Cal Crutchlow is outspoken and he would have liked to be thought of for the succession of Dani Pedrosa. But the HRC, with which he is in contract, never gave him a glimmer of hope for this position of crew member. Marc Marquez. And for good reason: he's more of the type to do as he pleases. But it is also very fast. Which is very useful when it comes to developing the RC213V…
Even in this case, the Englishman can experience frustrations, such as not being on the list of assignments for the carbon swingarm. But aside from that, he puts on the gas and even wins Grands Prix, like the one in Argentina this year. It doesn't matter if, afterwards, he never saw a podium again and he went through three events without ever bringing home a point: the LCR driver is useful to the Honda cause.
Two HRC luminaries who are the team manager Alberto Puig and the director Tetsuhiro Kuwata decided to pay him a tribute for services rendered during this summer break: “ from my point of view, Cal is doing a very good job » comments the demanding Spaniard. “ The only problem is that he sometimes falls. As a result, he is far away in the general ranking. But in terms of pure speed and potential, he's definitely there. He also helps us a lot in the development of the bike. And that fully satisfies us ».
The Japanese adds: “ I approve of what has just been said. It works very well when the bike needs to evolve. It's very good for us. And we want to continue like this next year. He will work with Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo in the development of the RC213V ».
Cal Crutchlow is currently eighth in the championship with 86 points behind Marc Marquez, but ahead Dani Pedrosa.
