All eyes have been focused on the MotoGP World Championship title battle as well as the sky above the Sepang International Circuit on Sunday for round 19 of the 2022 season, the home race for WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team. Cal Crutchlow did a strong race yet again, finishing in 12th position.

In the scorching conditions Crutchlow delivered a good start of the 20 laps Malaysian Grand Prix. Coming from P15 on the grid, he made up one position on the first lap, but found himself back in 16th after lap six. Nevertheless, the Brit kept a decent pace, benefited from a few crashes ahead of him and eventually caught up in the second half of the race. Crutchlow crossed the line in 12th, which is his best result out of five rounds he competed in so far.

#35 Cal Crutchlow – P12 –

“I was pleased to finish the race actually, it’s a difficult race to finish because of the tyre situation and managing the race. I didn’t have a great pace in the race, we had a small problem. I had an amazing start, probably the best start I had on any Yamaha all year, but then I went into turn two and nearly crashed like in the Qualifying yesterday where i lost the rear. I lost some positions but I was quite comfortable, I was pushed out at one point where I went back four positions. In the last three laps, I managed to pass both Maverick Vinales and Miguel Oliveira and got some good points for the team. In the end, we can go away happy as a team, I did my job and now we’re on to Valencia.”

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Source: motogp.com, rnfracing.com