AB Motoracing, the trading name of Abraham Motor Racing s.r.o., 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 . 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

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