Having posted the 9th fastest time in the warm-up session, the LCR Honda CASTROL rider was intent on making inroads as the race got underway in dry, sunny conditions. Unfortunately, the Europa Grand Prix ended early for Crutchlow as he crashed out of the race in Valencia. Starting from 15th on the grid, Cal Crutchlow had been looking to move through the field towards the top 10, but came unstuck on lap six at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The Briton made up a couple of places to be sitting in 13th by the sixth lap, but then slid out at turn eight as he continued to push hard on his Honda RC213V.
Cal Crutchlow – DNF
“Well, crashing out the race after five laps is not what we imagined or intended. Coming from a bad qualifying position and a bad start, it was difficult to make headway to the guys in front. Unfortunately, I got sucked in the draft in the braking zone to turn eight and went wide towards the dirty part of the track with the front brake and lost the front tyre. It was completely my own mistake and we hope for a better outcome next weekend where we believe the track conditions will be a lot more stable and we can work with the team to have a better base setting for the race.”
Race results:
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 41’37.297 |
| 2 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | +0.651 |
| 3 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1.203 |
| 4 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 2.194 |
| 5 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 8.046 |
| 6 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 8.755 |
| 7 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 10.137 |
| 8 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 10.801 |
| 9 | Johann ZARCO | Esponsorama Racing | 11.550 |
| 10 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 16.803 |
| 11 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 17.617 |
| 12 | Stefan BRADL | Repsol Honda Team | 24.350 |
| 13 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 25.403 |
| 14 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 39.639 |
| Not Classified: | |||
| Lorenzo SAVADORI | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 2 Laps | |
| Alex MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 4 Laps | |
| Tito RABAT | Esponsorama Racing | 14 Laps | |
| Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 22 Laps | |
| Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 22 Laps | |
| Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 23 Laps | |
| Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 0 Lap |
Source: motogp.com. lcr.mc