In this Andalusian Grand Prix, there was Marc Marquez as Iron Man who nevertheless ended up folding with his barely repaired humerus, Alex Rins as Superman, who brought home a top 10 with a freshly patched shoulder, and Cal Crutchlow as an unbreakable one who did everything with one hand, since the wrist of the other was just redone. The Englishman brings back his best three points of his career…
Cooked literally and figuratively, since exhausted and simmered on a track heated to 60°, Cal Crutchlow entered the stands to throw in the towel. But he regained vigor when he learned that whatever happened, he would take the checkered flag in the points. A just reward for the sacrifice made, and a nobility of soul on the part of the one who will be fired at the end of the year...
Last Tuesday, Cal Crutchlow had surgery on her left wrist. In the second MotoGP race in Jerez he struggled over the distance and was the last to get three World Championship points.
Only a patch on the wrist indicated that Cal Crutchlow struggled to tackle the second Jerez Grand Prix. The Englishman underwent scaphoid surgery on his left hand in Barcelona, performed by the eminent Dr Xavier Mir.
He was back on his Honda LCR on Friday. Despite the 36 degrees in the shade and the track temperature of over 60 degrees Celsius recorded this Sunday, Crutchlow didn't give up. Although he made a pit stop and finished a lap behind the winner fabio quartararo, he was awarded three world championship points for his bravery. Eight drivers crashed or retired during the race.
“I was told I was in the points, so I went out for a walk”
« If I hadn't been in the points, I wouldn't have finished the race Admitted Crutchlow. " I had a good start, but Oliveira's bike hampered me in the first corner and I lost a few places. By the fifth lap, I had cramps in my right forearm because I was compensating my left arm. I tried all weekend not to use my left arm. At one point it became dangerous, so I came to the pits. I couldn't turn the throttle. There, they told me that I was in the points. So I came out and went for a walk to take the points »
« I had surgery for compartment syndrome a few years ago. ", said the 2009 Supersports World Champion. " Since then I have had almost no problems, or maybe one race in the last four years. But it wasn't as bad as it is now in the race. And especially not after only five rounds. The previous weekend I had no problems either. I'm sure this only happened because I compensated for the broken hand. And because it was a million degrees in the mercury. Normally I never have physical problems, I'm in good shape »
Cal Crutchlow will be able to take a little rest until August 7 when we will have to do it again in Brno…
MotoGP Jerez 2 J3: race classification
