Cal Crutchlow had a Grand Prix of Catalonia in the shape of a roller coaster. Two falls, a qualification in tenth place then a warm-up finished eighteenth to finally find himself fourth under the checkered flag of Montmelo, synonymous with first place among the independents. Here he is sixth in the championship. But to get there, we had to ignore certain indications…
And among them, that relating to the choice of tires. The LCR rider made the personal choice of a medium compound which the people at Honda did not encourage. But the Englishman is stubborn: “ we made the right choice regarding the tires which allowed us to progress. Certainly, I had difficulty at the beginning with the full tank, but it was inevitable with the medium before. During the second part of the race, however, I had a much better pace ».
« I passed them one by one and in the last ten laps I was fast. We wanted to get the podium and we failed just in front so we felt a little bitter about it. I lost time with Dani Pedrosa but even without that I don't think I would have been able to go for Valentino. It's like that. I couldn't have done anything better ».
Direction Assen now: “ a track that pleases the Honda and where the tire allocation should be more favorable to us » rejoices the 35-year-old pilot.
Catalan Grand Prix Barcelona MotoGP J.3 Cal Crutchlow: Ranking
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 40'13.566 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | +4.479 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | +6.098 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | +9.805 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | +10.640 |
| 6 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | +10.798 |
| 7 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | +13.432 |
| 8 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +15.055 |
| 9 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | +22.057 |
| 10 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | +24.141 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | +36.560 |
| 12 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia | +38.229 |
| 13 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | + 1'21.526 |
| 14 | 21 | Frank MORBIDELLI | Honda | 3 lapses |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 55 | Hafiz Syahrin | Yamaha | 4 lapses | |
| 53 | Tito RABAT | Ducati | 6 lapses | |
| 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 7 lapses | |
| 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | 11 lapses | |
| 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Honda | 11 lapses | |
| 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | 13 lapses | |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 16 lapses | |
| 10 | Xavier SIMEON | Ducati | 17 lapses | |
| 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 20 lapses | |
| 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Honda | 21 lapses | |
| 50 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Suzuki | 22 lapses | |
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||
| 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 0 laps |
