This weekend at the  2011 World Superbike Donington, newcomer Marco Melandri took his first race win in Donington. After his win he said “It has been an awesome race for me, very tough and at the start many guys were very aggressive." But, in the second race, the points leader Carlos Checa rode his way into first and stayed that way until the checkered flag.  

2011 World Superbike-Donington Race 1 Results: 

1. Marco Melandri (Yamaha) 

2. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) 

3. Carlos Checa (Ducati) 

4. Leon Haslam (BMW) 

5. Jonathan Rea (Honda) 

6. Noriyuki Haga (Aprilia) 

7. Max Biaggi (Aprilia) 

8. Leon Camier (Aprilia) 

9. Troy Corser (BMW) 

10. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) 

11. Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) 

12. Ruben Xaus (Honda) 

13. Ayrton Badovini (BMW) 

14. Roberto Rolfo (Kawasaki) 

15. Mark Aitchison (Kawasaki) 

2011 World Superbike-Donington Race 2 Results: 

1. Carlos Checa (Ducati) 

2. Marco Melandri (Yamaha)

3. Leon Camier (Aprilia) 

4. Leon Haslam (BMW) 

5. Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) 

6. Jonathan Rea (Honda) 

7. Michel Fabrizio (Suzuki) 

8. Jakub Smrz (Ducati) 

9. Ayrton Badovini (BMW) 

10. Ruben Xaus (Honda) 

11. Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) 

12. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki) 

13. Troy Corser (BMW) 

14. Eugene Laverty (Yamaha) 

15. Roberto Rolfo (Kawasaki) 

2011 World Superbike Championship Points: 

1. Carlos Checa, 91 

2. Marco Melandri, 72 

3. Leon Haslam, 53 

4. Max Biaggi, 49 

5. Jakub Smrz, 42 

6. Jonathan Rea, 38 

7. Leon Camier, 37 

8. Michel Fabrizio, 27 

9. Noriyuki Haga, 26 

10. Tom Sykes, 19