Karel Abraham and the Cardion AB team will switch to Aprilia CRT machinery for the 2013 MotoGP World Championship.

Abraham and the team owned by his father moved up to MotoGP with satellite Ducati machinery for the start of 2011.

However the recent announcement that Pramac Ducati would field both of the satellite Desmosedicis next year confirmed that Cardion would need new equipment.

A deal between Cardion and Aprilia was signed at Misano on Friday, which will see the Czech team remain in the premier-class, albeit within the privateer CRT category for non-manufacturer prototypes.

Upon announcing the Aprilia agreement, team manager Karel Abraham Sr reflected on a much harder second season for his son - and insisted they had turned down the chance to continue with Ducati.

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