In his second race as stand-in for the recovering Franco Morbidelli, Crutchlow was able to gain a couple of places on the opening lap, having started the AustrianGP 20th. Although he soon dropped back to his starting grid position, the Brit was able to stay in touch with the riders ahead for a time. Cal had made his way into the points when the rain started to fall and was among the riders that changed bikes on lap 25. This saw him drop back to 17th, which is also where he finished the race.
Next on the cards for PETRONAS Yamaha SRT will be the British Grand Prix at Silverstone (27-29 August), which will be a home GP for stand-in rider Crutchlow.
#35 Cal Crutchlow – P17 – (+55,950)
I felt like I got a good start and was with a small group for a while, although I wasn’t able to stay completely in contact with them. My pace was not too bad at that point and I felt comfortable. I had a small problem with the electronics though and I had to spend time trying to figure it out. After this my pace was not too bad but I was the last rider to come to the water, so I didn’t know how fast to go and I didn’t know if everyone had gone in the pits or carried on. Once I saw on the big screen at the last corner that everyone had pulled in, I quickly dived in to change the bike as well. Unfortunately the track was like ice, even with the wet tyres, because the ground was still so hot. It was a strange last couple of laps! Overall I’m happy with these two weekends especially as I only qualified half a tenth slower than I did last year.
Race results:
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Brad BINDER | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 40’43.928 |
| 2 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Ducati Lenovo Team | 12.991 |
| 3 | Jorge MARTIN | Pramac Racing | 14.570 |
| 4 | Joan MIR | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 15.623 |
| 5 | Luca MARINI | SKY VR46 Avintia | 17.831 |
| 6 | Iker LECUONA | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 17.952 |
| 7 | Fabio QUARTARARO | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 19.650 |
| 8 | Valentino ROSSI | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 20.150 |
| 9 | Alex MARQUEZ | LCR Honda CASTROL | 20.692 |
| 10 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 21.270 |
| 11 | Jack MILLER | Ducati Lenovo Team | 28.144 |
| 12 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing | 28.193 |
| 13 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | LCR Honda IDEMITSU | 28.603 |
| 14 | Alex RINS | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 33.642 |
| 15 | Marc MARQUEZ | Repsol Honda Team | 38.459 |
| 16 | Pol ESPARGARO | Repsol Honda Team | 43.384 |
| 17 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 55.950 |
| not classified | |||
| Miguel OLIVEIRA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 6 Laps | |
| Johann ZARCO | Pramac Racing | 10 Laps | |
| Enea BASTIANINI | Avintia Esponsorama | 22 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, sepangracingteam.com