David Checa

David Checa
David Checa 2008
Nationality	Spanish
Born	20 April 1980 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Current team	GMT94 Yamaha
Bike number	94

David Checa born on 20 April 1980 in Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona,^[1] Catalonia, Spain is the 2004 Endurance World Champion and 2016 French Superbike Champion. He previously competed for two years in the Superbike World Championship. He currently competes in the Endurance FIM World Championship and the French Superbike Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1.

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 races in motogp in place of injured Elias. 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 24-hour 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

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Year	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Pts
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

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
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

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(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
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

References

1. "David Checa". motogp.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
2. "David Checa - World Superbike riders - autoevolution". autoevolution.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
3. Staff (11 September 2010). "David Checa y GMT 94 lideran el Bol d'Or". Motoworld (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2010.