Cal Crutchlow dug deep to take a creditable seventh position in the Dutch Grand Prix at Assen on Sunday. At a circuit that had proved difficult for the Honda bikes all weekend, the LCR CASTROL rider battled hard to keep pace towards the front of the field and secured more valuable world championship points.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (7th – 41’13.776)
“I think we salvaged not a bad position considering the weekend we had. Midway through the race I was the fastest guy on the circuit, but I didn’t feel good with the bike on the first three or four laps and I got passed a lot. Then I was able to do my own pace which was faster than the guys ahead, but when I got to them I made too many mistakes – I ran off the track three or four times. We tried our best and that was it.”
Race results:
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 40’55.415 |
| 2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 4.854 |
| 3 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 9.738 |
| 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 14.147 |
| 5 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 14.467 |
| 6 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 14.794 |
| 7 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 18.361 |
| 8 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 24.268 |
| 9 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 26.496 |
| 10 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 26.997 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 28.732 |
| 12 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 34.095 |
| 13 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 34.181 |
| 14 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 34.249 |
| 15 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 34.494 |
| 16 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 48.357 |
| 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1 Lap |
| Not classified: | |||
| Johann ZARCO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 10 Laps | |
| Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 22 Laps | |
| Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 22 Laps | |
| Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 24 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc, calcrutchlow35.nl