“Raul had more balls” - Cal Crutchlow explains Fernandez’s Silverstone MotoGP victory

Cal Crutchlow: Raul Fernandez “willing to take the gamble” for British MotoGP win

Raul Fernandez was “willing to take the gamble” on tyre life in his British MotoGP win, says Cal Crutchlow. Tyre consumption was a major factor at the British MotoGP, most evidently in the Sprint when several Ducati riders dropped back in the closing stages as their rear grip faded. The Aprilia riders, by comparison, were much better at the end of the Sprint and so went into Sunday’s race as the favourites. It was Fernandez, though, who took the…

“Raul had more balls” - Cal Crutchlow explains Fernandez’s Silverstone MotoGP victory

Cal Crutchlow says Raul Fernandez had “more balls” than his MotoGP rivals by pushing hard and making an early escape at Silverstone.