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CARLOS Checa took a shock win in the second World Superbike race at Phillip Island.

The Spanish Althea Ducati rider stormed through the field from way down to stop Britain's Leon Haslam taking his second victory of the day.

Haslam finished second and still walks away leading the championship, while Ducati Xerox' Michel Fabrizio crossed the line third.

EUGENE Laverty shrugged-off his qualifying woes to take the win in the opening World Supersport Championship round of the year.

The Parkalgar Honda star led from lights to flag in a restarted race at Phillip Island, Australia.

Starting from fourth on the grid, the 23-year-old had been leading from the first corner of the original race, which had to be stopped on Lap Three because of oil on the track from Chaz Davies' BE1 Racing Triumph.

LEON Haslam has won the opening World Superbike Championship race of the season after a photo finish at Phillip Island.

Haslam, who had led the from the green light, came under pressure just once in the 22-lap race - and that was from Ducati Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio as the pair crossed the line to take the chequered flag.

And while it looked for several moments that Fabrizio had actually taken the win, a photo finish quickly revealed that the victory belonged to the Brit.

LEON Haslam has claimed his maiden World Superbike Championship pole at Phillip Island, Australia.

The 26-year-old recovered from a crash in this morning's free practice to dominate from start to finish, topping the time sheets at the end of each of the three sessions.

His fast lap of 1.31.229min early in Superpole Three was to be the quickest lap of the weekend, as he powered his Alstare Suzuki to a pole which was to go unchallenged.

WELCOME to February!

As every two-wheeled motorsport fan knows, this is the month when it all kicks off again.

While the rest of our racing series won't be roaring into action until March and April, we can always rely on the World Superbike boys who line up for their first round at the end of the month.

BTCC fans can look forward to more than 120 hours of bumper-to-bumper TV action this season.

ITV4 has revealed it will broadcast all 10 BTCC rounds live on race Sundays, with a show running from 11.30am-6pm.

And with 65 hours of live action, it will also add two 90-minute highlight shows three times in the week following the round, amounting to a further 45 hours of TV time.

BY ZOE BURN

JONATHAN Rea got his 2010 campaign off to a flying start by clocking the fastest time in the three day Infront Motor Sports official Superbike test session at Portimao in Portugal.

The Northern Ireland rider led an all British top four as the the chequered flag fell on the official test.

And the HANNSpree Ten Kate rider's fastest lap of 1.42.270secs was faster than 2009 champ Ben Spies' Polesetting time of last season.

BY Zoe Burn and Mic Archbold.

LEON Camier made sure it was back to business as usual as he clocked up yet another win in the first of today's MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship races at Oulton Park.

The newly-crowned champion this time managed to hold off a last lap charge by Hydrex Honda's Stuart Easton to take yet another win for Airwaves Yamaha.

His Cumbrian team-mate, James Ellison, crossed the line third ahead of the second Hydrex bike of Tommy Hill.

BLYTH'S Jonny Dickson fought back from a dismal qualifying session to cross the line 12th in today's final round of the Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship.

The 21-year-old had been forced to fight for a grid spot in yesterday's shoot-out race after struggling during qualifying.

Winning the shoot-out with ease, the Bell Racing Yamaha rider was able to start today's 12-lap race of Oulton Park from a lowly 31st spot.

NEXT season's motorsport bonanza is finally beginning to take shape as two other championships release their 2010 calendars.

While MotoGP and F1 chiefs have already announced provisional calendars for next season, it's been a wait for the rest.

But today the BTCC and WSBk dates have finally landed. And although those BSB officials are clearly intent on making us wait the longest (as ever) it's great to have at least something to be going on with.