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11 July 2010 Brno - Race Brno, 11th July 2010 – The ninth round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship took place today on the Czech track of Brno. The Althea Racing Team, managed by Genesio Bevilacqua, took part in the action. A top ten finish for Carlos Checa today in race 1. The Spaniard, starting from the second row thanks to the eighth fastest time set during qualifying, closed the morning’s race in ninth position while in the afternoon he just missed out on the top five, having to settle for sixth. “Yesterday, in both the qualifying and free practice sessions, we had a great level of grip while today, with the same tyre, we had more problems”, said Carlos. “This morning we tried to adapt the bike to the situation but during the race it was sliding around a lot. I tried to push to take as many championship points as possible but now my head is already focused on Silverstone, a great track, rich in history, on which we will try to race to the front.” Shane Byrne fulfilled his initial objective, made on arrival at the track, which was to finish in the top ten. Having concluded race 1 in tw... Click for full story

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