While the media was captivated with the 2011 Vrooom and Valentino Rossi, the newest team in MotoGP, Czech based Cardion AB Motoracing debuted their Ducati GP11 livery for the upcoming race season, which to say the least, is much more sober than Rossi’s.
We all know that Karel Abraham will debuting on the bike and that daddy Abraham Senior (owner of the Brno circuit and Cardion, the large medical equipment company) made this all possible.
“We are very satisfied with the cooperation with Ducati,” said Abraham Sr.
“All the team members are professionals.
They are working very well and together they create a great team.
and talking about his son said, “Compared to the previous year when rookies Bautista and Barbera were three seconds slower than the fastest riders, Karel lost only 1.
7 seconds, although Lorenzo was as fast as he was during the race weekend.
” Karel who turned 21 earlier this month, will one of the six Ducati riders alongside Rossi, Nicky Hayden, Loris Capirossi, Randy De Puniet and Hector Barbera, and has been in Grand Prix racing since 2005.
In last year’s Moto2 championship finishd 10th in the standings with a first place in Valencia (what a last lap thriller that was) and a third place at Motegi, and speaking during the unveiling party said: “The bike is much more difficult to control and requires perfect physical fitness.
“After the second test we could have the first indications of how much we will be successful this year.
”