LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow produced a superb performance at the Dutch Grand Prix to claim fourth place after a thrilling finale at Assen. Having started from eighth on the grid, Crutchlow got away slowly but found some incredible pace as the race headed to its climax. Having passed Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso to take fourth spot on the penultimate lap, the LCR man then showed his class to move past Marc Marquez and into… a podium position. However, the three-time world champion hit back at the second to last corner to retake third, leaving Crutchlow to settle for a fine fourth place after a memorable battle.
#35 Cal Crutchlow– 4th (41’46.392)
“I’m pleased to finish and pleased to finish fourth. I got a bad start and that really hindered me, as well as not starting from the front rows. I think that really cost me the podium or even the chance to fight for the win because the pace was not drastically fast. After it started to rain I kept a cool head, but I made a mistake by showing Marc (Marquez) and (Andrea Dovizioso) Dovi my hand, I went too early and should have passed them on the last lap. As it was, Marc just followed me and passed me on the second to last corner and there was nothing I could do. But it was a great fight, I really enjoyed it and credit to the podium guys.”
Race results:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 41’41.149 |
| 2 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | +0.063 |
| 3 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 5.201 |
| 4 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 5.243 |
| 5 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 5.327 |
| 6 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 23.390 |
| 7 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 36.982 |
| 8 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 37.058 |
| 9 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 37.166 |
| 10 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | +1’01.929 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | +1’09.384 |
| 12 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | +1’10.121 |
| 13 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | +1’10.344 |
| 14 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | +1’35.655 |
| 15 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1 Lap |
| 16 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1 Lap |
| 17 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1 Lap |
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| Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 2 Laps | |
| Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 9 Laps | |
| Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 13 Laps | |
| Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 15 Laps | |
| Jonas FOLGER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 17 Laps | |
| Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 18 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc