Karel Abraham

Karel Abraham
Abraham at the 2011 British Grand Prix.
Nationality	Czech
Born	2 January 1990 Brno, Czechoslovakia
Current team	Milwaukee BMW
Bike number	17
Website	karelabraham.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2011–2015 Manufacturers Ducati, ART, Honda Championships 0 2015 championship position NC (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 67 0 0 0 0 161 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2010 Manufacturers RSV, FTR Championships 0 2010 championship position 10th (96 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 14 1 2 0 1 96 250cc World Championship Active years 2007–2009 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2009 championship position 14th (74 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 48 0 0 0 0 145 125cc World Championship Active years 2005–2006 Manufacturers Aprilia Championships 0 2006 championship position 24th (8 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 31 0 0 0 0 8 Superbike World Championship Active years 2016 Manufacturers BMW Championships 0 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 8 0 0 0 0 14

Karel Abraham (born 2 January 1990) is a Czech motorcycle racer. In 2016, Abraham will race 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 Honda RC213V-RS and did not conquer 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 British Superbike champion Josh Brookes.^[1]

Career statistics

By season

Seas	Class	Moto	Team	Race	Win	Pod	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2005	125 cc	Aprilia		15	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	125 cc	Aprilia		16	0	0	0	0	8	24th
2007	250 cc	Aprilia		17	0	0	0	0	31	16th
2008	250 cc	Aprilia	Cardion AB Motoracing	15	0	0	0	0	40	16th
2009	250 cc	Aprilia	Cardion AB Motoracing	16	0	0	0	0	74	14th
2010	Moto2	RSV	Cardion AB Motoracing	14	1	2	0	1	96	10th
		FTR
2011	MotoGP	Ducati	Cardion AB Motoracing	16	0	0	0	0	64	14th
2012	MotoGP	Ducati	Cardion AB Motoracing	14	0	0	0	0	59	14th
2013	MotoGP	ART	Cardion AB Motoracing	9	0	0	0	0	5	24th
2014	MotoGP	Honda	Cardion AB Motoracing	18	0	0	0	0	33	17th
2015	MotoGP	Honda	AB Motoracing	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				160	1	2	0	1	410

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 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
		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		14		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	R1	R2
2016	BMW	AUS 13	AUS 11	THA Ret	THA 15	SPA 15	SPA 14	NED Ret	NED 14	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	ITA	ITA	GER	GER	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT	17th*	14*

* Season still in progress.

References

1. "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.

External links

• Official website