David Checa

David Checa
David Checa in 2008
Nationality	Spanish
Born	20 April 1980 Sant Fruitós de Bages, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bike number	11
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 2000 - 2003, 2005 First race 2000 250cc South African Grand Prix Last race 2005 MotoGP Dutch TT Team(s) TSR Honda, Honda, Yamaha, Aprilia Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 50 0 0 0 0 123 Superbike World Championship Active years 2005, 2008 - 2009 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2009 championship position 37th (4 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 50 0 0 0 0 41 Supersport World Championship Active years 1999, 2006 - 2007 Manufacturers Ducati, Yamaha Championships 0 2007 championship position 12th (50 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 32 0 0 0 6 95

David Checa (born 20 April 1980) 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. 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.

Career

Early years

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. 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 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. He also won the 2007 Bol d'Or 24-hour endurance race.

Superbike World Championship

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.

Personal life

He is the brother of motorcycle rider Carlos Checa.

Career statistics

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

(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
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	Bike	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

FIM World Endurance Championship

By team

Year	Team	Bike	Rider	TC
2015	GMT 94	Yamaha YZF-R1	Kenny Foray David Checa Mathieu Ginnes	2nd
2016	GMT94 Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	Niccolò Canepa David Checa Lucas Mahias	2nd
2016–17	GMT94 Yamaha	Yamaha YZF-R1	Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio Lucas Mahias	1st
2017–18	GMT94	Yamaha YZF-R1	Niccolò Canepa David Checa Mike Di Meglio	2nd
2018–19	Team SRC Kawasaki France	Kawasaki ZX-10R	Jérémy Guarnoni David Checa Erwan Nigon Randy de Puniet	1st
2021	Webike SRC Kawasaki	Kawasaki ZX-10R	David Checa Jérémy Guarnoni Erwan Nigon	3rd

External links

• David Checa at MotoGP.com
• David Checa at WorldSBK.com
• David Checa at AS.com (in Spanish)