Karel Abraham took part in the preliminary tests for the Catalan GP which will take place on June 11, along with his Pull&Bear Aspar Team teammate Alvaro Bautista. If the Spaniard had a good third time, the Czech had more difficulties.
Abraham completed a total of 103 laps, with a time of 1'46.690 while he was hoping for much better. He was able to complete a simulated race, but his pace did not satisfy him.
It will therefore be necessary to carefully analyze the recorded data to find the origin of the problem. There are clearly settings to improve to improve the performance of the Desmosedici GP15.
For Karel Abraham, “Tuesday morning went very well, but after that we found things a little more difficult.
“We tried a race simulation on Wednesday afternoon. We achieved good times which were very consistent, but we need to go a little faster.
“I tried to attack with the new tires, but it was difficult for me to improve my time.
“We are not where we should be. We will study the data and see if it is at the new of the new tire or elsewhere. »
Test results:
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 43.803s
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 43.998s +0.195s
3. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 44.258s +0.455s
4. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 44.369s +0.566s
5. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 44.373s +0.570s
6. Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 44.469s +0.666s
7. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Test Rider (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 44.583s +0.780s
8. Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 44.852s +1.049s
9. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 45.196s +1.393s
10. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 45.281s +1.478s
11. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 45.321s +1.518s
12. Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 1m 46.298s +2.495s
13. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 46.690
Photos © Pull&Bear Aspar Team
