racing Team - Ducati
FIM Superbike World Championship

First race classification: 1st
Second race classification: 1st

Perfect weekend for Checa and the Althea Racing Team at Miller with a double win and two fast laps.

Carlos Checa: "Two amazing wins today, especially after what happened to us here last year.

In Race 1 I rode cautiously during the first laps as the conditions were a little mixed but after a while I found good feeling with my bike and was really able to push. The bike really behaved well despite the slightly strange conditions. I was able to pass those ahead of me, though it wasn’t easy, and then I tried hard to build an advantage. In the final stages I stayed calm, controlled the margin and I did it!
It was really funny because as I was returning to parc ferme’, I saw some fans who wanted to give me a flag so I went “offroad” to get it only to find thick mud which caused me to crash – the happiest crash of my life I would say!

The feeling that I had with the bike improved for race 2 and I could really enjoy the race.

A wonderful day, especially for my team and for Ducati. I want to thank everybody, my team, Ducati and the sponsors. This was not only a double victory but a moral victory."