AB Motoracing explained

Short Name:	AB Motoracing
Last Season:	2015
Long Name:	AB Motoracing
Base:	Brno, Czech Republic^[1]
Principal:	Karel Abraham Sr.
Motorcycle:	Honda RC213V-RS
Tyres:	Bridgestone
Riders Champ:	-

AB Motoracing, the trading name of Abraham Motor Racing s.r.o.,^[2] was a motorcycle racing team from Czech Republic that competed in the MotoGP, Moto2, 250cc and 125cc World Championships.

History

The team started racing in running Aprilia motorcycles in the 125cc class with Karel Abraham and in the 250cc class with Jakub Smrž. From to, the team ran only one Aprilia with Abraham in 250cc. In, Cardion AB Motoracing competed in the new Moto2 class, using RSV and FTR chassis. Abraham took his and his team's first victory in Valencia.

The team stepped up to MotoGP in, having signed a contract with Ducati, which was later extended through .^[3] For 2013 the team switched to an ART-Aprilia CRT bike.

The team was headed by Karel Abraham Sr., the owner of the Masaryk Circuit – which hosts the Czech Republic Grand Prix – and his son Karel Abraham was the only rider for the team, the first Czech team with a Czech rider in MotoGP.

Results

Riders results

Year	Class	Bike	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
	125cc	Aprilia	Karel Abraham	16	0	0	0	0	8	24th
	250cc	Aprilia	Jakub Smrž	16	0	0	0	0	58	12th
	250cc	Aprilia	Karel Abraham	17	0	0	0	0	31	16th
	250cc	Aprilia	Karel Abraham	15	0	0	0	0	40	16th
	250cc	Aprilia	Karel Abraham	16	0	0	0	0	74	14th
	Moto2	RSV	Karel Abraham	2	0	0	0	0	96	10th
		FTR		12	1	2	0	1
	MotoGP	Ducati	Karel Abraham	16	0	0	0	0	64	14th
	MotoGP	Ducati	Karel Abraham	16	0	0	0	0	59	14th
			Franco Battaini	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	MotoGP	ART	Karel Abraham	9	0	0	0	0	5	23rd
			Luca Scassa	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	MotoGP	Honda	Karel Abraham	18	0	0	0	0	33	17th
	MotoGP	Honda	Karel Abraham	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Hiroshi Aoyama	1 (4)	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	25th
Toni Elías	1 (6)	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	27th
Kousuke Akiyoshi	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Anthony West	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC

Team results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	Tyres	Riders	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Points	Pos.
	Ducati Desmosedici			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	64	9th
			Karel Abraham	13	7	Ret	10	10	7	Ret	12	12	11	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	DNS	10	C	8
	Ducati Desmosedici			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL	59	9th
			Karel Abraham	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	12	WD	DNS			10	8	9	Ret	9	11	10	9	7
			Franco Battaini								16
	ART GP13			QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	5	13th
			Karel Abraham	Ret	DNS	DNS	15	15	Ret	15	18	14	DNS	19		Ret
			Luca Scassa														17	17	16	Ret	18
	Honda RCV1000R			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	33	11th
			Karel Abraham	13	14	13	Ret	15	12	Ret	14	13	11	14	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
	Honda RC213V-RS			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	0	NC
			Karel Abraham	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	17	DNS				21	19	21	Ret
			Hiroshi Aoyama									Ret
			Toni Elías										22
			Kousuke Akiyoshi															19
			Anthony West																23	20	22

Notes and References

1. http://www.motogp.com/en/teams/2011/Cardion+AB+Motoracing MotoGP.com - Cardion AB Motoracing information
2. Web site: AB MOTO RACING - Trademark, owner ABRAHAM MOTOR RACING s.r.o.. Kurzy.cz. 3 February 2015.
3. News: 2012 Ducati deal confirmed for Abraham. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 24 June 2011. 24 June 2011.