Karel Abraham finished on fifteenth position in Assen equalized his best place of this season. It is the most valuable result of the season for the Czech rider because he scored in competition of all riders. No MotoGP rider crashed out or retired during Dutch race except of Lukáš Pešek who retired from the last position. Compared to CRT bikes Karel Abraham reached his best result of the season finishing on third position behind Espargaro and De Puniet. The race has been won by Valentino Rossi, who was waiting for podium finish since autumn 2010.
Karel Abraham:
"It is only one point again, but I achieved it in competition of all riders. It is the most valuable point of the season for sure, on the other hand it´s frustrating know that it could be better. The entire race I was riding in a group with Michel Pirro and Andrea Iannone on Ducati prototypes. Unfortunately I can´t compete with them with current engine. Thus in turns they were slowing me down and in straights I didn’t have enough power to overtake them. At the exit before the longest straight I was very close to them but at the end of the straight I was losing around hundred meters and after two turns I reached them again. And this was happening during the entire race. Randy De Puniet, that he was in our group at the beginning, he took an advantage of the mistake of both Ducati and overtakes them. I was able to take advantage of the mistake of Pirro, so I got between him and Iannone, but in penultimate lap I made a mistake and I got again behind Pirro."
Marco Grana, chief mechanic Cardion AB Motoracing
"It was a great race for us, we were able to fight with Ducati and mainly with Pirro that has a new prototype chassis of factory machine. The problem is that Ducati is faster than us on straights so it is almost impossible to overtake it. When Karel was driving alone, he was doing similar times as Espargaro that finished on eighth position. We know that we can have more but when we start from seventeenth position on the grid it is difficult to fight for tenth. The motorbike is working well and after test in Barcelona we improved the setting of the bike a lot. I think we can go to Sachsering with a good prospect that we could get ahead of Ducati."
Cardion AB Motoracing Press Release
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