For the second race in a row, the World Superbike Championship was plagued by wet weather. This weekend’s event in Monza, Italy, saw even less riding than in Assen, with only half a race completed. The first race of the day was red-flagged after the opening laps, but the second went long enough that riders were at least able to score half points for the day.

Round 3 of the World SuperBike FIM Championship was a cold and wet one as rain turned the Circuit van Drenthe in Assen, Holland into one big black slip-and-slide. Riders of all standings were sent skidding across the asphalt in the rain-drenched first race, allowing Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) to win his first ever World SuperBike race.

Although Round 2 of the World Superbike Championship was held in Imola, Italy, both races of the day went to Spain. Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) took first place in both of Sunday's races, while the Italian favorite, Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) never even made it to the podium. Checa's double win on Sunday puts him ahead in points at 75, with Biaggi trailing just behind at 71.

Race two at Imola started in much the same way that first race did. In an exact repeat of race one, Kawasaki’s #66 Tom Sykes charged to the front of the field on his ZX-10R, closely followed by #7 Carlos Checa on his Ducati 1098R with #3 Max Biaggi in close pursuit on his Aprilia RSV4 Factory.

Kawasaki’s charge this season so far has been a revelation. The two races at the famed Autodromo Enzo E Dino Ferrari track in Imola Italy, better known simply as Imola, were no different. The beginning of the race featured a short lived scramble that had #66 Tom Sykes with the Kawasaki Racing Team pushing his Kawasaki ZX-10R to the front of the field.