Crutchlow waited for the majority of the riders to leave pit lane ahead of him before commencing his Q1 challenge. His benchmark lap moved him straight up to fourth place, but the times were dropping fast. The Briton responded with a 1’47.946s lap, reclaiming fourth place, though by the time he made it back to pit lane he was in fifth.
With almost five minutes remaining, the number-35 rider resumed his shoot-out. He had time to put in two more hot laps, and he saved the best for last. He posted a 1’47.613s on lap 7/7 to take fifth in the Q1 timesheets, with a 0.320s gap to first. This result will have Crutchlow start the Aragon GP from 15th place on the grid.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – P15 – 1.47,613
“Obviously, yesterday was a good day. This morning was also good, but I missed out on the top 10 to go into Q2. That would have probably been a lot easier situation to be in. But overall we’re happy. At the end of the day, I believe we have done a good job this weekend. Our pace has been fast, and for a test rider I think it has been respectable and not too bad at all. I didn’t qualify well because I made a mistake in the last sector in the last corner. I was last in this sector actually, which is probably my best sector at this circuit normally. So, I’m a little disappointed with that. But the whole Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team have been working great, and we look forward to seeing what we can do tomorrow.”
Results Q1 & Q2 combined
Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
1 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Ducati Lenovo Team | 1’46.322 |
2 | Jack MILLER | Ducati Lenovo Team | 1’46.688 |
3 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’46.719 |
4 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’46.736 |
5 | Jorge MARTIN | Pramac Racing | 1’46.878 |
6 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’46.883 |
7 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’47.162 |
8 | Pol ESPARGARO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’47.194 |
9 | Enea BASTIANINI | Avintia Esponsorama | 1’47.278 |
10 | Johann ZARCO | Pramac Racing | 1’47.288 |
11 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’47.366 |
12 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’47.932 |
13 | Iker LECUONA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 1’47.508 |
14 | Alex MARQUEZ | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’47.542 |
15 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’47.613 |
16 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 1’47.708 |
17 | Luca MARINI | SKY VR46 Avintia | 1’47.741 |
18 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’47.750 |
19 | Maverick VIÑALES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’47.764 |
20 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’47.790 |
21 | Valentino ROSSI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’47.863 |
22 | Jake DIXON | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’48.146 |
Source: motogp.com