David Checa

David Checa
David Checa 2008
Nationality	Spanish
Born	20 April 1980 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain

David Checa born on April 20, 1980 in Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona,^[1] Spain is the 2004 Endurance World Champion. He then competed for two years in the Superbike World Championship.

Career

Early years

David Checa has been racing since 1996, contesting Superbike World Championship and Supersport World Championship races at home and in Europe. He spent 2000-2002 racing in the 250cc World Championship with a best overall finish of 13th before moving to Endurance World Championship. He was Pirelli's main tester for their Superbike World Championship control tyre in 2005, also doing a few races. He signed up for the Supersport World Championship Le Mans 24 winner and master endurance winner in 2005 and 3 wild car races in motogp in place of Elias for injury. 2006, but broke a wrist pre-season, he finished 11th overall. He continued in the Supersport World Championship for 2007 finishing 12th overall. He also won the 2007 Bol d'Or endurance race.^[2][3]

World Superbike Championship (2008-2009)

David raced in the World Superbike Championship for two years, without a great deal of success collecting only a handful of points in each season.^[2]

Personal

He is the brother of motorcycle rider Carlos Checa.

Career Statistics

Superbike World Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2008	Yamaha	QAT 23	QAT Ret	AUS Ret	AUS 12	ESP 15	ESP 18	NED DNS	NED DNS	ITA	ITA	USA Ret	USA DNS	GER Ret	GER 15	SMR 15	SMR 16	CZE Ret	CZE 16	GBR 17	GBR 20	EUR 11	EUR Ret	ITA 17	ITA 20	FRA Ret	FRA Ret	POR 20	POR 22	28th	12
2009	Yamaha	QAT	QAT	AUS	AUS	ESP Ret	ESP 20	NED 19	NED Ret	ITA 22	ITA 19	RSA	RSA	USA	USA	SMR 21	SMR Ret	GBR 24	GBR Ret	CZE 18	CZE 19	GER Ret	GER 18	ITA 17	ITA Ret	FRA 15	FRA 17	POR 14	POR 15	37th	4

References

1. ^ "David Checa". motogp.com. http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/David+Checa. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "David Checa - World Superbike riders - autoevolution". autoevolution.com. http://www.autoevolution.com/sport/world-superbike/riders/david-checa.html#history. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 
3. ^ Staff (11 September 2010). "David Checa y GMT 94 lideran el Bol d'Or" (in Spanish). Motoworld. http://www.motoworld.es/deporte/resistencia/david-checa-y-gmt-94-lideran-el-bol-d-or.html. Retrieved 18 September 2010. 

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Name	Checa, David
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Date of birth	20 April 1980
Place of birth	Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain
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