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Team Battles Through First Day of Qualifying
Yesterday
The hard work continued for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike team today as they came into action on the first day of qualifying in Brno. Carlos Checa spent his two session chasing the optimum set-up for his bike but struggled to find traction on the new surface of the Brno track. Checa went out in the free practice session using a different swing arm, but switched back to the regular KR component after the much anticipated improvement on the rear grip stayed out. A fastest time of 2'00.424 today sets him back at fifteenth place after the first official qualifying.
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Superbike World Championship Heads to Brno
4 Days ago
The Superbike World Championship arrives in Brno this weekend for the ninth round of the series, at the Czech Automotodrom. The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team enters the Czech round leading the Supersport Championship and currently sitting third in the WSB standings. Andrew Pitt has dominated the last rounds of the Supersport series but team mate Jonathan Rea is eager to show his full potential and make his contribution to the impressive Ten Kate Honda tally. The British rider was slightly disappointed with his third place in Misano and is very keen to claim his first victory, starting at the Brno track this weekend.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Satisfied After Vallelunga SBK Test
10 July 2008
The HANNSpree Ten Kate Honda Team has finished the official FG development test at the circuit of Vallelunga in Italy today. The two-day test has been organised by the Flamini Group in view of the second part of the season and in particular the Italian Round at the Rome circuit on September 21st. The three-men strong HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike squad and their Supersport team mates experienced severely hot track conditions but have been able to make some important progress in the development of the Honda CBR1000RR and CBR600RR machines.
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Difficult Race's in Misano for HANNspree SBK Team
01 July 2008
The hard conditions at Misano continued for the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Superbike team today where, after two days of poor qualifying, the team still struggled to optimise the performance of the Honda CBR1000RR and find the right pace in the Superbike races. Carlos Checa qualified eleventh on the grid after issues with the grip of his bike played havoc throughout the qualifying session. His qualifying spot put him in a difficult position to make passes on his frontrunners in the strong field. However, some crashes at the front enabled Checa to make up some ground and he finished the first race in fifth position.
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Difficult First Day of Qualifying in Misano
28 June 2008
The first day of qualifying in Misano took place in hot weather conditions today. With the temperature rising to 34 degrees, the three men strong HANNspree Ten Kate Honda squad struggled to find the right pace for the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblades. Carlos Checa’s fastest lap of 1'38.189 in the first qualifying practice was 1.326s off the fastest time set by provisional pole sitter Troy Bayliss. After his strong performance in the USA round, Checa’s experienced difficulties with the set-up of his machine and used most of his 60-minute session to focus on finding the right grip for his Honda CBR1000RR. Chattering issues halted his performance throughout the session in which he was not able to find the pace and set some fast laps.
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SBK Hots up for Misano Race
24 June 2008
The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team prepares for another weekend of excitement as round eight of the Superbike World Championship, the San Marino round, will be held at the Misano circuit from 27 to 29 June. The team collected the 100th WSB win for Honda in the American round of the Championship and they added another celebration to their own impressive tally at the Nürburgring in Germany where the team earned their 50th Word Supersport race victory after participating in a total of 98 previous races.
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Checa Secured Front Row Start After Blistering Superpole Lap
15 June 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Carlos Checa made a fantastic recovery after struggling through the second day of qualifying and secured a third place on the grid after a blistering Superpole lap. Issues with the electronics on his bike forced him to drop down from his provisional third place secured in QP1 to 12th in the second qualifying practice. Checa overcame the issues with his machine towards the end of the second free practice and superbly powered his Honda CBR1000RR to a front row start in Superpole qualifying.
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Checa on the Pace in Cold First Day of Qualifying
14 June 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Carlos Checa finished provisional third on the grid onboard his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade at the opening day of qualifying at the German Nurburgring. Rain looked likely during the first qualifying session at the 5.137m long track, but it remained dry throughout the hour long qualifying session. Checa improved his pace in the last leg of the session and was the first rider to dip under the 1’58s mark. He remained in the top three till the end of the session and concluded the day in a best of 1'57.878, which puts him 0.6 seconds behind provisional pole sitter Troy Corser. Team mate Ryuichi Kiyonari ended the day in 13th place while Sofuoglu finished 22nd.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Ready for German Challenge
11 June 2008
After a strong weekend of racing at the Miller Motorsports Park in Utah, the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team now heads to a track closer to home for the 7th round in the Championship at the Nurburgring in Germany. Carlos Checa’s double victory showed the team’s growing performance in the development of the CBR1000RR Fireblade. With the bike on pace and morale and confidence boosted, the team is eagerly looking forward to continue their success in the German round.
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Checa Rockets to Double Win at Miller Motorsports Park
03 June 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Carlos Checa posted a superb performance today in the first Superbike race at the Miller circuit, where he claimed his first ever World Superbike win. After a pole position start, Checa came through turn one in fifth spot but quickly gained ground and took the lead over the line on lap 4. He managed to breakaway from his followers and claimed his first ever SBK victory 2.8 seconds ahead of number two, Troy Corser. With his victory Checa secured the 99th win in the Superbike World Championship for manufacturer Honda.
