The Aspar Team has announced that it has extended its contract with Karel Abraham. The Czech rider will continue to race for the team in 2018, with Abraham likely to get a Ducati Desmosedici GP16 for next season, while his teammate Alvaro Bautista contests a GP17.
With Abraham confirmed at Aspar, and Taka Nakagami announced at LCR Honda, that leaves only three seats still open.
The second seat at Marc VDS will probably be announced at Silverstone this weekend, with all signs pointing to “a rider with previous MotoGP experience” as the favorite to race alongside Franco Morbidelli.
The two Avintia seats could take longer to fill, but are also believed to be close to a deal, with Tito Rabat and Xavier Simeon being penciled in to take the place of Hector Barbera and Loris Baz.
“I am very happy to have re-signed with the Aspar Team and to continue with the same group of people is very important to me,” said Karel Abraham.
“I am very happy, I am already looking forward to a new challenge next season but right now I need to concentrate on the rest of this season, which is the most important. As I said, I am very happy, but we have to focus on the here and now.”
Source: Team Aspar
This article was originally published on MotoMatters, and is republished here on Asphalt & Rubber with permission by the author.
