Cal Crutchlow has made up his mind: he will no longer have a Honda in 2021 to compete in Grands Prix. His place held at LCR for five years will have to be abandoned to allow Alex Marquez to continue his path in MotoGP, after having himself been pushed by Pol Espargaró of the Repsol Honda team. The Englishman therefore set out to look for a future and he had some offers, for example in WSBK. But he will not return to his first love...
Cal Crutchlow revealed itself in the categories reserved for production machines. Supersport World Champion with Yamaha in 2009, he convinced so much in WSBK on the R1 in 2010 thatHervé Poncharal took it for one of his two M1s in 2011. Since then, he has been in MotoGP.
He is so because of his talent but also because his nationality gives him the support of Carmelo Ezpeleta, boss of the promoter Dorna, which ensures that it has a truly international starting grid. Strong support, also motivated by the fact that a British driver is needed in the category to fulfill its contractual obligations with BT Sport, which has injected millions into Dorna's coffers. So, even if the opportunities on the market have been reduced essentially to the Aprilia factory alone, Crutchlow Count on him to stay in the landscape.
A polite refusal
So much so that he rules out any idea of returning to WSBK. However, to hear him say, he had solid proposals in this direction. “I had options and I really enjoy it, but even though I think it's a great series, I won't be running there next season“, declared Crutchlow à bikesportnews.com. "However, I think that the option to go there was a good one and that it interested me. "
The refusal is therefore polite. Cal Crutchlow does not cite anyone regarding this proposition, but one immediately thinks of Honda for its CBRR-RR project, or even to Yamaha who is thinking about replacing Van der Mark, left for BMW.
