Cal Crutchlow will represent the relaxed Franco Morbidelli at the Grand Prix of Styria, Austria and Great Britain
The latest announcement confirmed that Cal Crutchlow will compete with the Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team to replace Franco Morbidelli as the Italian continues his recovery from left knee surgery. Crutchlow will take part in the two Austrian Grands Prix in Spielberg and the BritishGP in Silverstone – his home race.
Crutchlow is no stranger to Yamaha MotoGP machines after starting his premier class career with the Japanese brand in 2011 – spending three seasons aboard the Yamaha – and is now the official test and development rider at the plant.
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After examining all of the options, it was a joint decision between Yamaha and us to ask Cal Crutchlow to represent Franco while he recovered from the surgery. Cal is a credible and experienced rider who is currently a test rider for Yamaha. As an independent team, we can really help out here to help Yamaha, said Razlan Razali, Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team Principal.
Cal will be able to accumulate a few good miles on our M1, which should help him in his testing and development work for Yamaha. Cal will replace Franco for the next three races and we don’t have any real goals for him in terms of results. We will do everything we can to support him and make sure that he feels comfortable in the team. He already knows some of the key people on the team, which helps, and I’m sure he’s up to the challenge.
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