LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow endured another frustrating day at the Catalan Grand Prix on Saturday as he qualified on the sixth row for Sunday’s race at the Circuit de Barcelona. The Briton experienced more difficulties with his Honda RC213V throughout the day and now faces a tall order to come away from the seventh round of the MotoGP World Championship in Spain with a positive result.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – 17th (1’45.162)
“It’s been a difficult weekend so far, there’s no doubt about that, to be 17th on the grid is not ideal. Funnily enough, I’m actually quite happy, the qualifying position doesn’t reflect where we are at all. . I had an issue in qualifying on the first run, so I came in to change the tyre and go out on a second run and then I had no brake on the first lap and crashed on the second. I wasn’t the only guy to crash today, we’ve had eight Honda crashes on the left-hand side so there’s not a lot to say. We just have to try and manage the situation and get out of here with a positive result”.
results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’43.870 |
| 2 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’44.201 |
| 3 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’44.220 |
| 4 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’44.320 |
| 5 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’44.348 |
| 6 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’44.381 |
| 7 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’44.451 |
| 8 | Jonas FOLGER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’44.600 |
| 9 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’44.620 |
| 10 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’44.740 |
| 11 | Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’44.852 |
| 12 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’44.928 |
| 13 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’44.661 |
| 14 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’44.681 |
| 15 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’44.829 |
| 16 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’44.919 |
| 17 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 1’45.162 |
| 18 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’45.641 |
| 19 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’45.741 |
| 20 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’45.887 |
| 21 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’48.803 |
| 22 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | NTS |
| 23 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | NTS |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc