Checa back at home for Aragon home race

Having just participated in World Ducati Week at the Misano World Circuit, the Althea Racing team now turns its attention to round eight of the 2012 World Superbike Championship, taking place at Carlos Checa's home track of MotorLand Aragon in Spain.

At the latest Misano round, which took place over two weeks ago, the team celebrated a double podium in race 1 when Checa and Davide Giugliano crossed the line in second and third place respectively; unfortunately the success was not to continue, with both riders crashing out of the second race.

Carlos Checa: "We had a chance during WDW to work a little on the settings of my 1198 to be as prepared for this weekend's Aragon races as possible. It's always good to race at home and I hope that the fans' enthusiasm help me to make two great results. Last year didn't go to plan here and so, although it won't be at all easy, I hope to make up for that now at this important point of the championship."

Davide Giugliano: "I enjoyed racing at Aragon last year when I won the Stock 1000 race, and I hope to make two more solid races this weekend with the Superbike. I like the track, though there's a long straight that will penalize us. We carried out some testing during WDW, in hot conditions similar to what we'll probably see in Aragon, and so I think I'm pretty prepared for the race."