Crutchlow Dislocates Ankle In Arrabiata Crash

Cal Crutchlow's Mugello weekend looked promising throughout Friday and Saturday, but things went awry the CWM LCR Honda rider on Sunday. He crashed in morning warm-up and injured his hand. Then, whilst keeping Tech 3 Yamaha's Bradley Smith behind him, he lost the front-end of his RC213V going into the first Arrabiata corner with three laps to go, dislocating his ankle in the process. He had been in a fine 5th at that point.

“It's very disappointing for the whole CWM LCR Honda team. We had what I thought was a good weekend up until the race. This morning I had a very heavy crash in the warm-up and had a big impact on my hand, so I thought it was a good showing to be racing in the position that I was.

“We had the 38 front tyre (hard) which meant steering the bike was not easy, but overall we were not so far off the factory guys and with the right setting I think we could have been higher. Unfortunately the front tyre failed me in the end and just tucked under at a very fast corner. My foot got caught in the back of the bike and dislocated my ankle so I'm in a lot of pain and we'll have to monitor the situation but I've had good treatment.”

Compatriot Scott Redding on the other Satellite RC213V also struggled with grip issues, this time on the rear. The Marc VDS rider struggled with changing direction also, and could only manage 11th after starting 17th.

“I'm disappointed because the race obviously didn't pan out as I'd expected. After the warm-up I thought I could be fighting for the top 10 and I made a good start and made up some places on the first lap. But on lap two I went deep into the first corner and lost all the place I'd gained. I couldn't get the rear tyre to work at the beginning to go with the group in front. And the track was quite greasy and the bike felt heavy but we will continue working hard and sticking together to help me be more competitive.”

Britain's other protagonists Bradley Smith and Aspar Honda's Eugene Laverty were 5th and 15th respectively.

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