LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow proved competitive on the opening day of the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg as he posted the seventh fastest time in Friday’s afternoon free practice session. Both sessions took place on a drying circuit after bouts of rain, but Crutchlow performed solidly and finished tenth in the morning session. He would improve further in the afternoon, ending fractionally behind Honda factory rider Marc Marquez who had to settle for sixth.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (Combined practice times : 8th – 1’24.668)
“It was quite a difficult day to manage that situation and work out which tyre to use and when, the medium rear tyre had better grip than the soft rear tyre which was strange. Overall I think we had quite a good day, but we’re losing about three-tenths in the first section at the moment so we have to try and improve something somewhere”.
Results FP2:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’24.046 |
| 2 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’24.280 |
| 3 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’24.474 |
| 4 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’24.522 |
| 5 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’24.616 |
| 6 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’24.649 |
| 7 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda | 1’24.668 |
| 8 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’24.726 |
| 9 | Scott REDDING | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’24.765 |
| 10 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’24.780 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’24.859 |
| 12 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’24.883 |
| 13 | Loris BAZ | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’24.925 |
| 14 | Danilo PETRUCCI | OCTO Pramac Racing | 1’24.935 |
| 15 | Jonas FOLGER | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’24.992 |
| 16 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’25.218 |
| 17 | Hector BARBERA | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’25.258 |
| 18 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’25.270 |
| 19 | Mika KALLIO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’25.320 |
| 20 | Jack MILLER | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’25.335 |
| 21 | Karel ABRAHAM | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | 1’25.369 |
| 22 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’25.452 |
| 23 | Tito RABAT | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’25.616 |
| 24 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’25.664 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc