Karel Abraham

Karel Abraham

Abraham at the 2011 British Grand Prix.
Nationality Czech Republic Czech
Born (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Current team Pull & Bear Aspar Team
Bike number 17
Website karelabraham.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2011–2015
ManufacturersDucati, ART, Honda
Championships0
2015 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
67 0 0 0 0 161
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2010
ManufacturersRSV, FTR
Championships0
2010 championship position10th (96 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
14 1 2 0 1 96
250cc World Championship
Active years2007–2009
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2009 championship position14th (74 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
47 0 0 0 0 145
125cc World Championship
Active years2005–2006
ManufacturersAprilia
Championships0
2006 championship position24th (8 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
31 0 0 0 0 8
Superbike World Championship
Active years2016
ManufacturersBMW
Championships0
2016 championship position18th (33 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
24 0 0 0 0 33

Karel Abraham (born 2 January 1990) is a Czech motorcycle racer. He races in the MotoGP World Championship for the Aspar Racing Team. In 2016, Abraham rode a BMW S1000RR in the Superbike World Championship for Milwaukee BMW.[1]

Prior to this, Abraham competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 2005 to 2015, riding in the 125cc, 250cc, Moto2 and MotoGP classes.[2] Despite criticism of Abraham "buying" his way into MotoGP having never been a front runner in the support classes,[3] Abraham took his first podium at Twin Ring Motegi and then won his first Grand Prix at the 2010 season-ending Valencian Grand Prix.[4]

Career

Abraham was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

MotoGP

2011

In 2011, AB Motoracing, the team of Abraham's father, moved up to the MotoGP class for the 2011 season. Abraham finished the season in fourteenth place in the championship; his best results were a pair of seventh-place finishes at Jerez and Silverstone.

2012

Abraham remained with Cardion AB Motoracing for 2012, with the best results 7th at Valencia.

2013

Abraham completed the season in 24th place overall with just 5 points.

2014

Abraham got new adventure with the new Honda RCV1000R and obtained the 17th position in the riders' championship.

2015

Abraham struggled with the Honda RC213V-RS and did not score any points.

Move to Superbike World Championship

It was announced on 21 November 2015 that Abraham would move to the Superbike World Championship for the 2016 season, with Milwaukee BMW, partnering 2015 British Superbike Championship winner Josh Brookes.[1]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Seas Class Motorcycle Team Number Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2005 125 cc Aprilia Semprucci Cardion Blauer 44 15 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2006 125 cc Aprilia Cardion AB Motoracing 44 16 0 0 0 0 8 24th
2007 250 cc Aprilia Cardion AB Motoracing 17 17 0 0 0 0 31 16th
2008 250 cc Aprilia Cardion AB Motoracing 17 14 0 0 0 0 40 16th
2009 250 cc Aprilia Cardion AB Motoracing 17 16 0 0 0 0 74 14th
2010 Moto2 RSV Cardion AB Motoracing 17 14 1 2 0 1 96 10th
FTR
2011 MotoGP Ducati Cardion AB Motoracing 17 16 0 0 0 0 64 14th
2012 MotoGP Ducati Cardion AB Motoracing 17 14 0 0 0 0 59 14th
2013 MotoGP ART Cardion AB Motoracing 17 9 0 0 0 0 5 24th
2014 MotoGP Honda Cardion AB Motoracing 17 18 0 0 0 0 33 17th
2015 MotoGP Honda AB Motoracing 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Total 159 1 2 0 1 410

By class

Class Seas 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Pod Pole FLap Pts WChmp
125cc 2005–2006 2005 Spain 31 0 0 0 0 8 0
250cc 2007–2009 2007 Qatar 47 0 0 0 0 145 0
Moto2 2010 2010 Qatar 2010 Japan 2010 Valencia 14 1 2 0 1 96 0
MotoGP 2011-2015 2011 Qatar 67 0 0 0 0 161 0
Total 2005 –2015 159 1 2 0 1 410 0

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 125cc 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 125cc 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 250cc 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 250cc Aprilia QAT
7		 SPA
13		 POR
16		 CHN
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
7		 CAT
Ret		 GBR
12		 NED
DNS		 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
FTR FRA
Ret		 ITA
17		 GBR
Ret		 NED
9		 CAT
4		 GER
5		 CZE
DNS		 IND
DNS		 RSM
DNS		 ARA
18		 JPN
3		 MAL
6		 AUS
10		 POR
10		 VAL
1
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
2012 MotoGP Ducati QAT
Ret		 SPA
17		 POR
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 CAT
12		 GBR
WD		 NED
DNS		 GER ITA USA
10		 IND
8		 CZE
9		 RSM
Ret		 ARA
9		 JPN
11		 MAL
10		 AUS
9		 VAL
7		 14th 59
2013 MotoGP ART QAT
Ret		 AME
DNS		 SPA
DNS		 FRA
15		 ITA
15		 CAT
Ret		 NED
15		 GER
18		 USA
14		 IND
DNS		 CZE
19		 GBR RSM
Ret		 ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL 24th 5
2014 MotoGP Honda QAT
13		 AME
14		 ARG
13		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
15		 ITA
12		 CAT
Ret		 NED
14		 GER
13		 IND
11		 CZE
14		 GBR
13		 RSM
11		 ARA
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
Ret		 VAL
17		 17th 33
2015 MotoGP Honda QAT
Ret		 AME
Ret		 ARG
21		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
17		 CAT
DNS		 NED GER IND CZE
21		 GBR
19		 RSM
21		 ARA
Ret		 JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2016 BMW AUS
13		 AUS
11		 THA
Ret		 THA
15		 SPA
15		 SPA
14		 NED
Ret		 NED
14		 ITA
16		 ITA
Ret		 MAL
12		 MAL
Ret		 GBR
9		 GBR
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
15		 USA
14		 USA
12		 GER
Ret		 GER
15		 FRA
16		 FRA
16		 SPA SPA QAT
Ret		 QAT
Ret		 18th 33

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. 1 2 "Abraham and Brookes join WorldSBK with BMW". Superbike World Championship. Dorna WSBK. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Birt, Matthew (28 July 2010). "Ducati expands MotoGP entry for 2011". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  3. ↑ Birt, Matthew (25 August 2010). "Casey Stoner critical of Karel Abraham's MotoGP move". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  4. ↑ Keen, James (7 November 2010). "Abraham 1st, Iannone 2nd". Motorcycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 9 November 2010.

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