Cal Crutchlow is the angry man of MotoGP. Annoyed by the Michelin tires for several Grands Prix, the LCR driver arrived at the Sachsenring having a grudge against the dizzying turn 11 which he considers worth having to revisit for safety reasons. After qualifying with a good fourth place, his mood had become more conciliatory again. He even had in mind a bet to make with the front tire race. A risk that was ultimately not taken. But this front tire caused him problems. So, obviously, the Englishman is upset…
Fourth on the grid is tenth under the checkered flag, it's a Cal Crutchlow obviously disappointed who stored his Honda in the LCR box. A development that the Briton had not imagined, like Petrucci had probably not expected to finish twelfth even though he had started from the first row.
But the result is there. Riding in a medium pair even though he had declared the day before that he would attempt a hard front, Crutchlow recounted his misfortunes thus: “ I am extremely disappointed. And I'm even happy to be finished! This is downright the worst Grand Prix of this season. We had a problem with the front tire ».
« The team is currently analyzing what happened but it is already clear that the tire took on too much pressure. I had absolutely no grip. I couldn't slow myself down properly. So I slowed down my pace to let the tire cool down a bit before attacking again, but the problem returned five laps later. I also made mistakes. But when you don't have grip in the corners, you don't have enough launch on the straight. I lost up to four places at once ».
It's now vacation time for Crutchlow who, as a member of the Honda clan, still finished ahead Miller but had to let it go Pedrosa, third, and Márquez, winner. He even drank the chalice to the dregs while being overtaken for the finish by Johann zarco…. It’s annoying, obviously.
#GermanGP J.3: MotoGP ranking
1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 40m 59.525s
2. Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 41m 2.835s
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 41m 11.071s
4. Maverick Vinales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 41m 13.778s
5. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 41m 14.505s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 41m 16.059s
7. Alex Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 41m 19.261s
8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 19.713s
9. Johann zarco ENG Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 41m 20.663s
10. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 41m 23.735s
11. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 25.184s
12. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 41m 31.065s
13. Espargaro Pol ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 41m 31.704s
14. Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 41m 35.978s
15. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 41m 37.296s
16. Mika Kallio END Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 41m 37.377s
17. Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 41m 38.848s
18. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 41m 40.715s
19. Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 41m 59.375s
20. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 42m 1.189s
21. alex rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 42m 1.220s
Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) DNF
Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* DNF
Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) DSQ
