David Checa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Spanish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 20 April 1980 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Checa (born 20 April 1980) [1] is a Spanish professional motorcycle road racer. He is four time FIM Endurance World Champion, winning the title in 2004, 2014, 2016–17 and 2018–19. In 2016 he was the French Superbike Champion. [2] He previously competed for two years in the Superbike World Championship. He currently competes in the FIM Endurance World Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R and the RFME Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1. He's a triple winner of the 24 Hours Moto of Le Mans endurance race, in 2005 and 2017 on Yamaha and in 2019 with Kawasaki. He also won the Bol d'Or 24-hour motorcycle endurance race twice on Circuit Paul Ricard. In 2007 and 2017 both on a Yamaha.
Born in Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Spain, Checa began racing since 1996, contesting Superbike World Championship and Supersport World Championship races at home and in Europe. [3] He spent 2000- 2002 racing in the 250cc World Championship with a best overall finish of 13th before moving to Endurance World Championship. [1] 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 races in MotoGP in place of injured Toni Elias. 2006, but broke a wrist pre-season, he finished 11th overall. He continued in the Supersport World Championship for 2007 finishing 12th overall. [3] He also won the 2007 Bol d'Or 24-hour endurance race. [4] [5]
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. [3] [4]
He is the brother of motorcycle rider Carlos Checa.
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
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1999 | Ducati |
RSA 17 |
GBR 20 |
SPA 18 |
ITA Ret |
GER 17 |
SMR 25 |
USA 19 |
EUR Ret |
AUT DNQ |
NED 15 |
GER 17 |
46th | 1 | ||
2006 | Yamaha | QAT | AUS | SPA |
ITA 13 |
EUR 11 |
SMR 4 |
CZE 8 |
GBR 21 |
NED Ret |
GER Ret |
ITA 12 |
FRA 5 |
11th | 44 | |
2007 | Yamaha |
QAT 23 |
AUS 18 |
EUR 9 |
SPA 14 |
NED 7 |
ITA 14 |
GBR Ret |
SMR Ret |
CZE 7 |
GBR 17 |
GER 6 |
ITA 15 |
FRA 6 |
12th | 50 |
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Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
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2000 | 250cc | TSR Honda |
RSA 16 |
MAL Ret |
JPN 23 |
SPA 18 |
FRA Ret |
ITA 13 |
CAT 13 |
NED 15 |
GBR 9 |
GER 19 |
CZE 13 |
POR Ret |
VAL 10 |
BRA Ret |
PAC 15 |
AUS 20 |
19th | 24 | |
2001 | 250cc | Honda |
JPN 16 |
RSA 13 |
SPA 16 |
FRA 16 |
ITA 7 |
CAT 16 |
NED Ret |
GBR 11 |
GER Ret |
CZE 18 |
POR 8 |
VAL 11 |
PAC 12 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 15 |
BRA 22 |
17th | 35 | |
2002 | 250cc | Aprilia | JPN |
RSA 10 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 10 |
ITA 10 |
CAT 12 |
NED 16 |
GBR 15 |
GER 15 |
CZE 18 |
POR 8 |
BRA 12 |
PAC 21 |
MAL 10 |
AUS 8 |
VAL 6 |
13th | 60 | |
2005 | MotoGP | Yamaha | SPA | POR | CHN | FRA |
ITA 19 |
CAT 13 |
NED 15 |
USA | GBR | GER | CZE | JPN | MAL | QAT | AUS | TUR | VAL | 26th | 4 |
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
2005 | Yamaha | QAT | QAT | AUS | AUS |
SPA 10 |
SPA 9 |
ITA | ITA | EUR | EUR | SMR | SMR |
CZE 15 |
CZE 14 |
GBR | GBR | NED | NED | GER | GER | ITA | ITA |
FRA 11 |
FRA 12 |
21st | 25 | ||||
2008 | Yamaha |
QAT 23 |
QAT Ret |
AUS Ret |
AUS 12 |
SPA 15 |
SPA 18 |
NED Ret |
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 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 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 |