It was a positive first day of practice for the LCR Honda Team at the Grand Prix of Aragon in Spain, as Cal Crutchlow set the third fastest time of the day, and was less than a tenth of a second behind top rider and fellow Honda man Dani Pedrosa. Before the weekend began the British rider felt his and the team’s struggles would be on corner exit, where he and the RC213V have struggled this season. However, after having found that the bike was taking to the challenging Aragon track better than expected, has switched his concern to corner entry. Nonetheless his lap times were consistently impressive throughout the two 45-minute sessions, and after ending day one as Top Independent Team rider he is now confident of pushing on even further on Saturday to seal a decent position on the grid for Sunday’s 23-lap race.

Cal Crutchlow:

“It’s not been too bad a day, but not great either. I felt OK with the bike and the LCR Honda Team have done a good job again as we worked through a few things that we needed to try. Mainly I’m struggling on corner entry at the moment, and we need to improve that for tomorrow because that’s the area that we will gain most from. Deceleration is where it’s been an issue, which means that we are forced to take risks with the front, so let’s see for tomorrow. Overall we are happy enough and we are quite confident after how the day has gone.”

 

Result FP2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: motogp.com. lcr.mc