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Checa on Provisional Front Row at Miller Motorsports Park
31 May 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Carlos Checa concluded a strong opening day at the 6th round of the World Superbike Championship at the Miller Motorsports Park and claimed a provisional front row start. Checa was the first rider to dip under the 1’50 minute mark and topped the sheets for a while before concluding the session with a third best time of 1'49.732.
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HANNspree Superbike Team Works Towards USA
29 May 2008
The third fly away round of the Superbike World Championship will see the series return to America this weekend for the 6th round of the Championship, hosted at the Miller Motorsports Park in Utah. It will be exciting to see how the 3 men strong HANNspree Ten Kate Honda squad will adapt themselves to the 4.905m long, fast track on the Utah flats. After a difficult last race in Monza, Carlos Checa is eager to make up his loss and put some points on the board to secure his second place in the Championship standings. In the same race Ryuichi Kiyonari turned the continuous progress he showed throughout the last rounds into a maiden appearance on the WSB podium.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Team Announcement
10 May 2008
It is with great sadness that the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Team must announce that Kenan Sofuoglu’s brother, Sinan, has been involved in a fatal accident while racing in his native Turkey. Kenan has withdrawn from the Monza event and has returned to Turkey to be with his family at this difficult time. We wish to send our condolences to Kenan and all his family and they can be assured that our thoughts are with them.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda: Bring on Monza
08 May 2008
After a successful round at their home track in Assen in which the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda showed its dominance in the Supersport race and took a second and third place in the Superbike races, the team is now in Italy for the 5th round of the series at the Autodromo Nazionale in Monza.
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Checa Claims Double Podium at Assen
28 April 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s Carlos Checa concluded a strong weekend of racing with a second and third place place at the team’s home track in Assen today. The double podium rounds off a successful day of racing for the team, after collecting the number one and two spots in the World Supersport race earlier. Carlos Checa encountered some technical issues with his bike in the qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday’s, but the issues were soon a distant memory as he set about to carve his way forward through the field and concluded the first Superbike race with a second place behind Troy Bayliss.
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Checa Pushes Hard in Second Assen Qualifying
27 April 2008
HANNspree Ten Kate Honda’s Carlos Checa was the leading Honda man today in a Ducati dominated second day of qualifying in Assen. Carlos Checa ended the second qualifying practice in a best time of 1’39.37 and managed to further improve his pace in the afternoon session. He set his fastest lap of the day at 1’38.86 which sees him starting on the 2nd row in 6th position for tomorrow’s race. Ryuichi Kiyonari, the lead Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider in the morning’s qualifying practice, endured a crash in the free practice session. With only three more laps on his second bike before the time ran out, Kiyonari came into the Superpole unprepared and did not manage to improve his fastest lap of the day. He will start tomorrow’s race on the 4th row.
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HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Eager to Perform on Home Soil
24 April 2008
The fourth round of the Superbike World Championship heads to Assen this weekend where the HANNspree Ten Kate Honda team will ride a home race for their fans at the Dutch TT Circuit.
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Third Round Thrills At Valencia
06 April 2008
The 2008 HANNspree World Superbike Championship continued with the third round at Valencia today, where Lorenzo Lanzi and Noriyuki Haga clinched a win apiece in the two 23-lap races. The eventual first race saw many of the series frontrunners struggling to get to grips with the Spanish track. Tyres and set-up caused problems for several riders Yukio Kagayama, Haga and Michel Fabrizio all failed to complete race distance.
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Kiyonari Claims 6th In First Superpole Appearance
06 April 2008
Ryuichi Kiyonari concluded his first Superpole appareance today with a best of 1'34.370 which places him on the 6th spot on the second row for tomorrow’s race. The young Japanese is consistently improving his pace and made an impressive appearance in his maiden Superpole lap in which he took 0.6 off his best lap time on qualifiers. In the morning qualifying session, HANNspree Ten Kate Honda Carlos Checa put his new CBR1000RR Fireblade firmly on top of the sheets and passed provisional pole sitter Neukirchner with a new best lap time of 1'34.418. In the Superpole qualifying Checa had more difficulties to keep his leading pace on the qualifiers and finished 7th in 1'34.492 which puts him on the second row on the grid for tomorrow's race.
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Checa On The Pace In First
05 April 2008
The first qualifying session ahead of the third Superbike round in Valencia saw the first 10 places on the timesheet with less then a 0.7 margin between them. HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider Carlos Checa secured a third place in 1'35.042 the only rider capable of keeping his pace consistent, lapping 35’s on race tires for more then 15 laps. His sights are set on equalling this result tomorrow in the second qualifying ahead of the Superpole.
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