Best result since 2012 season: three points from Qatar

Best result since 2012 season: three points from Qatar

The best result since the last race of the 2012 MotoGP season. This is the main fact coming from Qatar Grand Prix for Karel Abraham. Cardion AB rider finished on the 13th position and scored three points in the 2014 MotoGP World Championship.

Karel Abraham

“Of course I´m happy to score some points, but in fact right now I can´t focus on anything but the pain from the shoulder. Honestly, in the second half of the race I only count down the laps and hope to be able to hold on the bike until checkered flag is out. In the first half of the race I believe to be able to fight with Yonny and Hiroshi, but then the pain got worse. In combination with insufficient grip on the rear it would be gambling to try to push on the limit. So I just finished the race. Now I have about ten days of rest before Austin and I have already planned another rehabilitation to get better before next MotoGP round.”

Marco Grana, šéfmechanik Cardion AB Motoracing

“We saw lot of crashes on the front wheel during the race. We finished the race without any problem and without crash. This means for us that we were prepared well. Of course we are happy with the result, our target was to finish on points and we made it. This result is very positive signal for us, especially after terrible winter tests, which had been affected by Karel´s injury and regarding the fact that he hasn´t be able to ride more than five consecutive fast laps before this weekend. The other positive fact is that we are able to stay with Hiroshi Aoyama riding the same bike as our team. The race showed that we had found very good setup of the front. Our target for next race is to improve grip on the rear, but generally our setup is quite good at the moment.  For race we used hard-soft tyre option and I think the result is positive.”

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