With sunny conditions bathing the famous Assen circuit, Cal Crutchlow made a solid start as free practice for the Dutch Grand Prix started on Friday. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider was in and around the top 10 throughout and remains on course to qualify for Q2 after finishing tenth overall on the opening day.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (10th – 1’33.727)
“Quite an uneventful day I suppose. Tenth isn’t obviously where we want to be, but overall I’m happy to be here riding my bike and, with the sun shining, hopefully we’ll have a bit of a better day tomorrow. The problem is that everybody is so close, one tenth was covering seven guys this morning at one point, FP2 was similar because I was tenth and 17th was only 0.2 seconds behind me. I think there are a few guys who have got really good pace this weekend, at the moment I’m not one of them but I plan to be.”
Results FP2:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’32.638 |
| 2 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’32.818 |
| 3 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’32.952 |
| 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’33.223 |
| 5 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’33.305 |
| 6 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’33.355 |
| 7 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’33.413 |
| 8 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’33.415 |
| 9 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’33.517 |
| 10 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’33.727 |
| 11 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 1’33.815 |
| 12 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’33.854 |
| 13 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’33.874 |
| 14 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’33.963 |
| 15 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’33.971 |
| 16 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’34.040 |
| 17 | Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’34.194 |
| 18 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’34.370 |
| 19 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’34.537 |
| 20 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’34.628 |
| 21 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’35.250 |
| 22 | Jorge LORENZO | Repsol Honda Team |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc, calcrutchlow35.nl