Spain's Carlos Checa took a clean-sweep at Magny-Cours to win his first ever world title.

Spain’s Carlos Checa has stuck to his word, producing an authoritative performance to wrap up the 2011 World Superbike title at Magny-Cours on Sunday.

Even though title success was virtually assured in advance, Checa had vowed that he wasn’t going to break stride in France, and that’s what transpired when he romped to his fifth clean sweep of the season.

Checa is now the first Spaniard to win the WSBK title, while it was the 14th solo victory for Ducati.

“Today has been a perfect day, the best day of my career and probably the best day of my life,” said Checa, who now holds an unassailable 107pt lead over Italian Marco Melandri.

“I thank everyone, every person that has helped me throughout my career, from the beginning up until today, for helping me reach this point. I especially want to thank Genesio Bevilacqua (the boss of Althea Racing), my entire team and Ducati of course.

“I am experiencing so many emotions and must admit that it was very difficult to keep my concentration in the final stages of race one. Then, in race two, I tried to race as fast as I could, doing what I like to do best, and was able to win once more.

“Now we can relax and relish in this unforgettable moment.”

Australia’s Troy Corser produced his most industrious performance in ages, finishing ninth in both 23-lap races. But he was still a little disappointed.

“We have been strong and consistent all weekend, and in all honesty I was hoping for better results,” said Corser. “I have been happy with the bike throughout practice and the setup seemed good for the races, but we really struggled for grip in the latter stages of both races.

“Two top 10 finishes on paper is not so bad, but with the pace we have shown we all expected a little bit more. Still we have some good information to work with going into Portimao in two weeks’ time.”

Australia’s other rider, Mark Aitchison (Kawasaki), failed to finish either race.

The Yamaha-backed Melandri – for only more round – was courageous on his first visit to Magny-Cours, and fittingly finished second behind Checa in both races, with Leon Haslam (BMW) and Eugene Laverty (Yamaha) sharing the third places.

Briton Chaz Davies wrapped up the World Supersport title for Yamaha.

In World Supersport, Briton Chaz Davies (Yamaha) also joined Checa as a 2011 world champion after finishing sixth, in a race won by his team-mate Luca Scassa.

Sam Lowes (Honda) was second, with Australia’s long-time leader Broc Parkes (Kawasaki) just holding off his rapidly advancing team-mate David Salom for third.

Fabien Foret (Honda) was only eighth at Magny-Cours but remains second in the championship on 144pts. Parkes is third in the points, on 136, tied with Salom.

In winning the race at Magny-Cours Danilo Petrucci (Barni Racing Ducati) did all he could to stop Davide Giugliano (Althea Racing Ducati) from being Superstock 1000 champion, but in finishing fifth Giugliano took the crown with one round to spare.

A three way fight for second in the race between team-mates Lorenzo Zanetti and Sylvain Barrier (BMW Motorrad Italia Superstock), plus Niccolò Canepa (Lazio MotorSport) ended up in that order.

Australia’s Bryan Staring was 11th for Pedercini Kawasaki, while Beau Beaton was 25th despite crashing during the race.

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