The Ten Kate team from the Netherlands, and several top Superbike and Supersport competitors from Spain, were not able to switch off completely after the racing had been completed at Brno on Sunday.
An excited Ten Kate crew packed up their flight boxes and pit garages but kept their paddock hospitality unit in place, and their Hannspree TVs firmly on, to watch the World Cup soccer final between the Netherlands and Spain. Joining the cavalcade of orange were some of their other friends from the paddock, including one of their former riders Carlos Checa...from Spain.
The tense and often physical match in South Africa saw a rash of yellow cards and one red card produced, and finally Spain scored a goal to win in extra time and send the likes of Checa, Ruben Xaus, David Salom and Joan Lascorz into rapture. Moreover Xaus had shown his support for Spain on raceday by placing a national football top over his padded seat in the pit-box (photo), to cheer on his fellow countrymen.
There was more than general interest and indeed some feeling of involvement in the entire World Cup tournament for those in World Superbike, as the Soccer City complex near Johannesburg - the venue that hosted the final itself - was where the Kyalami round of the WSBK championship was launched to the world's media, back in mid-May.
Source: http://www.worldsbk.com/
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