For Cal Crutchlow, this season is definitely a constant struggle. He must show that he still has all his abilities to stay in MotoGP while Honda will withdraw their confidence in him at the end of the year. A challenge that must be met while his body begs for mercy from repeated injuries. While he fights with his bike, his teammate Nakagami circles around him and the Japanese once again gave a great demonstration during the last European Grand Prix by qualifying on the first row and finishing fourth. The Englishman, who started fifteenth, ended up on the ground after five laps…
Times are hard for Cal Crutchlow. And this European Grand Prix was not the ray of sunshine hoped for for the LCR driver who recorded another retirement this season. After setting the 9th time during the warm-up, he had every intention of recovering his health as the race began in the dry and under the sun. Unfortunately, the European Grand Prix ended early for Crutchlow, who fell during the race.
Starting from 15th place on the starting grid, the Englishman was looking to climb into the top 10, but he made a mistake on the sixth lap at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. The Briton gained a few places to find himself in 13th position by lap six, but then crashed in turn eight as he continued to push hard on his Honda RC213V.
“It was my mistake”
« Well, falling out of the race after five laps is not what we imagined or expected »Comments Cal Crutchlow. " Coming from a bad qualifying position and a bad start, it was difficult to get close to the guys in front. Unfortunately, I was sucked into the braking zone for turn 8 and I gained width towards the dirty part of the track with the front brake and I lost the front tire ».
« It was my own mistake and we are hoping for a better result next weekend where we think the track conditions will be much more stable and we can work with the team to have a better base for the race » concludes Crutchlow, whose 2021 future is still more than uncertain.
MotoGP Valencia-1 J3: classification
