LCR Honda CASTROL Team’s Cal Crutchlow will start from the second row of the grid after making excellent progress throughout the Italian Grand Prix weekend. The British rider had felt improvements were needed after the first day of practice, and seemingly he and the crew made the necessary steps forward to give him a fighting chance of success in Sunday’s 23-lap race.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – 6th (1’46.079)
“I feel good actually and definitely a lot better than I did yesterday. We decided to focus our work on one bike and one setting which was good, because we could adjust small things from there. I wanted to be a bit quicker, and down into the 1’45s because that would have been there. We’re half a second behind Marquez in qualifying, but with the tow he got he probably picked up four-tenths, so we’re right there.”
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’45.519 |
| 2 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’45.733 |
| 3 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Mission Winnow Ducati | 1’45.881 |
| 4 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’45.959 |
| 5 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’46.029 |
| 6 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’46.079 |
| 7 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’46.181 |
| 8 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 1’46.260 |
| 9 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Mission Winnow Ducati | 1’46.293 |
| 10 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’46.387 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’46.433 |
| 12 | Michele PIRRO | Mission Winnow Ducati | 1’46.638 |
| 13 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’46.539 |
| 14 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’46.678 |
| 15 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’46.899 |
| 16 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’47.028 |
| 17 | Jorge LORENZO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’47.135 |
| 18 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’47.184 |
| 19 | Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’47.394 |
| 20 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’47.519 |
| 21 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’48.222 |
| 22 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’48.235 |
| 23 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’48.303 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc