Cal Crutchlow endured a frustrating day of qualifying for the Grand Prix of Thailand and will now start Sunday’s race from 13th on the grid. The LCR Honda CASTROL rider – who is sporting the sponsor’s green colour on his faring this weekend – could not progress from Q1 as an early downpour in Buriram made life difficult.
#35 Cal Crutchlow (13th – 1’30.969)
“I was 13th yesterday and I’m 13th again today, so it’s another bad day in the office, but that’s the reality. Anyway, I’m positive enough for tomorrow and we have to try and aim for a decent enough result. I think we’re a lot better than our pace shows, I should have gone faster in that qualifying and should have been in Q2 directly anyway. But we’ll see what we can do in tomorrow’s race.”
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’29.719 |
| 2 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’29.825 |
| 3 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’29.931 |
| 4 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’30.431 |
| 5 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’30.522 |
| 6 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’30.597 |
| 7 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’30.692 |
| 8 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’30.735 |
| 9 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’30.741 |
| 10 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’30.778 |
| 11 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.065 |
| 12 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’31.258 |
| 13 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’30.969 |
| 14 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’31.388 |
| 15 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Pramac Racing | 1’31.416 |
| 16 | Andrea IANNONE | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’31.428 |
| 17 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’31.499 |
| 18 | Tito RABAT | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’31.554 |
| 19 | Jorge LORENZO | Repsol Honda Team | 1’31.605 |
| 20 | Karel ABRAHAM | Reale Avintia Racing | 1’31.773 |
| 21 | Mika KALLIO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’31.849 |
| 22 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’31.979 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc