Marko Hanželic
Cal Crutchlow, who recently underwent surgery on his left wrist, completed his first working day after returning. On the first free practice for GP of Andalusia in Jerez he is the driver of the team Honda LCR finished in 20th place, two seconds behind the leader Maverick Vinales. In the second free practice, he improved by two tenths of a second and with a little more than a second behind he took 19th place.
More important than lap times and rankings is for Crutchlow the fact that he drove 37 laps on Friday. How was it? “It was good and, frankly, the feeling wasn’t too bad despite some pain. The team is a little more lenient with me this weekend, of course. The same goes for Honda, ” he said British.
"I think I've proven I can drive this weekend," said the Briton, who describes his feeling on the bike as “somewhat strange”. "Wrist pain isn't overly present, but if it does occur, I'm just trying to drive on to the best of my ability."
"Of course my condition after the fall last week is not the best, but we will continue to work and try to make the rest of the weekend as comfortable as possible for me," he says Crutchlow and thanks the medical team Xavier Mira, who underwent surgery in Barcelona on Tuesday. A screw was inserted into his left wrist to fix his broken wrist.
"Now I just have to grit my teeth," adds the Briton, who wants to climb on his own again today LCR Honda. He will also meet on the track Marcom Marquez, who was also operated on by Mir on Tuesday. The factory racer Honda, missed yesterday's training due to a fracture of the right upper arm.
