Cal Crutchlow emerged unscathed from a nasty crash early on Saturday to secure a spot on the third row for the Valencia Grand Prix. The LCR Honda Castrol rider avoided serious injury after going down in FP3, but had already done enough to secure a place in Q2 and subsequently went on to claim ninth position on the grid for Sunday’s season finale at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (9th – 1’30.726)
“I’m ok (after the crash), there’s nothing broken, just a few cuts to my left hand which we thought was broken. It was strange because I didn’t crash on my left hand side, I crashed on my right so I don’t really know where I hit my hand, but it seemed to have slapped the ground quite hard and it was painful. When I went back out it was really painful, but I had some treatment between FP3 and FP4 and then it wasn’t so bad. I’m happy enough because we’ve already started to test for next year with something on the bike. I think there’s some positives from it and some negatives. So we’re happy enough with what we’re doing and getting stuff ready for Honda.”
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
1 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’29.978 |
2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’30.010 |
3 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’30.086 |
4 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’30.178 |
5 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’30.449 |
6 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’30.511 |
7 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’30.573 |
8 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’30.595 |
9 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’30.726 |
10 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’30.771 |
11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’30.908 |
12 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’30.954 |
13 | Johann ZARCO | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’30.826 |
14 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati Team | 1’30.949 |
15 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’30.972 |
16 | Jorge LORENZO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’31.295 |
17 | Mika KALLIO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.383 |
18 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’31.507 |
19 | Iker LECUONA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’31.658 |
20 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’31.714 |
21 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’31.815 |
22 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’31.839 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc