Some would give a lot to seize this opportunity but Cal Crutchlow brushed it aside with the back of his hands. What this is about is a proposal from the world's leading manufacturer Honda to make the important 08:00 Suzuka for any self-respecting Japanese brand. Generally a sesame to be in the fine papers of the coat of arms thus served. In fact, the Briton dreams of an official contract. But above all he is a free man and a father of a family.
That said, doing and even winning the same 08h00 of Suzuka did not give a bright future to Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith at Yamaha. But this is a daring moment to refuse Honda, in whom we hope for factory pilot status. And that is precisely what one did Cal Crutchlow with a strong character and who first follows his instinct. So it was during his short Ducati period. HRC knows that it will be the same if it intends to move up the LCR pilot.
On this situation, the one who is said to have as a teammate in 2018 Takaaki Nakagami commented on crash.net : “ I would have liked to do Suzuka and I was actually asked to do so. I have a fantastic offer to go there. I know what doing Suzuka means for Honda. Only, I don't have time ».
He specifies : " my team wants me to stay focused on MotoGP, not Superbikes. Honda wanted to send me to Suzuka but we decided together that it wouldn't be this time. We're just too busy. This summer, I'm going to do tests for three days and if there had been Suzuka as well, I would have only been able to spend one day at home before resuming in Brno ».
That is clear. Family matters too. Now, to console Honda, the same Cal Crutchlow achieved the best time of the Italian Grand Prix in MotoGP this Friday...
