Cal Crutchlow made a positive start to the Italian round placing his Custom branded RC213V in ninth position. The first practice in the morning was almost useless, with a damp track meaning the riders only got to lap on wet and intermediate tyres. The sun came out during the lunch break to ensure a fully dry second session, in which Crutchlow was running as top Honda for much of the session, only bettered in the end by a late lap from Marc Marquez, and putting him firmly amongst a tight group of riders from second to tenth, who were all separated by just three-tenths of a second.

Cal Crutchlow:
“It’s been a strange day, because obviously we missed out on the first session because of the damp track, and we need as many sessions as we can get with the Honda at the moment. We’re in a bit of a loop at the moment as regards our settings on the engine and electronics, because with sealed engines you can only improve so much. We just don’t have enough time on a race weekend to do what we want to do, and try what we want to try. In the end it wasn’t too bad today, although the bike is moving a lot and it takes a lot of manual control. That’s not too strange for a track like Mugello though, and in the end we’re just losing out in the same areas as at other races. I felt quite comfortable on the bike, and I like this track, but I feel it’s going to be a long race.”

 

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Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc