Cal Crutchlow endured a disappointing day at the Austrian Grand Prix as he crashed out on just the second lap at the Red Bull Ring. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider came into contact with Tito Rabat and went down after a low-speed collision having only just completed the opening circuit.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (DNF)
“Obviously today we were really disappointed with what we can’t even call a result. I only managed just over a lap of the race, I was unfortunate to be caught up in an incident when Pol Espargaro’s bike stopped and the rider in front of me (Tito Rabat) hit the back of Pol and evidently I hit the back of Rabat. It was really slow speed when I hit him, his bike hit my handlebar and just took me down. I was feeling quite positive for the race and felt we could have got a good result here, so it’s a disappointing way to end and not get information from a valuable race that I thought we could learn good lessons from. But that’s the way racing goes sometimes and we now have to look forward to my home Grand Prix at Silverstone.”
Race results:
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 39’34.771 |
| 2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 0.213 |
| 3 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 6.117 |
| 4 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 7.719 |
| 5 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 8.674 |
| 6 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 8.695 |
| 7 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 16.021 |
| 8 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 16.206 |
| 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 17.350 |
| 10 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 20.510 |
| 11 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 22.273 |
| 12 | Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 25.503 |
| 13 | Stefan BRADL | Repsol Honda Team | 31.962 |
| 14 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 34.741 |
| 15 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 48.109 |
| 16 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1 Lap |
| Not Classified | |||
| Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 8 Laps | |
| Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 21 Laps | |
| Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 26 Laps | |
| Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 27 Laps | |
| Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 27 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc