While most attention has been on the factory Ducati launch in Italy this week, MotoGP's newest team has unveiled its own colours for the forthcoming racing season.The Cardion AB race team pulled the covers off its Ducati Desmosedici GP11 and introduced its rider Karel Abraham. The 21-year-old Abraham is the first Czech racer to enter the MotoGP class. Abraham’s father, Karel Abraham Sr., owns the team as well as the Brno circuit which hosts the Czech Republic Grand Prix while Abraham Jr.’s career numbers were not very impressive.
Abraham Jr. showed flashes of potential in the 2010 season racing in the Moto2 class. “Karel proved that he is a very fast rider. Abraham continued to impress at the post-season MotoGP test, finishing just 1.727 seconds behind the fastest rider, Jorge Lorenzo
The MotoGP machine was the Ducati Desmosedici GP11 that Czech rider Karel Abraham will compete on for the Cardion ab Motoracing team.
Abraham announced his participation in the premier class at the end of the 2010 MotoGP season, as the rookie was competing in the debut Moto2 class with the Cardion ab team.Abraham, who made his professional debut in 125cc MotoGP in 2005, tested the new Ducati MotoGP machine at the traditional post-season Valencia test in November.
Marco Grana (Cardion ab Ducati MotoGP Crew Chieff) says: "Karel proved that he is a very fast rider. Karel Abraham Sr. (Cardio ab Ducati Team Manager) says: "We are very satisfied with the cooperation with Ducati." He then commented on the Cardio ab Ducati team.