LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow finished the opening day of the Catalan Grand Prix down the timesheets after suffering a fall during Friday’s second free practice session. Things went to plan for Crutchlow during a damp morning session as he finished second in FP1. In the dry afternoon session the Briton could not repeat his performance as he suffered a heavy fall from his RC213V which ensured he finished the opening day down …in 20th position.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (20th – 1’45.967)
“I didn’t want other riders following me so I went slower and slower on the out lap which meant I didn’t have enough heat in my front tyre. We know the hard front tyre is fine here as we used it during the test, so there’s no problem with that. But it was a fast crash, when they slap like that it hurts and the shame was I think we have a very good pace here this weekend”.
Results FP2:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’44.478 |
| 2 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’44.700 |
| 3 | Jonas FOLGER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’44.839 |
| 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’44.883 |
| 5 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’44.890 |
| 6 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’45.063 |
| 7 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’45.098 |
| 8 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’45.116 |
| 9 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’45.118 |
| 10 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’45.311 |
| 11 | Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’45.375 |
| 12 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’45.465 |
| 13 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’45.554 |
| 14 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’45.755 |
| 15 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’45.760 |
| 16 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’45.810 |
| 17 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’45.868 |
| 18 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’45.932 |
| 19 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 1’45.967 |
| 20 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’46.229 |
| 21 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’46.946 |
| 22 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’47.002 |
| 23 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’47.892 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc