Cal Crutchlow battled hard to ensure he was handily-placed after day one of the Czech Republic Grand Prix. With the MotoGP class returning to action after the mid-season break, the LCR Honda CASTROL rider is looking to build on the podium finish he secured last time out in Germany. He was only 15th fastest in the morning’s FP1 session, but improved by over a second and a half in FP2 to claim eighth position overall.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (8th – 1’56.443)
“I felt better with the soft tyre obviously and I was able to go faster with that. Normally my style suits the hard rear tyre, but it was a disaster today. We have no real understanding of why, the lap time was just really slow and I didn’t feel great on the bike anyway even though we tried two different settings. We’ll look forward to tomorrow, hopefully it will rain as we’re already in the top 10, but we need to improve.”
Results FP2:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’55.802 |
| 2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’55.825 |
| 3 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’56.071 |
| 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’56.071 |
| 5 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’56.084 |
| 6 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’56.225 |
| 7 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’56.419 |
| 8 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’56.443 |
| 9 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’56.527 |
| 10 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’56.593 |
| 11 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’56.620 |
| 12 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’56.662 |
| 13 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’56.732 |
| 14 | Stefan BRADL | Repsol Honda Team | 1’56.876 |
| 15 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’56.958 |
| 16 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’57.057 |
| 17 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’57.098 |
| 18 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’57.256 |
| 19 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’57.484 |
| 20 | Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’57.496 |
| 21 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’57.562 |
| 22 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’57.792 |
| 23 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 1’57.893 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc