Ruben Xaus is happy to be looking forward to round eight of the World Superbike Championship after his home round at Motorland Aragon this weekend yielded no points and a disappointing weekend for his Castrol Honda team. The two 20 lap races were won by Marco Melandri and Max Biaggi, while series leader Carlos Checa crashed out of race one but fought back for third in the second outing to retain a diminished championship advantage. Without team-mate Jonathan Rea on the other side of the garage, Xaus and his crew worked hard all weekend to find a setting to suit his riding style and the undulating Aragon circuit, which is new to the World Superbike calendar this season. However, despite the efforts of his team, the 32-year-old Spaniard was not able to fix on the right direction and ultimately recorded two no scores. Ruben Xaus – DNF It’s been incredibly difficult this week end, which is, of course, very disappointing for the team and especially for me as I wanted to put on a good performance for all my family, friends and fans who have some to support me here this weekend. There has not really been one individual issue this weekend – more a combination of different problems and I can only say that we’ll work tirelessly to start and finish at Brno in a better way than we were able to here. Ronald ten Kate – team manager Ruben has had a number of set-up problems here at Aragon, which were not helped by our winter Test here yielding no useful data whatsoever, because it was so cold. Apart from the dramatic change in weather conditions, we need to look at the issues that have affected his performance here and we will focus strongly on those between now and the next round at Brno, where things can only get better. 2011 World Superbike Championship, round seven Motorlan d Aragon, Spain (5.344km), 20 laps - results, race one: 1 Marco Melandri (ITA) Yamaha 40m01.968s 2 Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia +1.572s 3 Leon Camier (GBR) Aprilia +2.432s 4 Eugene Laverty (IRL) Yamaha +10.799s 5 Tom Sykes (GBR) Kawasaki +10.847s 6 Noriyuki Haga (JPN) Aprilia +11.931s Race two (20 laps): 1 Max Biaggi (ITA) Aprilia 40m04.407s 2 Marco Melandri (ITA) Yamaha +4.809s 3 Carlos Checa (ESP) Ducati +6.944s 4 Michel Fabrizio (ITA) Suzuki +9.001s 5 Joan Lascorz (ESP) Kawasaki +11.562s 6 Eugene Laverty (IRL) Yamaha +14.288s Championship points after seven of 13 rounds: 1 Carlos Checa (ESP) Ducati 261, 2 Biaggi 218, 3 Melandri 195, 4 Laverty 146, 5 Camier 125, 8 Jonathan Rea (GBR) Castrol Honda 94. Next round: Brno, Czech Republic – 8-10 July