After 243 days since the last racing action in #MotoGP, the world’s premier motorcycle racing series finally got its wheels turning once more, with the first day of practice at the closed-doors Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez on Friday. It was an excitingly positive return to track for Cal Crutchlow and the LCR Honda CASTROL Team, with the Englishman producing an excellent third place overall on board his GIVI branded RC213V. LCR’s long-term partners (www.givi.it) will shine on the Brit’s bike for 6 races this year, and will hope to join Cal in another podium celebration in Sunday’s 25-lap race.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – 3rd – 1’37.438
“Today was not a bad day at all. We worked really well as a team and it’s nice to be back into a race weekend after waiting as long as we have to get back. We tested on Wednesday, but it was great to get out there for real this morning. We set not too bad a lap time in the morning session, and then this afternoon we worked on the race-pace and race set-up of the bike and I think we have managed to improve that a little bit. We still have a fair amount of work to do tomorrow, however, to make sure we are ready for Sunday’s first Grand Prix. I can’t wait!”
Results FP2:
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
1 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’38.125 |
2 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’38.152 |
3 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’38.250 |
4 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’38.369 |
5 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’38.372 |
6 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’38.390 |
7 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’38.596 |
8 | Johann ZARCO | Hublot Reale Avintia Racing | 1’38.610 |
9 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’38.614 |
10 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 1’38.625 |
11 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’38.687 |
12 | Iker LECUONA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’38.816 |
13 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’38.836 |
14 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’38.845 |
15 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’38.904 |
16 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’38.933 |
17 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’39.004 |
18 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’39.156 |
19 | Tito RABAT | Hublot Reale Avintia Racing | 1’39.181 |
20 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’39.222 |
21 | Alex MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’39.604 |
22 | Bradley SMITH | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’39.703 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc