Damaged in his management of the Marc Marquez case, and often criticized by his style and his approach, Alberto Puig will be happy to learn that he still has someone who esteems him in the MotoGP paddock. Unfortunately, this approach will have to be changed to the imperfect tense in 2021, because this fan is called Crutchlow and he will no longer be in office. The Englishman explains why he has the taciturn Repsol Honda team manager in the right...
Cal Crutchlow could have had a grudge against a staff Honda who still told him during confinement, very early in the year, that he would no longer be part of the project MotoGP of the brand. At the forefront of this decision chain that led to this conclusion, we find a Alberto puig who, at the same time, directed a game of musical chairs placing Alex Marquez at LCR, thus leaving room for the new recruit poached from KTM, Pol Espargaro.
And yet, this is not the case. It would even be the opposite. Firstly because discussions took place to find a program for the winner of three Grands Prix with the RC213V. “ I never got anything on paper from HRC, but the plan was more to be a reserve pilot ", said Crutchlow when asked if Honda had offered him a position as a test pilot for 2021.
Crutchlow is very grateful
« He wanted to keep me somehow and they tried to have me as a reserve pilot. But it would have been hard work, I think, because it was for MotoGP and World Superbikes and I wasn't interested in that particular project because there were six riders that I would have potentially had to replace . And so I was likely to ride all year round ».
A prospect that would have thwarted his role as a model father that her daughter demands so much. Nevertheless Crutchlow bows out by paying tribute to Alberto puig : " I am very grateful to have always able to speak with Alberto with sincerity and frankness. And when I told him that I was going to sign the agreement with Yamaha, he was very happy for me ».
