Czech MotoGP rider got fully back on the track after collarbone fracture sustained in Austin. Abraham finished 18th in combined practice lap times. Czech reached 1:36,759 loosing 2,724 seconds to the fastest Dani Pedrosa and 0,116 to previous Claudio Corti.
Karel Abraham:
„The shoulder seems quite OK, but I expected to feel better. Unfortunately injured arm is little bit weaker after four weeks of recovery. But the most important is that I can ride with it and I should be able to do whole race with it. The bike seems good to me, we solved lot of problems in the afternoon, but we are still very slow on top speed. We are practically about 4 kilometers per hour slower than we should be.“
Marco Grana, chief-mechanic Cardion AB Motoracing
“We were worried if Karel could ride in the morning without pain and the result is good – he feels much better, so we could focus on improving our lap times. We suffered some problems in front and Karel wasn´t confidential to bike. We work a lot before afternoon session and it helps. We were able to reach good time facing the fact that Karel is back on the track for the first time after injury. We have serious problem in sector 3. We are loosing 1,2 second there. In the other sectors we can do similar times as De Puniet. This is our quest for tomorrow: find a good line and be fast in it. I´m happy, that Karel is in good physical condition. We made lot of consecutive laps and he didn´t suffered any pain from shoulder. We will try harder tyres tomorrow and hope to improve our lap time.”
Cardion AB Motoracing Press Release
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