Karel Abraham 14th position on FP Motegi

Czech MotoGP rider Karel Abraham finished fourteenth after first two practice sessions for Grand Prix of Japan at Motegi. With 1:48,757 Cardion AB Motoracing rider lose 2,669 to the fastest Dani Pedrosa.

Karel Abraham

“We have had lot of problems in the morning practice, I couldn´t rely on the front nor on the rear. Rear wheel had lost contact with surface during hard braking, which is very uncomfortable. The positive thing is that we found a solution for the afternoon session. Unfortunately, despite the bike was much better, we cannot achieve better lap times. I still have some kind of „mental block“, and even I really push hard, I can´t be faster. I´m still missing a confidence to the bike and I need to come over this, feel better and trust my Ducati.”

Marco Grana, Cardion AB Motoracing chief mechanic

“We can´t be happy at all after Friday. Karel doesn´t trust his bike, he´s not familiar with the track and he cannot brake hard after long straights. Tomorrow we will try to change the set up only to help Karel to find a confidence to the bike. Compared to other riders we have problem with braking points. Karel brakes too soon and we are losing lot of time in the corners. We will try other tyres and we must hope, that together with set up changes it will help.“

Cardion AB Ducati Press Release

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Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/JVllWwOLSPB/Karel+Abraham+14th+position+FP+Motegi

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