Carlos Checa and the Althea Ducati team are not in the position that they want to be in for tomorrow’s World Superbike race at Monza. Checa failed to advance to the final super pole session, and will start tomorrow from the 11th spot on the grid.
Checa finished more than a second behind Max Biaggi, who set a new lap record at the Monza circuit this morning during the qualifying rounds.
"It’s not easy here for us,” Checa said. “We know that we are lacking some speed but tomorrow I think that if I can improve through the first sector we can defend ourselves well. Of course it wouldn’t be very realistic to think we can reach the podium but I am confident that we can stay with the front group and we’ll try to take the best possible results. It’s hard to say how we’ll finish but I’ll do my best as always and we’ll see.”
Checa has won four of the first six races so far this season and currently leads the series by 43 points ahead of Max Biaggi.
[Photo Courtesy of Althea Ducati]
