Can anyone explain why Aspar are dropping Hernandez at the end of the season and replacing him with none other than Karel Abraham???......i mean the guy's ....... ........who even noticed he'd gone at the start of the season?...he's had more DNF's in World Superbike than Hernandez has had in Gp's [7 against Hernandez's 4] and in his last season in Motogp only completed 5 races...I think he only got into Gp's cos his old man's loaded and owns Brno....Hernandez may not be Mr.Consistency but do they really think they're replacing him with somebody better?...At least Rabat won't be consistently last now i suppose.....
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I gather its because he has a rich daddy who is happy to make a substantial donation to the Aspar team to secure him a ride.
I agree that there are loads of better more talented riders that would deserve a seat in MotoGP over Karel. His biggest achievement to date is his cool looking helmet design sold by Arai as a race replica.
When he joined MotoGP initially it was around similar reasons.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport...oner-critical-of-karel-abraham-s-motogp-move/.
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Yep, that's exactly what it is.... a rich daddy.....utter bollocks.........Motogp should be the pinnacle of the sport, not somewhere where talentless riders like Abraham buy there way onto the back of the grid
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NJ
Ride buying has been going on forever, and isn't limited to just MotoGP.
For as long as teams need money, it will be possible to buy a ride at the top tier if you can acquit yourself enough so you can finish on the lead lap. It's the nature of the beast.
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I know it's been going on forever, i've been into the sport for around 40 years,doesn't make it right though,there must be plenty of money in Motogp,perhaps it's not all going to the right places?...i'm one of the many thousands who stump up the equivalent of around 100 euros every year for the season pass.....this is the top class of world motorcycle racing,bums like Abraham shouldn't be making up the numbers in it.
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Niki Lauda. But since he was successful people forget that.
As for Aspar...the team does not have enough money to cover 2017. Results are not good enough to draw sponsors. So a team has two optiones: get a talented rider from UK, Spain or Italy (but those kids all want a factory bike- Lowes, Rins) or accept papa Abraham's money and his son comes with the package.
Hernandez is not a bad rider, but being Colombian doesn't help. Colombia's market is not big enough in motosport to bring sponsors.
So, however you try to twist and turn, it always comes down to money and Abrahams have loats of it.
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NJ
In 1996. when Diniz's car caught fire in Argentina, The Sun had the great headline showing him escaping the considerable flames with the caption, Diniz in the Oven.
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