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Crutchlow: “pleased with the laptime”

15 October 2022 - Latest news
Crutchlow: “pleased with the laptime”

The typical Phillip Island weather dominated Saturday in Australia once again. Some sunshine and wind accompanied the MotoGP riders on the Island for Free Practices three and four as well as Qualifying.

Cal Crutchlow made some huge steps throughout day two of action at the famous Phillip Island Circuit. In Free Practice three this morning, the Brit improved on his practice time from Friday by 1.261 seconds to finish in P13, missing out on the top 10 and a direct Q2 entry by just 0.062 seconds. In Qualifying he lowered his personal best once again by 0.268 seconds and landed in P7 of Q1, which means he’ll have to start from 17th position come race day.

#35 Cal Crutchlow – P17 –

“I feel better today than what I did yesterday. Unfortunately, the wind affected us again today with the instability of the bike. I think all Yamaha riders were struggling when the wind came up in the afternoon session. I was again unfortunate not to be able to be fast enough to go through to Q2, but I was pleased with my lap time in Qualifying. The problem is, it’s just not fast enough in MotoGP at the moment. Everybody is riding really well. I’m positive for a good race tomorrow. I feel better with the bike and I can probably manage the situation a little bit better than the guys around me, so hopefully I will be able to go forward in the race. We worked hard as a team overnight. Tomorrow we will try to do our best. All credits to the team for the job we are doing. We’re trying some different things to what Yamaha is trying in the Factory Team just to get some information of how the bike works with a different setting. Let’s see tomorrow if we can be up there.”

Results Q1 & Q2 combined:

Source: motogp.com, rnfracing.com