Karel Abraham

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Template other Karel Abraham (born 2 January 1990) is a retired motorcycle racer from the Czech Republic. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from Template:MGP to Template:MGP, riding in the 125cc, 250cc, Moto2 and MotoGP classes, with the exception of 2016, when he raced in the Superbike World Championship. In Template:MGP he won the Moto2 Valencian Grand Prix and finished third at Twin Ring Motegi in the same class. His father, also called Karel Abraham, has owned Brno Circuit since December 2005.

Career

125cc World Championship

Abraham started racing in the 125cc class of the world championship in Template:MGP, riding for Semprucci Cardion Blauer on an Aprilia motorcycle. In Template:MGP he rode for his father's AB Motoracing team.

250cc World Championship

From Template:MGP to Template:MGP, Abraham rode in 250cc for AB Motoracing using Aprilia motorcycles.

Moto2 World Championship

In Template:MGP, Abraham and AB Motoracing competed in the new Moto2 class, using RSV and FTR chassis. Abraham took his and his team's first victory in Valencia.

MotoGP World Championship

Abraham and the team stepped up to MotoGP in Template:MGP, having signed a contract with Ducati, he finished the season in fourteenth place in the championship; his best results were a pair of seventh-place finishes at Jerez and Silverstone. The team remained with Ducati for Template:MGP and Abraham finished the season with a best result of 7th at Valencia.

For Template:MGP Abraham switched to an ART-Aprilia running under CRT regulations, He finished the season in 24th place overall with just 5 points. CRT was restructured as the "Open" class for Template:MGP and Abraham took part with the new Honda RCV1000R. He obtained the 17th position in the riders' championship. In Template:MGP Abraham struggled with the Honda RC213V-RS and did not score any points.

Superbike World Championship

On 21 November 2015, Milwaukee BMW announced that Abraham would race for the team for the Template:SBK season of the Superbike World Championship, partnering 2015 British Superbike Championship winner Josh Brookes.

Return to MotoGP

Abraham returned to MotoGP in Template:MGP riding a Ducati for the Pull&Bear Aspar Team. He remained with the team, now called Ángel Nieto Team, for Template:MGP. He raced for Avintia Racing on a Ducati in 2019. His contract was terminated at the end of the season.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
Template:MGP	125cc	Aprilia	Semprucci Cardion Blauer	44	15	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Template:MGP	125cc	Aprilia	Cardion AB Motoracing	44	16	0	0	0	0	8	24th
Template:MGP	250cc	Aprilia	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	17	0	0	0	0	31	16th
Template:MGP	250cc	Aprilia	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	14	0	0	0	0	40	16th
Template:MGP	250cc	Aprilia	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	16	0	0	0	0	74	14th
Template:MGP	Moto2	RSV	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	14	1	2	0	1	96	10th
		FTR
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	16	0	0	0	0	64	14th
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	14	0	0	0	0	59	14th
Template:MGP	MotoGP	ART	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	9	0	0	0	0	5	24th
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	Cardion AB Motoracing	17	18	0	0	0	0	33	17th
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	AB Motoracing	17	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	Pull&Bear Aspar Team	17	18	0	0	0	0	32	20th
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	Ángel Nieto Team	17	18	0	0	0	0	12	23rd
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	Reale Avintia Racing	17	19	0	0	0	0	9	24th
Total					214	1	2	0	1	463

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	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, 2017–2019	2011 Qatar			122	0	0	0	0	214	0
Total	2005–2015, 2017–2019				214	1	2	0	1	463	0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
Template:MGP	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
Template:MGP	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
Template:MGP	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
Template:MGP	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	INP	JPN	AUS 11	MAL 12	VAL 17			16th	40
Template:MGP	250cc	Aprilia	QAT Ret	JPN 9	SPA Ret	FRA 12	ITA 13	CAT 8	NED 7	GER Ret	GBR 14	CZE Ret	INP 10	RSM 11	POR 10	AUS 6	MAL 12	VAL 6				14th	74
Template:MGP	Moto2	RSV	QAT 14	SPA 28																		10th	96
		FTR			FRA Ret	ITA 17	GBR Ret	NED 9	CAT 4	GER 5	CZE DNS	INP DNS	RSM DNS	ARA 18	JPN 3	MAL 6	AUS 10	POR 10	VAL 1
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 13	SPA 7	POR Ret	FRA 10	CAT 10	GBR 7	NED Ret	ITA 12	GER 12	USA 11	CZE Ret	INP Ret	RSM 12	ARA Ret	JPN DNS	AUS 10	MAL C	VAL 8		14th	64
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT Ret	SPA 17	POR Ret	FRA Ret	CAT 12	GBR WD	NED DNS	GER	ITA	USA 10	INP 8	CZE 9	RSM Ret	ARA 9	JPN 11	MAL 10	AUS 9	VAL 7		14th	59
Template:MGP	MotoGP	ART	QAT Ret	AME DNS	SPA DNS	FRA 15	ITA 15	CAT Ret	NED 15	GER 18	USA 14	INP DNS	CZE 19	GBR	RSM Ret	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL		24th	5
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 13	AME 14	ARG 13	SPA Ret	FRA 15	ITA 12	CAT Ret	NED 14	GER 13	INP 11	CZE 14	GBR 13	RSM 11	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	VAL 17		17th	33
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Honda	QAT Ret	AME Ret	ARG 21	SPA Ret	FRA Ret	ITA 17	CAT DNS	NED	GER	INP	CZE 21	GBR 19	RSM 21	ARA Ret	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		NC	0
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 14	ARG 10	AME Ret	SPA 15	FRA Ret	ITA 16	CAT 14	NED 7	GER 17	CZE 13	AUT 14	GBR 13	RSM 17	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 14	MAL Ret	VAL 14		20th	32
2018	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 15	ARG 20	AME Ret	SPA 18	FRA 17	ITA Ret	CAT 13	NED Ret	GER 18	CZE 18	AUT 21	GBR C	RSM 20	ARA 15	THA 17	JPN Ret	AUS 11	MAL Ret	VAL 14	23rd	12
Template:MGP	MotoGP	Ducati	QAT 18	ARG Ret	AME 16	SPA 16	FRA DSQ	ITA 14	CAT Ret	NED 17	GER 15	CZE 19	AUT 15	GBR 15	RSM 17	ARA 18	THA 19	JPN 18	AUS 14	MAL 17	VAL 14	24th	9

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	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

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