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Karel Abraham rode the twelfth time the in qualification of Catalonia GP

In the tropical heat, when the temperature fluctuated around 34°C in the afternoon, the demanding battle with time was waiting for riders. In the morning, twenty-six riders were in one second in the free practice. Afternoon there were only fifteen of riders in qualification. Karel Abraham continued with an accelerating and once again he ranked among them. He rode his best time -1:48,438 in the tenth lap of his eighteen laps. After the fastest Italian Iannone, which won for the third time the qualification of this year, Karel has fallen by nine tenths of seconds. On Sunday, he will start from the third row.

Karel Abraham said affter qualification:
I am satisfied with the outcome of the qualification. Now I have to be successful on a start tomorrow. In this heat it was hard again today. Ancestor of the motorcycle skidded and that was not comfortable. Quickly, they left the tire and what is not happening yet happened, that I set aside two front wheels and one rear. They apparently burst into the curb. I rode my fastest time in the first half of qualification. Then I scored about twice virtually identical performance. On Sunday, we try a new treatment of front part , but mainly I have to decide what tire to choose for the rear side. On the coat with a softer mixture, I ride better, but probably it will not last the whole race.

Results - Moto2:
GP Catalonia – qualification:

1st Iannone    (I,Speed Up)     1:47,493
2nd Takahashi (J,Tech3)            0,267
3rd Lüthi  (CH, Moriwaki)            -0,480
4th Elias  (E, Moriwaki)                -0,596
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12th Karel Abraham (FTR)          -0,945