Cal Crutchlow's LCR Honda will move a step closer to Repsol Honda specification with a new chassis and seat for this weekend's Austin MotoGP. The Englishman, seventh in the season-opening Qatar round, said: “It was already planned a long time before Qatar, so Qatar [result] made no difference... [and] this wasn't because Dani's not riding. But obviously I'm thankful to Honda for putting their faith in me.” Crutchlow, like fellow satellite RC213V rider Scott Redding, has been using the 2014 Valencia test specification machine - rejected by Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa in favour of another new bike brought to February's Sepang test. “Dani and Marc had already tested the bike that I'm...
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