LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow will start from the sixth row at the Valencia Grand Prix after a disappointing day in qualifying at the final round of the 2017 MotoGP World Championship. Having gone seventh fastest on Friday, the Briton was hoping to secure a spot towards the front of the grid but he ended the morning session in 12th position and failed to progress. The 32-year-old could only manage sixth spot in the Q1 session after an heavy crash in the last minutes. Todays’ pole man is Title contender Marc Marquez followed by Zarco and Iannone.
Cal Crutchlow – 16th (1’31.297)
“MotoGP is always a tough race, but starting from back there is going to make it difficult. I could have done with starting from the front two rows which I thought potentially we could have at one point, but I didn’t make it directly through to Q2 and after that I always knew it was going to be hard. I needed that one lap, but I had a typical Valencia crash on the right hand side there, I crashed there last year too, and I’m not happy at all to be honest. We’ll see what we can do in the race tomorrow. We’ll be a lot faster and a lot more positive in the race, our race pace is about top six or seven, but it’s just getting through everyone. We’ll try and our hardest and see what happens.”
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’29.897 |
| 2 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’30.246 |
| 3 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’30.399 |
| 4 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’30.460 |
| 5 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’30.589 |
| 6 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati Team | 1’30.764 |
| 7 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’30.848 |
| 8 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’30.857 |
| 9 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’30.961 |
| 10 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’30.972 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.044 |
| 12 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’31.190 |
| 13 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’31.030 |
| 14 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’31.197 |
| 15 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’31.216 |
| 16 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 1’31.297 |
| 17 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.300 |
| 18 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’31.325 |
| 19 | Mika KALLIO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.361 |
| 20 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’31.487 |
| 21 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’31.578 |
| 22 | Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’31.625 |
| 23 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’31.775 |
| 24 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’31.816 |
| 25 | Michael VAN DER MARK | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’32.504 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc