Karel Abraham with the entire team returned back to Malaysia to complete second pre-seasonal testing. First day was influenced by Brno´s rider crash leading to enormous waste of time during the reparation of the bike. Fastest time which Abraham achieved was 2:05,838. Today´s fastest rider was Spaniard Dani Pedrosa who set the time 2:01,580.
Karel Abraham
"Initially everything was running due to a plan, I rode well and first laps were pointing towards good result. Unfortunately, in one very well performed lap I fell down. Nothing happened to me, but I didn´t finish that lap and following motorcycle repair took some time. When I re-joined the track, there was a massive shower. Than the track was drying up and has started to rain again. Under such a bad conditions there was no chance to achieve some better result. Meantime we are still using the older engine, it looks that the better one we´re gonna test maybe the last day."
Marco Grana, chief mechanic Cardion AB Motoracing
"Today we were one of the firsts going out from the pit, the weather was nice and everything was looking good. We were trying to solve out the problem which we have since first testing here in Sepang. Unfortunately, our rider fell down in eighth lap and we lost plenty of time with motorcycle repair. I hope it won´t be raining tomorrow, because we have a lot of work to do. We still lose a lot of time on brakes, Karel is braking earlier than the other riders. Tomorrow, we are going to focus rather on Abaja to be in good psychical mood than on Aprilia itself."
Cardion AB Motoracing Press Release
Cardion AB Motoracing Press Release
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