Karel Abraham

Karel Abraham (born January 2, 1990 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech motorcycle racer. He competed in the Moto2 World Championship in the 2010 season. Abraham and his Cardion AB team moved up to the MotoGP class for the 2011 season, riding a Ducati.^[1] Despite criticism of Abraham "buying" his way into MotoGP having never been a front runner in the support classes,^[2] Abraham took his first podium at Twin Ring Motegi and then won his first Grand Prix at the 2010 season-ending Valencian Grand Prix.^[3]

1 Career statistics
- 1.1 By season
- 1.2 Races by year
2 References
3 External links

Career statistics

By season

Seas	Class	Moto	Race	Win	Pod	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2005	125 cc	Aprilia	15	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	125 cc	Aprilia	16	0	0	0	8	24th
2007	250 cc	Aprilia	17	0	0	0	31	16th
2008	250 cc	Aprilia	15	0	0	0	40	16th
2009	250 cc	Aprilia	16	0	0	0	74	14th
2010	Moto2	RSV	14	1	2	1	96	10th
2010	Moto2	FTR	14	1	2	1	96	10th
2011	MotoGP	Ducati	16	0	0	0	64	14th
Total			109	1	2	1	313

Races by year

(key)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Pts
2005	125 cc	Aprilia	SPA 22	POR Ret	CHN 27	FRA 21	ITA 27	CAT Ret	NED Ret	GBR 17	GER 17	CZE Ret	JPN 28	MAL Ret	QAT 28	AUS	TUR 18	VAL Ret			NC	0
2006	125 cc	Aprilia	SPA 23	QAT 24	TUR 22	CHN 26	FRA 25	ITA Ret	CAT 21	NED Ret	GBR 28	GER Ret	CZE Ret	MAL 18	AUS 17	JPN 13	POR 11	VAL Ret			24th	8
2007	250 cc	Aprilia	QAT Ret	SPA 15	TUR 12	CHN Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 16	CAT 14	GBR 10	NED 15	GER Ret	CZE 14	RSM 14	POR 10	JPN Ret	AUS 13	MAL 12	VAL Ret		16th	31
2008	250 cc	Aprilia	QAT 7	SPA 13	POR 16	CHN Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 7	CAT Ret	GBR 12	NED Ret	GER Ret	CZE Ret	RSM 10	IND	JPN	AUS 11	MAL 12	VAL 17		16th	40
2009	250cc	Aprilia	QAT Ret	JPN 9	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 13	CAT 8	NED 7	GER Ret	GBR 14	CZE Ret	IND 10	RSM 11	POR 10	AUS 6	MAL 12	VAL 6			14th	74
2010	Moto2	RSV	QAT 14	SPA 28																	10th	96
2010	Moto2	FTR			FRA Ret	ITA 17	GBR Ret	NED 9	CAT 4	GER 5	CZE DNS	IND DNQ	RSM DNS	ARA 18	JPN 3	MAL 6	AUS 10	POR 10	VAL 1		10th	96
2011	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 13	SPA 7	POR Ret	FRA 10	CAT 10	GBR 7	NED Ret	ITA 12	GER 12	USA 11	CZE Ret	IND Ret	RSM 12	ARA Ret	JPN DNS	AUS 10	MAL C	VAL 8	14th	64

References

^ Birt, Matthew (2010-07-28). "Ducati expands MotoGP entry for 2011". Motorcycle News (Bauer Media Group). http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2010/July/jul2810-karel-abraham-to-ducati/_/R-EPI-125741. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
^ Birt, Matthew (2010-08-25). "Casey Stoner critical of Karel Abraham's MotoGP move". Motorcycle News (Bauer Media Group). http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2010/August/aug2510-Casey-Stoner-critical-of-Karel-Abraham-s-MotoGP-move/. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
^ Keen, James (7 November 2010). "Abraham 1st, Iannone 2nd". Motorcycle News (Bauer Media Group). http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2010/November/nov0710-valencia-moto2-results/. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

External links

karelabraham.com Official website

Teams and riders competing in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship

Ducati Marlboro	Repsol Honda	Rizla Suzuki	Yamaha	Honda Gresini	Pramac Ducati	Yamaha Tech 3	LCR Honda	Aspar Ducati	Cardion AB
46 Rossi 69 Hayden	4 Dovizioso 26 Pedrosa 27 Stoner	19 Bautista	1 Lorenzo 11 Spies	7 Aoyama 58 Simoncelli	14 de Puniet 65 Capirossi	5 Edwards 35 Crutchlow	24 Elías	8 Barberá	17 Abraham

Other riders: 6 Cudlin (Pramac Ducati, Aspar Ducati), 21 Hopkins (Rizla Suzuki), 23 Bostrom (LCR Honda), 41 Hayes (Yamaha Tech 3), 50 Guintoli (Pramac Ducati), 64 Akiyoshi (Honda Gresini, LCR Honda), 72 Itoh (Honda Racing Team), 89 Nakasuga (Yamaha)

Cardion AB Motoracing

Karel Abraham (17)

Grand Prix motorcycle : Ducati Desmosedici GP11

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Name	Abraham, Karel
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Date of birth	1990-01-02
Place of birth	Brno, Czechoslovakia
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