Cal Crutchlow missed out on the points at the San Marino Grand Prix as he crashed out four laps from the finish at Misano. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider – who sported the oil manufacturer’s famous red, white and green colours in Sunday’s race – was battling for a top 10 position when he slid out late on. Starting from the fifth row of the grid, the Briton was unable to make the progress through the field he wanted as he again struggled for feeling with the bike. He had battled up to 11th position as the race approached its climax, but Crutchlow then fell at turn eight on lap 23 to cap a tough weekend for rider and team.
Cal Crutchlow – DNF
“To crash out of a bad position way too far off the lead is never good. I didn’t have a good feeling (with the bike) in the test and didn’t have a good feeling all weekend here and that’s the reality of the situation. I didn’t think I would crash at that corner or in the race at all, I felt I could manage it until the end of the race so it was a bit of a shock to crash, even though I was going slow. In general, I just didn’t feel good with the bike this weekend and we need to improve for Aragon.”
Race results:
Pos. | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
1 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 42’25.163 |
2 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 0.903 |
3 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1.636 |
4 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 12.660 |
5 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 12.774 |
6 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 13.744 |
7 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 20.050 |
8 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 22.512 |
9 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 26.554 |
10 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 31.456 |
11 | Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 32.388 |
12 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 34.477 |
13 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 35.325 |
14 | Jorge LORENZO | Repsol Honda Team | 47.247 |
15 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | +1’02.280 |
16 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | +1’07.831 |
17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | +1’24.666 |
18 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1 Lap |
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Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 5 Laps | |
Michele PIRRO | Ducati Team | 6 Laps | |
Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 12 Laps | |
Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 16 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc