And at the break

The World Superbike Championship is currently on it's summer break with the next round coming in early September from the Nurburgring in Germany.

It's Carlos Checa who holds a handsome lead over the rest of the field with Max Biaggi in second place in the standings and a full 62 points further back. It has been a failry difficult year for the English so far with Leon Haslam our highest placed rider in fifth place in the standings and a huge 185 points away from the championship leader. The title race realistically looks to be between Checa, Biaggi and Melandri with Eugene Laverty the ouside bet, currently laying fourth in the championship.