MotoGP Cal Crutchlow: “Zarco was never in the race for the Honda”

The lanterns of the 2019 season are still lukewarm and the first lights of the 2020 campaign are already coming on. It's the magic of an off-season which begins just two days after the last Grand Prix of the year, and on the same Ricardo Tormo track. As a result, in the pilots' comments, we mix in the present both the past and the future. Cal Crutchlow did it in a Honda clan which had a turbulent period…

At Honda, things are now in place and the work towards 2020 has begun. We chose to assume at HRC the presence of two brothers in the same box. Marc Márquez will thus be confronted with Alex Marquez and vice versa. The epilogue of a soap opera where the actors were also Johann zarco et Cal Crutchlow. Finally, according to the Englishman, there was especially one extra among them. And here is which…

« From what I know, Zarco was never in the race for this Honda » he announces on GPone. " Johann only had to replace Nakagami during these weeks and did a good job. He's a great driver, a world champion, but it was his job »

He pursues : " Álex is world champion and putting him on this bike makes a lot of sense, because it would have been logical to put me on it as well. I'm not disappointed because having Marc as a teammate would have been complicated. I'm sure I would have done a good job in the official team but I'm happy to stay with my team. Lucio Cecchinello is doing an incredible job and having the chance to win with this team, which has different resources than the official one, is very nice.».

The Englishman therefore falls into line and, listening to him, he shows allegiance to the ruling family Márquez. In his assessment of his Tuesday tests, he even adds: “ The Honda is not a tailor-made motorcycle for me. If we did everything as asked, it would be perfect, but only for me. It is Honda that decides what to do and not to do, which chassis to use or not. My way of doing things is to follow Marc's ideas, because otherwise, I would take a direction that would hardly lead me to improve.. " Lesson Lorenzo would she have worn?