Cal Crutchlow will start the Czech Republic Grand Prix from the fourth row of the grid after a mixed day of qualifying on Saturday. As on Friday, the LCR Honda CASTROL rider again looked assured on his RC213V following his recovery from wrist surgery, but was denied a better position on the grid for Sunday’s race by a late fall in Q2.
Having ended the opening day in 17th on the timesheets, Crutchlow eased into Q2 with a fine late lap that saw him claim eighth position in FP3. After focusing on his set-up in FP4, the Briton was occupying eighth in Q2 when he crashed towards the finale of the session and ultimately had to settle for 12th spot as the remainder of the group improved their times. But the 34-year-old is still pleased with the progress he has made so far and is confident of a positive result on Sunday.
Cal Crutchlow – 12th (1’56.797)
“Today was a good day, apart from the qualifying session when I crashed at turn nine. It was my own mistake when I leaned the bike over a little bit too much and then tried to turn back to get the best acceleration out of the corner, I had a little bit too much front brake on at that moment. It seemed to go really fast and unfortunately I didn’t make a great lap, but I feel confident with what we’ve done over the weekend. I feel better on the bike and I believe we can have a good race tomorrow.”
Results Q1 & Q2 combined:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Fastest lap |
| 1 | Johann ZARCO | Esponsorama Racing | 1’55.687 |
| 2 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’55.990 |
| 3 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 1’55.998 |
| 4 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’56.074 |
| 5 | Maverick VIÑALES | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’56.131 |
| 6 | Pol ESPARGARO | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’56.142 |
| 7 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 1’56.299 |
| 8 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati Team | 1’56.454 |
| 9 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’56.512 |
| 10 | Valentino ROSSI | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 1’56.515 |
| 11 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 1’56.571 |
| 12 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | LCR Honda CASTROL | 1’56.797 |
| 13 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’56.328 |
| 14 | Jack MILLER | Pramac Racing | 1’56.352 |
| 15 | Tito RABAT | Esponsorama Racing | 1’56.695 |
| 16 | Iker LECUONA | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | 1’56.764 |
| 17 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 1’56.822 |
| 18 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati Team | 1’57.034 |
| 19 | Bradley SMITH | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 1’57.438 |
| 20 | Stefan BRADL | Repsol Honda Team | 1’57.573 |
| 21 | Alex MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 1’57.606 |
Source: motogp.com, lcr.mc