After the longer-term hand injury recovery is Karel Abraham back in the saddle of his motorbike and he took part in Friday´s free parctices to U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca. Abraham ended the first free practice on thirteenth place with the best lap time of 1'25,215 and the loss 3,791 sec on the leader Pedrosa. The afternoon practice was influenced by a short break due to the technical problems at the track. The Czech rider was able to improve his time of almost 0,4 sec. However he finished on 16th place with the loss 3,761 sec on the day winner Dani Pedrosa.
Karel Abraham
"The condition of my hand after the injury seems to be good. I still can feel some kind of pressure and armor in my fingers, especially while braking, but it´s not really a big problem now. I think I will be able to go all race with no restrictions. Maybe I will take some pain killer tabletes before. We haven´t changed anything on bike´s setting today and we tried just the one bike. I feel quite uneasy at the moment, it is difficult after so long pause. I´m glad to be back and hope that tomrrow we will be one step better"
Marco Grana, Chef Mechanic Cardion AB Motoracing
"We did not make any changes on bike´s setting today. We started with the one which is much comfortable for our rider. He had to adapt to the racing again and set in motion after the long-term hand injury. I hope tomorrow will be time to try both bikes and make some improvement of settings for the race."
Cardion AB Ducati Press Release
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