LCR Honda MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow will start Sunday’s Aragon Grand Prix from the second row of the grid after an impressive qualifying performance in north-eastern Spain. The British rider has looked in good form all weekend at the technical Motorland track and he starts the race as the top Honda rider on the grid, and is hopeful of fulfilling his pre-event aims of challenging for the podium spots.
#35 Cal Crutchlow– 4th (1’…47.830)
“Of course, I would have preferred the front row but I was just not close enough and tried my absolute best as always. I took advantage of Marc being in front of me, but then he crashed. I’d wanted to get a slipstream off him on the back straight, and it was the only reason I followed him because I knew it would give me one and a half tenths in a straight line. Then he crashed before the back straight, so it’s his fault I didn’t take the pole position! Seriously though, I am happy. We did a good job but we also have to give credit to the riders on the front row”.
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’47.635 |
| 2 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’47.735 |
| 3 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’47.815 |
| 4 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 1’47.830 |
| 5 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’47.963 |
| 6 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’48.107 |
| 7 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’48.137 |
| 8 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’48.159 |
| 9 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’48.187 |
| 10 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’48.289 |
| 11 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’48.402 |
| 12 | Mika KALLIO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’48.471 |
| 13 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’48.307 |
| 14 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’48.387 |
| 15 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’48.467 |
| 16 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’48.908 |
| 17 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’48.911 |
| 18 | Jonas FOLGER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’49.034 |
| 19 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’49.052 |
| 20 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’49.233 |
| 21 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’49.258 |
| 22 | Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’49.288 |
| 23 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’49.578 |
| 24 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’50.769 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc