Qatar Test: Crutchlow 'toughs it out' on final day

Forced to halt testing early on day two due to arm injuries, Cal Crutchlow was back on track for a painful final day of MotoGP pre-꧙season testing, in Qatar.

The Englishman was to receive little obvious reward for his efforts, b♏eing left just 18th&n🧜bsp;on the timesheets.

"Today was very difficult because of the injuries I suffered in yesterda🌱y's crash," Crutchlow said.

"My♎ arm is still very swollen and there is a big haematoma on the elbow. So to do 70 laps today, I’m not sure ther𓆏e are many others who would have been able to do that.

Crutchlow 'toughs it out' on final day

Forced to halt ꦰtesting early on day two due to arm injuries, Cal Crutchlow was back on track for a painful final day of MotoGP pre-season testing, in Qatar.

The Englishman was to receive little obvious reward for his eff🦩orts, being left just 𓂃18th on the timesheets.

"Today was very difficult because of the injurie⛦s I suffered in yesterday's crash," Crutchlow said.

"My arm is still very swollen and there is a big haematoma on the elbow. So to do 70 laps today, I’m not sure there are many others who would have been able to dꦚo that.

"My team worked really hard, as we all d💛o, but then it’s down to me to tough it out and just get on with the job at hand. 𝔉"

Crutchlow 'toughs it out' on final day

Crutchlow's priority was once aga꧅in to help HRC understand the front-end problems that are hampering the 2020 RCV on corner entry.

The🎉 situation was so serious that Marc Marquez was giveဣn one of Takaaki Nakagami's 2019-spec bikes to compare with on the final day.

The reigning champion later hailed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:a 'great step' after being 'comp๊letely lost', adding that "Cal started to try some things we found and it looks like it was bett♋er also for him."

Exactly what was found remꦐains unclear, but judging by the bodywork the latest aerodynamics are thought to have been one factor.

“Overall, we m🐟anaged to get through a lot of things this evening, some positive and some negative," Crutchlow said. "We just need to keep working on those 🙈negatives by giving HRC all the feedback and information we’ve collected here, so that they can improve the bike for the first race next week.”

Nakagami was eighth fastest on la🙈st year's𝓰 bike, just 0.090s behind the top Honda of Marc Marquez.

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