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Crutchlow 23rd in tricky qualifying

24 September 2022 - Latest news
Crutchlow 23rd in tricky qualifying

Thunderstorms and rain made Saturday tricky at the Motegi circuit. After just one session on Friday, the MotoGP class faced yet another challenge today. Although Free Practice two could take place this morning on a wet track, FP3 became a victim of the heavy rain, yet with delay they managed to start their Qualifying. Although Cal Crutchlow didn’t ride on a wet track for quite a while, he found a decent feeling in this morning’s Free Practice two. With more standing water on track this afternoon, he tried to go faster during the 15 minutes Qualifying, but was hindered to do so by crashes which resulted to yellow flags. He ended up in 13th in Q1.

#35 Cal Crutchlow – P23 –

“Obviously, I’m disappointed with the result in Qualifying today. I think we showed a good pace in the rain. First of all, I chose the wrong front tyre for this session. I saw the amount of water and though the soft front tyre would be ok, but it was too weak in the braking. But anyhow, I was able to make a good lap, which would put me in a good position on the grid, that I would have been quite happy with. But the yellow flags were out, I didn’t understand the rule that the whole lap got cancelled. I slowed down in the sector to make sure I didn’t better that sector, but unfortunately, the whole lap got cancelled. I continued my lap and made not a bad lap time. I had four yellow flags in the session, so every lap that I did was cancelled essentially, so I was obviously disappointed to be in the back row of the grid for tomorrow’s race. But the team did a good job today, I’m pleased with the performance of the bike. We can definitely improve. Overall, I’m happy enough. We just need to get a good start tomorrow and see what we can do for the race.”

Results Q1 & Q2 combined

Source: motogp.com, rnfracing.com