Brno, 7th July 2010 – The Althea Racing team will arrive in Brno later this week for the ninth round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship. On this historic and physical track the flag bearers of the private Ducati outfit guided by Genesio Bevilacqua will look to secure another important result, to continue the positive run that the Italian squad is having this season. Carlos Checa will be out to achieve his fifth podium: the Spanish rider finds himself in third position in the overall standing, right behind Max Biaggi and Leon Haslam, and in the Czech Republic he will strive to repeat his recent Misano performance, having attained a solid second place finish in race 1. Last year, here in Brno, Carlos was a protagonist of Race 1, closing in second place behind Biaggi. During the same event Carlos’ current team-mate also had a great race; Shane Byrne finished in fourth, just missing out on the podium. The English rider, completely recovered after suffering an injury to his hand during the latest Imola tests, will do his utmost to secure strong results. In the last four races at Brno, “Shakey” has finished in fourth, in seventh twice and in ninth, results that auger well for the coming weekend. “Brno is a track on which our two riders have taken some great results in the recent past and for this reason I am very confident ahead of the coming weekend’s races”, said Genesio Bevilacqua, General Manager of Althea Racing. “In Misano, Carlos demonstrated once again that he is capable of fighting against the two championship leaders and I also expect a strong performance from Shane, in line with his recent results at this track. The team is ready, as are the bikes and the riders can’t wait to get on track. We’re fully prepared for the next battle.” The Brno programme kicks off with the first free practice session on Friday at 12:45 while first qualifying begins 15:45. On Saturday, after the second qualifying session at 10.45, Superpole will start at 15.00. Sunday is race day with the first race beginning at 12.00 and race 2 at 15.30. CLASSIFICATION: 1) BIAGGI p. 307; 2) HASLAM p. 270; 3) CHECA p. 172″¦ 12) BYRNE p. 97;