Carlos Checa is the new 2011 World Superbike champion. The Althea Ducati needed just three points to take the title, but he did it in his usual style, by dominating race 1 at Magny Cours and taking his 13th victory of the season.

When the lights went out in race 1 pole sitter Jonathan Red looked like he got a jump start which caused him to wheel back slightly and then take off late letting Eugene Laverty, Leon Camier and Carlos Checa get ahead of him, while further back in the field Pedercini’s Mark Aitchison had a horrific highside, that left him limping off track.

While Laverty and Camier took off distancing themsevlves from the rest of the field, Checa was embroiled in a fierce battle with Tom Sykes, after managing to shake off the Englishman he began hunting down the Aprilia and Yamaha riders. Camier began to lose contact with a faster Laverty, when Checa caught him and attempted his first pass he hit Camier’s rear wheel, however at the Adelaide turn he made his pass stick and was second.

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