Back to school is approaching! The proof ? We found our Cal Crutchlow to the comments on the things of life in Grand Prix. And the Briton broke his summer silence with expertise from home: that of the British Grand Prix. Promised to Wales on the basis of a nice project but which does not come to fruition for political and financial reasons, it is Silverstone which ensures the obligation. And bores him, according to the LCR pilot.
The new HRC driver for the 2018 season, instead of Jack Miller who has benefited from this status for the last three years, is ready to take back the collar for a second part of the season which will see the passage to the perfidious Albion. A meeting that has been held since 2010 at Silverstone, and which was to be held since 2015 on a unique and brand new route in Wales. But this site is still a figment of the imagination.
So Silverstone will do it again. A prospect that saddens one Crutchlow which recalls the name of Donington to the good memory of all: “ I would rather go to Donington because for a driver, Silverstone is a boring circuit ". However, last year, he stood on the podium in front of his audience. But this performance did not create any emotional connection with Silverstone: “ it's true, I got on the podium last year, I've already had some cool races there, but I want to experience something different ».
« That doesn't mean I hate Silverstone, or that I won't give it 100% or that sort of thing. But I would like something else. Silverstone is not hilly, it is completely flat. It's fast, sure, but that's not everything. And the audience is placed quite far away. I like to feel the audience. So if you had to go anywhere else, it would be Donington. Donington offers another character ».
Cal Crutchlow raced at Donington during its Supersport and Superbike era. This circuit hosted the British Grand Prix from 1987 to 2009 before attempting homologation work for Formula 1 which did not obtain the hoped-for results. Finally Yes Crutchlow says he likes hilly tracks, it shouldn't be too much because the same Englishman was not kind to the Sachsenring during the last German Grand Prix...
