
LCR Honda CASTROL rider Cal Crutchlow secured a place on the second row of the grid for Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano. The Briton – who is carrying the sponsorship of Italian tool designer and manufacturer BETA Utensili this weekend – took sixth place, just behind world champion Marc Marquez, as Ducati riders dominated Saturday’s qualifying.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (6th – 1’32.025)
“Obviously I’m a little bit disappointed. I probably took the wrong attitude on the last lap, I passed the flag with two seconds to go – I timed it perfectly – and one tenth better would have put me on the front row, but I thought I could go close to Lorenzo and it lasted three seconds into the lap! It was my own fault, I out-braked myself. We have to take the positives from today, which were that we were fast in FP3 and FP4 on the used tyres and I think I have the pace to go with them tomorrow.”
Results Q1 and Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Jorge LORENZO | Ducati Team | 1’31.629 |
| 2 | Jack MILLER | Alma Pramac Racing | 1’31.916 |
| 3 | Maverick VIÑALES | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’31.950 |
| 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’32.003 |
| 5 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’32.016 |
| 6 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’32.025 |
| 7 | Valentino ROSSI | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 1’32.028 |
| 8 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Alma Pramac Racing | 1’32.136 |
| 9 | Johann ZARCO | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’32.250 |
| 10 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’32.338 |
| 11 | Dani PEDROSA | Repsol Honda Team | 1’32.369 |
| 12 | Franco MORBIDELLI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | NTS |
| 13 | Andrea IANNONE | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’32.566 |
| 14 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati Team | 1’32.624 |
| 15 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Angel Nieto Team | 1’32.792 |
| 16 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’33.084 |
| 17 | Bradley SMITH | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’33.085 |
| 18 | Stefan BRADL | HRC Honda Team | 1’33.361 |
| 19 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’33.437 |
| 20 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’33.502 |
| 21 | Scott REDDING | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’33.572 |
| 22 | Xavier SIMEON | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’33.705 |
| 23 | Thomas LUTHI | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 1’33.755 |
| 24 | Karel ABRAHAM | Angel Nieto Team | 1’33.812 |
| 25 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 1’34.080 |
| 26 | Christophe PONSSON | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’37.180 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc
