MotoGP | Japanese GP, Cal Crutchlow: "It's right to stop the race, conditions are too dangerous"

MotoGP GP Japan Motegi – Cal Crutchlow would have liked to race the Japanese Grand Prix in the dry, but the rain came to disrupt the Yamaha tester's plans.

#35 should have tried new solutions, which was not possible. Given the situation, like Morbidelli, he delayed entering the pit lane to change bikes and take the one with wet tyres, but he lost the bet.

Subsequently, when he decided to return, he missed the flag-to-flag and was penalized with a long-lap penalty. In the end he finished 13th.

Statements Cal Crutchlow Wild Card Race Japanese GP Motegi

“Today's race was eventful because it started to rain on the grid. We did the first laps on slick tires and I thought we could make a bet and it might stop raining, but it didn't, it started raining a lot harder. Unfortunately, we made the pit stop the wrong way and I had to take a long-lap penalty. I still had fun with the team. We have done our best when it comes to finding solutions to the bike. As mentioned, it wasn't my favorite bike, but it was very important to get this information. Today we really needed a dry race but we did our best. I had a good race in the rain. I think stopping the race was the right decision because the limited visibility was becoming quite dangerous. We will continue our program with a test in November in Jerez and Valencia. Good luck to the two Yamaha riders (Quartararo and Morbidelli) for the rest of the season.”