Quick Facts
Biography
Karel Abraham (born 2 January 1990) is a Czech motorcycle racer. He races in the MotoGP World Championship for the Aspar Racing Team. In 2016, Abraham rode a BMW S1000RR in the Superbike World Championship for Milwaukee BMW.
Prior to this, Abraham competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 2005 to 2015, riding in the 125cc, 250cc, Moto2 and MotoGP classes. Despite criticism of Abraham "buying" his way into MotoGP having never been a front runner in the support classes, Abraham took his first podium at Twin Ring Motegi and then won his first Grand Prix at the 2010 season-ending Valencian Grand Prix.
Career
Abraham was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
MotoGP
2011
In 2011, AB Motoracing, the team of Abraham's father, moved up to the MotoGP class for the 2011 season. Abraham finished the season in fourteenth place in the championship; his best results were a pair of seventh-place finishes at Jerez and Silverstone.
2012
Abraham remained with Cardion AB Motoracing for 2012, with the best results 7th at Valencia.
2013
Abraham completed the season in 24th place overall with just 5 points.
2014
Abraham got new adventure with the new Honda RCV1000R and obtained the 17th position in the riders' championship.
2015
Abraham struggled with the Honda RC213V-RS and did not score any points.
Move to Superbike World Championship
It was announced on 21 November 2015 that Abraham would move to the Superbike World Championship for the 2016 season, with Milwaukee BMW, partnering 2015 British Superbike Championship winner Josh Brookes.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Seas | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Pod | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 125 cc | Aprilia | Semprucci Cardion Blauer | 44 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2006 | 125 cc | Aprilia | Cardion AB Motoracing | 44 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24th |
| 2007 | 250 cc | Aprilia | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 16th |
| 2008 | 250 cc | Aprilia | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 16th |
| 2009 | 250 cc | Aprilia | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 14th |
| 2010 | Moto2 | RSV | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 10th |
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| 2011 | MotoGP | Ducati | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 14th |
| 2012 | MotoGP | Ducati | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 14th |
| 2013 | MotoGP | ART | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24th |
| 2014 | MotoGP | Honda | Cardion AB Motoracing | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 17th |
| 2015 | MotoGP | Honda | AB Motoracing | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Total | 159 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 410 |
By class
| Class | Seas | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Pod | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125cc | 2005–2006 | 2005 Spain | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 250cc | 2007–2009 | 2007 Qatar | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | ||
| Moto2 | 2010 | 2010 Qatar | 2010 Japan | 2010 Valencia | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2011-2015 | 2011 Qatar | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2005 –2015 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 410 | 0 |
Races by year
(key)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 125cc | Aprilia | SPA 22 | POR Ret | CHN 27 | FRA 21 | ITA 27 | CAT Ret | NED Ret | GBR 17 | GER 17 | CZE Ret | JPN 28 | MAL Ret | QAT 28 | AUS | TUR 18 | VAL Ret | NC | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 125cc | Aprilia | SPA 23 | QAT 24 | TUR 22 | CHN 26 | FRA 25 | ITA Ret | CAT 21 | NED Ret | GBR 28 | GER Ret | CZE Ret | MAL 18 | AUS 17 | JPN 13 | POR 11 | VAL Ret | 24th | 8 | ||
| 2007 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT Ret | SPA 15 | TUR 12 | CHN Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 16 | CAT 14 | GBR 10 | NED 15 | GER Ret | CZE 14 | RSM 14 | POR 10 | JPN Ret | AUS 13 | MAL 12 | VAL Ret | 16th | 31 | |
| 2008 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT 7 | SPA 13 | POR 16 | CHN Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 7 | CAT Ret | GBR 12 | NED DNS | GER Ret | CZE Ret | RSM 10 | IND | JPN | AUS 11 | MAL 12 | VAL 17 | 16th | 40 | |
| 2009 | 250cc | Aprilia | QAT Ret | JPN 9 | SPA Ret | FRA 12 | ITA 13 | CAT 8 | NED 7 | GER Ret | GBR 14 | CZE Ret | IND 10 | RSM 11 | POR 10 | AUS 6 | MAL 12 | VAL 6 | 14th | 74 | ||
| 2010 | Moto2 | RSV | QAT 14 | SPA 28 | 10th | 96 | ||||||||||||||||
| FTR | FRA Ret | ITA 17 | GBR Ret | NED 9 | CAT 4 | GER 5 | CZE DNS | IND DNS | RSM DNS | ARA 18 | JPN 3 | MAL 6 | AUS 10 | POR 10 | VAL 1 | |||||||
| 2011 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT 13 | SPA 7 | POR Ret | FRA 10 | CAT 10 | GBR 7 | NED Ret | ITA 12 | GER 12 | USA 11 | CZE Ret | IND Ret | RSM 12 | ARA Ret | JPN DNS | AUS 10 | MAL C | VAL 8 | 14th | 64 |
| 2012 | MotoGP | Ducati | QAT Ret | SPA 17 | POR Ret | FRA Ret | CAT 12 | GBR WD | NED DNS | GER | ITA | USA 10 | IND 8 | CZE 9 | RSM Ret | ARA 9 | JPN 11 | MAL 10 | AUS 9 | VAL 7 | 14th | 59 |
| 2013 | MotoGP | ART | QAT Ret | AME DNS | SPA DNS | FRA 15 | ITA 15 | CAT Ret | NED 15 | GER 18 | USA 14 | IND DNS | CZE 19 | GBR | RSM Ret | ARA | MAL | AUS | JPN | VAL | 24th | 5 |
| 2014 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT 13 | AME 14 | ARG 13 | SPA Ret | FRA 15 | ITA 12 | CAT Ret | NED 14 | GER 13 | IND 11 | CZE 14 | GBR 13 | RSM 11 | ARA Ret | JPN Ret | AUS Ret | MAL Ret | VAL 17 | 17th | 33 |
| 2015 | MotoGP | Honda | QAT Ret | AME Ret | ARG 21 | SPA Ret | FRA Ret | ITA 17 | CAT DNS | NED | GER | IND | CZE 21 | GBR 19 | RSM 21 | ARA Ret | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 |
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2016 | BMW | AUS 13 | AUS 11 | THA Ret | THA 15 | SPA 15 | SPA 14 | NED Ret | NED 14 | ITA 16 | ITA Ret | MAL 12 | MAL Ret | GBR 9 | GBR Ret | ITA Ret | ITA 15 | USA 14 | USA 12 | GER Ret | GER 15 | FRA 16 | FRA 16 | SPA | SPA | QAT Ret | QAT Ret | 18th | 33 |
* Season still in progress.