LCR Honda CASTROL rider Cal Crutchlow claimed fifth place in the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Brno on Sunday. Starting from fifth on the grid, The Briton was always involved in the battle at the head of the field until the closing laps when a worn rear tyre hindered his chances of fighting for a place on the podium. Crutchlow was pleased with his performance overall and believes there is a lot to build on ahead of the next round in Austria.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – (5th – 41’10.686)
“I wanted to get third place and have a bit of room to slide, but I had people right behind me. (Jorge) Lorenzo did a fantastic job today to come through and get where he got. I ran out of rear tyre today, I couldn’t exit the corners like them (the leading three riders), I picked the bike up a lot, but it was the floating in the middle of the corner with a used rear tyre that was our problem. That seems to be the only difference between mine and Marc’s (Marquez) bike and we need to improve that. But we’re looking forward to Austria, my team did a fantastic job and so did Honda because this has never been a real strong track for Honda.”
Race results:
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Time/gap |
| 1 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 41’07.728 |
| 2 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | +0.178 |
| 3 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | +0.368 |
| 4 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 2.902 |
| 5 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 2.958 |
| 6 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Alma Pramac Racing | 3.768 |
| 7 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 6.159 |
| 8 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 7.479 |
| 9 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Angel Nieto Team | 7.575 |
| 10 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 8.326 |
| 11 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 8.653 |
| 12 | Jack MILLER | Alma Pramac Racing | 16.549 |
| 13 | Franco MORBIDELLI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 19.603 |
| 14 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 21.381 |
| 15 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 23.159 |
| 16 | Thomas LUTHI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 27.673 |
| 17 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 28.311 |
| 18 | Karel ABRAHAM | Angel Nieto Team | 41.172 |
| 19 | Sylvain GUINTOLI | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 42.411 |
| 20 | Xavier SIMEON | Reale Avintia Racing | 50.941 |
| Not Classified | |||
| Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 13 Laps | |
| Scott REDDING | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 16 Laps | |
| Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 20 Laps | |
| Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 0 Lap | |
| Stefan BRADL | HRC Honda Team | 0 Lap |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc