Cal Crutchlow looks to face an uphill task in qualifying for the French Grand Prix after a demanding opening day at Le Mans. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider struggled to find his rhythm as round five of the world championship got underway and finished down in 12th place overall on Friday.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – (11th – 1’32.270)
“I crashed going into turn four. We still don’t have a great feeling with the front end and it seemed that with the new rear tyre, it pushed the front and I went down. I didn’t do anything I hadn’t done there before, but the situation is what it is. I felt quite good with the hard rear tyre in the session, I was able to do a lap time when I needed. Anyway, I’m outside the top 10 which is never good on a Friday at Le Mans as it’s probably going to rain at some point. We just have to bite the bullet tomorrow morning and hopefully it stays dry.”
Results FP2:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’31.428 |
| 2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’31.618 |
| 3 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’31.713 |
| 4 | Jorge LORENZO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’31.716 |
| 5 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’31.736 |
| 6 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’31.899 |
| 7 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.923 |
| 8 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’32.132 |
| 9 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’32.203 |
| 10 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’32.239 |
| 11 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’32.270 |
| 12 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 1’32.285 |
| 13 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’32.320 |
| 14 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’32.322 |
| 15 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’32.385 |
| 16 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’32.573 |
| 17 | Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’32.574 |
| 18 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’32.999 |
| 19 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’33.141 |
| 20 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’33.401 |
| 21 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’33.431 |
| 22 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’33.903 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc