Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) showed good pace in the wet and mixed conditions that greeted the grid on Day 1 at the French GP, and the Brit ended the day fourth overall from his time set in a drier FP1. FP2 saw some difficulties keep Crutchlow from the top ten, but the rider from Coventry is sure he’d be competitive had it been race day – and weather looks set to change for much of the rest of the weekend.
Cal Crutchlow, P4:“”This morning was not bad, but I didn’t take any risks as these kind of days can really wreck your season. If you make a small mistake you can pay a heavy price when really it doesn’t mean so much to final outcome of the weekend, especially when we think Sunday is going to be dry. It always seems I have good pace in the mixed conditions and in the wet, but this afternoon I had a really bad feeling with the tyre and my feeling with the bike overall was not great. We are 1.6 seconds off at the moment, but I had such a bad feeling with the bike, and a few small problems, that I think it’s easy to say we could have been very competitive if we needed to be. If it was a Sunday race we would have been there for sure.”
results FP1:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’37.467 |
| 2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’38.755 |
| 3 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’39.248 |
| 4 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 1’39.607 |
| 5 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’40.427 |
| 6 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’40.528 |
| 7 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’40.817 |
| 8 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’40.894 |
| 9 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’41.024 |
| 10 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’41.307 |
| 11 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’41.562 |
| 12 | Jonas FOLGER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’41.644 |
| 13 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’41.854 |
| 14 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’41.871 |
| 15 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’41.887 |
| 16 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’41.947 |
| 17 | Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’42.040 |
| 18 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’42.094 |
| 19 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’42.243 |
| 20 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’42.891 |
| 21 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’42.953 |
| 22 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’43.114 |
| 23 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’43.519 |
Source: motogp.com