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Carlos Checa's back-story on his year as Valentino Rossi's teammate

Massimo Meregalli says the 2023 MotoGP season was the ‘worst’ since he’s been in the paddock.

Carlos Checa says the improved level of WorldSBK shows that those switching from MotoGP aren’t guaranteed success.

The last Ducati rider to win a WorldSBK title prior to Alvaro Bautista winning the championship last season, Carlos Checa believes the Spaniard’s incredible results so far in 2023 are due to him ‘riding better than his competitors’, not because of his machinery.

Two very different categories with very different machinery, yet WorldSBK and MotoGP delivered fantastic racing throughout the 2022 seasons.

Alvaro Bautista believes Marc Marquez can get back to his best and become a MotoGP title contender again, while also claiming WorldSBK allows riders to ‘do more than in MotoGP’.

On the verge of winning his first WorldSBK title and Ducati’s first since Carlos Checa in 2011, Alvaro Bautista has made it clear that he is not winning because of a better engine compared to his rivals.

Ducati’s last WorldSBK champion Carlos Checa believes Alvaro Bautista can challenge Toprak Razgatlioglu and Jonathan Rea if he rediscovers 2019 form. Jury remains out on Michael Rinaldi.

Carlos Checa believes Axel Bassani could be next to join the factory Ducati WorldSBK team after showing ‘enough to be there’ as a rookie.

Marc Marquez has revealed he never looked at title records when challenging for the MotoGP championship.

Full qualifying times (2) for the sixth round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal.

Full race results (1) for the third round of the 2013 eni World Superbike Championship at Assen, the Netherlands

Carlos Checa is briefly knocked unconscious in an accident at Phillip Island, but otherwise escapes major injury.

Eugene Laverty completes Aprilia's perfect start to the 2013 World Superbike Championship season by beating team-mate Sylvain Guintoli to victory in race two.

Full qualifying times (2) from the opening round of the 2013 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, Australia

The 2011 World Superbike Champion suffers one of the 'biggest high-sides' of his long career in a spectacular free practice accident at Phillip Island.

'I feel that my life is the motorcycle and for six months at home with nothing happening... this was for me very difficult' - Francis Batta

Team Ducati Alstare is officially confirmed with Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini to ride the Ducati 1199 Panigale in the World Superbike Championship next season.

Ducati confirms it won't continue with Althea Racing for the 2013 World Superbike season, but insists Carlos Checa will ride the new 1199 Panigale.

Max Biaggi emerges on top of the closest and most keenly fought World Superbike Championship fight in the history of the series...

Full race results (2) for the 14th and final round of the 2012 eni World Superbike Championship at Magny-Cours, France

Full race results (1) for the 14th and final round of the 2012 eni World Superbike Championship at Magny-Cours, France

The Ducati 1198/1098R, one of the most successful bikes in the history of the World Superbike Championship, prepares to bow out at Magny-Cours.

Full race results (1) for the 13th round of the 2012 eni World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal