Cal Crutchlow

Cal Crutchlow

Nation:	United Kingdom
Motorcycle world championship
Status:	active ( MotoGP )
Start number:	35
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 157 3 4th 4th
World Cup points:	1142
Podiums:	19th
Status: end of season 2019
According to class (es): MotoGP class First start: 2011 Qatar Grand Prix Constructors 2011—2013  Yamaha  • 2014  Ducati  • 2015—2019  Honda World Cup balance World Cup fifth ( 2013 ) Starts Victories Poles SR 157 3 4th 4th World Cup points: 1142 Podiums: 19th
Superbike World Championship First start:  Donington (Run 1) 2008 Last start:  Magny-Cours (run 2) 2010 statistics Constructors 2008  Honda  • 2010  Yamaha World Cup balance World Cup fifth ( 2010 ) Starts Victories Poles SR 30th 3 6th 8th World Cup points: 311 Podiums: 11

Cal Crutchlow 2010

Cal Crutchlow (born October 29, 1985 in Coventry ) is a British motorcycle racer .

He has been competing for the CWM LCR Honda team in the MotoGP class of the motorcycle world championship since the 2015 season .

Career

Beginnings

Although his father Derek was a motorcycle racer himself and Cal Crutchlow attended his races with his family across Europe from an early age , the Briton was initially not interested in motorcycling . Instead, he played football and had trial training sessions, etc. a. at Coventry City and Aston Villa . He sat on a motorcycle for the first time in the spring of 1999 and was so enthusiastic about it that just a week later he took part in two races of the UK Junior Challenge in Darley Moor on an Aprilia RS125 that his father had bought him straight away . Crutchlow finished first and second, learned more and more throughout the season and won the championship with nine wins, six second and three third places.

In 2000 Cal Crutchlow started in the Aprilia 125 Challenge , which was held as part of the supporting program of the British Superbike Championship . The Brit competed against later greats such as Casey Stoner or Chaz Davies and consistently achieved placements in the top ten, which helped him to fifth overall and third in his age group. The following season Crutchlow competed in the championship with the previous year's machine from Chaz Davies, which he was able to buy thanks to the support of a sponsor. At the beginning of the season he was accepted into the ACU Road Race Academy , an organization that supports young racing drivers. The Brit started the season well, but broke an elbow joint in an accident at Brands Hatch , which almost meant the end of the season. Crutchlow finished the championship as the winner with 17 podiums from 22 races.

In the 2002 season, Cal Crutchlow competed alongside Tom Sykes on a Suzuki GSX-R 600 of the newly formed Tech2 team in the Junior Superstock Championship . He was the youngest starter in the series and drove a four-stroke machine for the first time , but the Briton finished fourth overall at the end of the season.

2003 Cal Crutchlow wanted to compete for Tech2 in the British Supersport Championship , which could not be realized due to financial difficulties. The Brit was only informed about this six weeks before the start of the season and therefore could not raise the necessary sponsorship money to start in another team, which is why he decided to start in the one-make cup Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup . Crutchlow started the season a bit over-motivated and fell out of three of the first six runs. At the end of the season, however, he finished second in the championship behind Tommy Hill with four wins and a total of nine podiums , which earned him a place in the Northpoint Ekerold Honda team for 2004.

Crutchlow 2008 on HM Plant Honda

British Championship (2004-2008)

From 2004 to 2006 Cal Crutchlow started for the factory-supported team Northpoint Ekerold Honda on a Honda CBR 600 in the British Supersport Championship . In the first year he finished tenth overall with consistent placements among the top ten. In 2005 he finished third overall with Stuart Easton with two wins and a total of six podiums . In 2006, Crutchlow won the championship with six wins and a total of eleven podiums in 13 races by a large margin over Tom Sykes.

In 2005 , Cal Crutchlow made his debut in the Superbike World Championship as a wildcard driver . He started at Silverstone and Brands Hatch and recorded one retirement and a tenth place. In 2006 he started with a wildcard at Brands Hatch and came in fifth.

For the 2007 season, Crutchlow moved to the British Superbike Championship , where he competed for the Rizla Suzuki team alongside four-time champion Chris Walker . In Croft he drove his first pole position one, at Brands Hatch the Briton achieved his first podium. He finished the championship in ninth place.

In 2008 Cal Crutchlow moved to HM Plant Honda , where he formed a team with Leon Haslam . At the second run of the second event of the season in Thruxton , he achieved his first victory in the championship. At the following race weekend at Oulton Park , he started the races from pole position, but fell in race two and sustained an ankle injury . In the further course of the season Crutchlow achieved a victory and nine other podium places, which brought him to third place in the overall standings behind Shane Byrne and Leon Haslam.

Cal Crutchlow made his debut in the Superbike World Championship in 2008 as a wildcard rider at the European run, which was held in Donington Park . While he failed in the first run, he finished second behind the Japanese Ryūichi Kiyonari in the second race of the day . At the last race of the season in Portimão , Portugal , in which the HM Plant team also took part with wild cards, the Briton was eliminated in the first race and finished ninth in the second.

Crutchlow on a Yamaha in 2009 after his victory at the Nürburgring

Supersport World Championship (2009)

Already on September 23, 2008 it was confirmed that Crutchlow would compete in the 2009 Supersport World Championship for the Yamaha factory team Yamaha World Supersport Team of Wilco Zeelenberg . His teammate was the 2002 world champion , Fabien Foret from France .

Crutchlow started the season with ranks four and three in Australia and Qatar . At the third race at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia he took his first victory, after which he achieved six podiums in a row, including three more victories. During the race in Brno in the Czech Republic , Crutchlow retired due to a technical defect. Another victory at the Nürburgring and second place in the French Magny-Cours gave the Briton a lead of 19 points over his toughest pursuit, the Irish Honda driver Eugene Laverty, before the last race of the season in Portimão . Cal Crutchlow achieved a secure fourth place on his 24th birthday, claiming the title seven points ahead of Laverty, who won the race.

Overall, the Briton was able to achieve five wins, three second and two third places in 14 races this season. He took pole position ten times and set the fastest race lap nine times .

Cal Crutchlow 2010 on a Yamaha YZF-R1

Superbike World Championship (2010)

With his successful season in the World Supersport Championship, Cal Crutchlow had a few options for 2010. He was offered places in the Superbike World Championship and the newly created Moto2 class of the Motorcycle World Championship . In the end he decided on an offer from the Yamaha Sterilgarda Team of Massimo Meregalli , for which he competed in the 2010 Superbike World Championship on a Yamaha YZF-R1 . His teammate was compatriot and double world champion James Toseland .

At the second race weekend of the season in Portimão, Crutchlow took pole position for the first time, in the second race he secured the first podium of his Superbike World Championship career with third place. At the following seven events, the Briton achieved three more third places, two poles and consistent placements among the top ten. At the Great Britain run, which took place in Silverstone , Cal Crutchlow achieved the maximum yield. He took pole position and won both races with the fastest race lap. In the remaining six races of the season, the Briton achieved another victory, a second and two third places.

In 2010, Crutchlow celebrated three wins, one second and six third places and eight fastest race laps in 26 races. He took pole position six times in 13 events, more than any other driver during the season. The Briton finished fifth in the overall standings with 284 points, making him the best Yamaha rider and almost 100 points ahead of his experienced team-mate Toseland in the final standings.

Crutchlow 2011 on Tech 3 Yamaha

Crutchlow 2013

MotoGP class

In September 2010, Yamaha officially announced Crutchlow's move to the MotoGP class of the Motorcycle World Championship . The 170 cm Briton was in 2011 in the French privateer team Tech 3 at the start and drove in the first year on the side of experienced US-American Colin Edwards a Yamaha YZR-M1 . He regularly reached the points and achieved his best result of the season in the last race of the year, the Valencia Grand Prix , when he finished fourth behind Casey Stoner (Honda), Ben Spies (Yamaha) and Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) and was the best privateer has been. In the 2011 overall ranking, Crutchlow was 13th with 57 points.

The Briton stayed with Tech-3-Yamaha in the 2012 season and formed the driver pairing with Andrea Dovizioso . Crutchlow finished the first ten races of the season in the top eight. In the second half of the season his performances were more inconsistent. He had five retirements in eight races, but still finished third at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno and the Australian Grand Prix in Phillip Island .

In the 2013 season , Cal Crutchlow will start again on Tech 3 Yamaha. His team-mate this year is the Briton Bradley Smith , who rose from the Moto2 category. In the first nine races of the season, Crutchlow was able to record four podium finishes, including second place at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans and at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring .

In August 2013 it was announced that Cal Crutchlow will start for the Ducati factory team in the MotoGP class from the 2014 season . A two-year contract was signed.

After a disappointing 2014 season, in which Crutchlow was only 13th with 74 points, Crutchlow made use of his release clause and switched to Lucio Cecchinello's CWM-LCR-Honda team for the 2015 season , where he took the place of Stefan Bradl . His place in the Ducati works team was filled with Andrea Iannone . This year Crutchlow achieved another podium with a third place in Argentina . He finished the season as eighth overall with 125 points.

In 2016 Crutchlow celebrated his first victory at the rainy Czech Grand Prix in Brno . This made Crutchlow the first British driver since Barry Sheene won in Sweden in 1977 . It was also the first win for the LCR team that entered the MotoGP class in 2006. He was able to achieve another victory in Australia . At the end of the year he was seventh with 141 points.

In 2017 , Crutchlow remained loyal to LCR and finished the season in ninth place.

statistics

title

• 1999 - UK Junior Challenge Champion
• 2001 - Aprilia RS 125 Challenge Champion
• 2006 - British Supersport Championship - Northpoint Ekerold Honda, Champion , 161 points (6 wins, 10 podiums)
• 2009 - Supersport world champion on a Yamaha

In the Supersport World Cup

season	team	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
2005	Northpoint Ekerold Honda	Honda CBR 600 RR	2	-	-	-	-	-	6th	27.
2006	Northpoint Ekerold Honda	Honda CBR 600 RR	1	-	-	-	-	-	11	29
2009	Yamaha World Supersport Team	Yamaha YZF-R6	14th	5	3	2	10	9	243	World Champion
total			17th	5	3	2	10	9	260

In the Superbike World Championship

season	team	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
2008	HM Plant Honda	Honda CBR1000RR	4th	-	1	-	-	-	27	23.
2010	Yamaha Sterilgarda team	Yamaha YZF-R1	26th	3	1	6th	6th	8th	284	5.
total			30th	3	2	6th	6th	8th	311

In the motorcycle world championship

(Status: GP of Styria 2020)

season	class	team	motorcycle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	Nice Race laps	Points	position
2011	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	16	-	-	-	-	-	70	12.
2012	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	18th	-	-	2	-	1	151	7th
2013	MotoGP	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha YZR-M1	18th	-	2	2	2	-	188	5.
2014	MotoGP	Ducati MotoGP team	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	17th	-	-	1	-	-	74	13.
2015	MotoGP	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda RC213V	18th	-	-	1	-	-	125	8th.
2016	MotoGP	LCR Honda	Honda RC213V	18th	2	2	-	1	3	141	7th
2017	MotoGP	LCR Honda	Honda RC213V	18th	-	-	1	-	-	112	9.
2018	MotoGP	LCR Honda	Honda RC213V	15th	1	1	1	1	-	148	7th
2019	MotoGP	LCR Honda	Honda RC213V	19th	-	1	2	-	-	133	9.
2020	MotoGP	LCR Honda	Honda RC213V	5	-	-	-	-	-	7th	21st
total				162	3	6th	10	4th	4th	1149

References

Web links

Commons : Cal Crutchlow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Cal Crutchlow on the Motorcycle World Championship Official Website.
• Cal Crutchlow on the World Superbike and Supersport World Championship Official Website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Crutchlow - LCR Honda MotoGP. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on January 31, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Cal Crutchlow joins the CIA ... in BSB. www.f1network.net, January 18, 2008, accessed October 27, 2010 (English). 
3. ↑ Crutchlow takes maiden BSB win in incident-packed race two. www.britishsuperbike.com, archived from the original on April 22, 2008 ; accessed on October 27, 2010 (English). 
4. ↑ Byrne bounces back for double date = 5. May 2008. www.crash.net, accessed October 27, 2010 (English). 
5. ^ Carole Nash: Crutchlow signs for Yamaha WSS. (No longer available online.) Www.carolenash.com, September 23, 2008, archived from the original on January 6, 2009 ; accessed on September 20, 2009 . 
6. ↑ WSSP - Laverty wins, Crutchlow obsolete title. (No longer available online.) Www.motorradonline.de, October 25, 2009, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 27, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ^ Crutchlow reveals WSBK, Moto2 options. www.crash.net, accessed on September 20, 2009 (English). 
8. ↑ Carole Nash: Toseland confirmed with Yamaha WSB. (No longer available online.) Www.carolenash.com, October 1, 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on October 27, 2010 (English). 
9. ↑ Yamaha Sterilgarda Team rider Cal Crutchlow to join Monster Energy Tech 3 Team for 2011. www.yamaha-racing.com, September 5, 2010, archived from the original on March 12, 2012 ; accessed on October 27, 2010 (English). 
10. ↑ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115257