LCR Honda CASTROL rider Cal Crutchlow secured a spot on the front row of the grid for Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix after a thrilling qualifying session at Assen. The Briton looked to have timed his charge for pole position to perfection, but finished fractionally behind fellow Honda factory rider Marc Marquez and will now start from second spot tomorrow. In sunny conditions once again, Crutchlow served notice of his pace by going third fastest in the morning’s FP3 session to move through to Q2. The qualifying session itself proved a real shootout with numerous riders looking for a place on the front row. In the end it was world champion Marquez who prevailed, but Crutchlow is now aiming for a place on Sunday’s podium after his fine performance.

Cal Crutchlow – 2nd (1’32.832 – lap 8 of 8)

“Yeah, I feel great. The team did a good job, Honda did a good job and I think it was an exciting qualifying session for everybody. We’re pleased with the way the bike is working, although it seems a bit hard to ride still as it’s shaking a lot. But I feel strong here, I feel good and credit to the team to be able to put me on the front row. But the problem is that there are ten riders that can do the same pace. I think Marc (Marquez) has a little better pace than everybody, but I don’t know if he’ll be able to be a step ahead tomorrow. In the end, we’re happy with the job we’ve done and hopefully it will be an entertaining race tomorrow and we can be on the podium.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results Q1 and Q2 combined:

Pos	Rider	Team	Fastest lap
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Repsol Honda Team	1’32.791
2	Cal CRUTCHLOW	LCR Honda CASTROL	1’32.832
3	Valentino ROSSI	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	1’32.850
4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati Team	1’32.870
5	Alex RINS	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	1’32.933
6	Maverick VIÑALES	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	1’32.984
7	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	1’33.029
8	Johann ZARCO	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1’33.072
9	Andrea IANNONE	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	1’33.120
10	Jorge LORENZO	Ducati Team	1’33.167
11	Danilo PETRUCCI	Alma Pramac Racing	1’33.292
12	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Angel Nieto Team	1’34.015
13	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	1’33.625
14	Tito RABAT	Reale Avintia Racing	1’33.666
15	Hafizh SYAHRIN	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	1’33.666
16	Jack MILLER	Alma Pramac Racing	1’33.672
17	Scott REDDING	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	1’33.995
18	Dani PEDROSA	Repsol Honda Team	1’34.125
19	Karel ABRAHAM	Angel Nieto Team	1’34.145
20	Bradley SMITH	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	1’34.149
21	Pol ESPARGARO	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	1’34.268
22	Thomas LUTHI	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	1’35.192
23	Xavier SIMEON	Reale Avintia Racing	1’35.646

Source: motogp.com , lcr.mc