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Karel Abraham rode the eighth best time in Qatar

Forty one riders started the long awaited first free practice in the 8 p.m. in the class Moto2 at Losail circuit. At the same time will start the race in this class on Sunday. Karel Abraham confirmed that he had brought very good shape to Qatar. He closed in the top ten after the first ten minutes, with a time 2:07,885. After twenty minutes he got into an excellent pace and he significantly improved. The time 2:05,500 put him back into the top ten at seventh place. But even his rivals got better and twenty years old Karel gradually dropped to 15th place. In the last ten minutes, Abaja again accelerated and in the final minute he got on 5th place with his own best time of the evening 2:04,269. But still in the last seconds of the finish, three riders got over him. Karel Abraham finished finally eighth. At the end, De Angelis from San Marino had best time (2:03,239). He was rider of the royal class MotoGP last year.
Karel Abraham said after the free practice:
" I am satisfied for the beggining. The weather was really good today. Although the wind was blowing a bit, but this evening was about twenty-five degrees. We had to work a lot on a motorbike during training, but the result came. We changed the transfers about three times. Also we adjusted the settings of front and rear suspension. I tried the softer rear tire. The question is, whether put a harder mix of tires for this track on the race. So it looked good at the end today but the work is not finished of course. The differences are not large, so there is waiting for us very sharp struggle qualification for position on the grid. "

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Results of Friday's free practice:
1st De Angelis (RSM, ForceGP) 2:03,239
2nd Redding (GB, Suter), 2:03,834
3rd Simon (E, RSV) 2:03,868
4th Aegerter (CH, Suter), 2:04,067
5th Bars (D, Suter), 2:04,110
6th Rolf (I, Suter), 2:04,150
7th Debon (E, FTR) 2:04,164
8th Abraham (RSV) 2:04,269
9th Talmacsi (H, speedup) 2:04,337
10th Baldolini (I, ICP) 2:04,365