Karel Abraham launched the new season on ART bike. In the first day of testing Abaja reached the time 2:05.694. The Czech team for now tests the bike with the first generation engine. For the following tests in Malaysia in the end of February it should already have more powerful engine, which is already used by Karel´s main rivals Espargaro and de Puniet.
Karel Abraham
„The first impression of the bike is great and that´s very important thing. We had some problems at the end of today´s testing, but it was because of the fact that we had been changing a lot of things in the course of the day to try as much as possible. The results are not so important at the moment. The difference in engines plays some role, but I can´t rely on it. Espargaro is one year ahead of me and it is clearly their advantage. It´s up to me now to erase it.“
Marco Grana, šéfmechanik Cardion AB Motoracing
„ The entire first tests we still use the first generation engine, which is slower than that one that currently have Espargaro and de Puniet in their bikes. Especially Espargaro is very fast, but it has been predictable. He rides this bike more than one year and we just one day. This is not the most important thing for us now, we have to focus on testing as much different bike settings as possible. Now we must calmly analyze data from today and come up with some additional setup options. We had problems with a vibrating front part of the bike and we tried to remove it, but unfortunatelly we didn´t suceeded. This is the main task for tomorrow.“
Cardion AB Motoracing Press Release
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