Cal Crutchlow

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Cal Crutchlow

Crutchlow during the round at Silverstone 2010
Nationality English
Born 29 October 1985 (1985-10-29) (age 26)
Coventry, West Midlands
Current team Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Bike number 35
Website calcrutchlow.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years 2011–
Manufacturers Yamaha
Championships 0
2011 Championship position 12th (70 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
16 0 0 0 0 70
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2008, 2010
Manufacturers Yamaha
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
20 2 7 5 6 208
Supersport World Championship
Active years 2009
Manufacturers Yamaha
Championships 1
2009 Championship position 1st
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
23 4 9 9 10 243

Cal Crutchlow (born October 29, 1985 in Coventry, England) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a former British Supersport champion and British Superbike race winner, and the 2009 Supersport World Champion.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early years

Although his father Derek was a racer, he did not become interested in the sport himself until age 11. He now holds a motorcycle licence for the road.[1] He had football trials with Coventry City and Aston Villa as a youth, but chose to concentrate on motorcycle racing.

Crutchlow won the UK Junior Challenge in 1999, and the Aprilia RS125 Challenge in 2001.[2] He was runner-up in the 2003 Yamaha R6 Cup behind Tommy Hill, who earned a factory sponsored ride in the British Superbike series for this achievement.

He won the British Supersport Championship in 2006, after a 3 year stint in the series in which he finished 3rd in 2005.[3]

[edit] British Superbike Championship (2007–2008)

For 2007 he made his debut in the prestigious British Superbike Championship, with the Rizla Suzuki team alongside four-time runner-up Chris Walker. He took pole at Croft,[4] and finished 9th overall after finishing the season with his first podium, third at Brands Hatch. For 2008 he moved to HM Plant Honda, sponsored by CIA Insurance.[5] He took his first series win in race 2 at Thruxton.[6][7] He took pole for round 3 at Oulton Park – he led race 1 before running wide in damp conditions,[8] and crashed heavily out of 2nd place in race 2, injuring his ankle in the process.[9] After initially having the better of team-mate Leon Haslam, Crutchlow was ultimately outpointed by him. He took two wins in the season, and finished 3rd overall in the championship, beating Tom Sykes by two points after the Yorkshireman had a late mechanical failure in the final round.

[edit] Supersport World Championship (2009)

On 23 September 2008, it was confirmed that Crutchlow had signed a deal to ride for the Wilco Zeelenberg-managed Yamaha factory team in the 2009 World Supersport Championship.[10] He finished in the top four at every race until a mechanical failure while leading at Brno, and found himself in a two-way championship dice with surprise package Eugene Laverty on a Parkalgar Honda. Crutchlow lead the championship easily until a gearbox failure while leading at Imola meant that Eugene Laverty moved to within 3 points.[11] However, at Magny-Cours after an intense start it was Laverty's turn to have some bad luck, falling off, but picking his bike back up to leave him 19 points behind Crutchlow with 1 race at Portimão left.[12] Laverty won in Portugal, but a fourth place by Crutchlow was enough to secure him the 2009 championship.

[edit] Superbike World Championship (2010)

Crutchlow took his first World Superbike race wins at the Silverstone round in 2010.

On October 1, 2009 Yamaha announced that Crutchlow would make the move from World Supersport to the Superbike World Championship in 2010. His teammate is former world champion James Toseland, who rejoined the Superbike World Championship after losing his place in MotoGP.[13] He took his first series pole at his second meeting, at Portimão, but did not win either race. He stoked controversy after the first race there by mentioning in an interview that he was well clear of Toseland when he crashed out, but insists that he is not arrogant.[14] Toseland later pointed out that Crutchlow's tendency to speak his mind means that not everybody can get on with him.[15] Crutchlow took his first two World Superbike wins at Silverstone, after battling with Ten Kate Racing rider Jonathan Rea, and as a result climbed from tenth to fifth in the standings.[16]

[edit] MotoGP (2011)

It was officially announced on September 5, 2010 that Crutchlow would join Tech 3 for the 2011 MotoGP Championship.[17] Crutchlow ended the season in 12th position in the championship, and sealed the Rookie of the Year Award after achieving his best result of the season – fourth place – in Valencia.

[edit] Career statistics

Notes
Stats correct as of 5 September 2010

  • * Season in progress

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

[edit] All Time

Year Series Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles
All Time World Superbike (WSB) 28 6 9 3 1 6 6 0
All Time World Supersport (WSS) 17 10 10 5 3 2 9 1
All Time British Superbike (BSB) 50 4 13 2 4 7 0 0
All Time British Supersport (BSS) 36 0 17 8 4 5 0 1

[edit] Yearly Breakdown

[edit] British Supersport Championship

Yr Class Team SIL
England		 BHI
England		 SNE
England		 OUL
England		 MON
Republic of Ireland		 SNE
England		 BHGP
England		 KNO
Scotland		 MAL
England		 CRO
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 DON
England		 Pos Pts Ref
2004 BSS Honda 7 Ret Ret 5 5 15 7 7 9 Ret 7 7 10th 75
Yr Class Team BHI
England		 THR
England		 MAL
England		 OUL
England		 MON
Republic of Ireland		 CRO
England		 KNO
Scotland		 SNE
England		 SIL
England		 CAD
England		 OUL
England		 DON
England		 BHGP
England		 Pos Pts Ref
2005 BSS Honda Ret 7 4 2 4 8 3 3 1 1 Ret 3 3rd* 161
  • Both Easton and Cal Crutchlow finished on 161 thus sharing 3rd place.
Yr Class Team BHI
England		 DON
England		 THR
England		 OUL
England		 MON
Republic of Ireland		 MAL
England		 SNE
England		 KNO
Scotland		 OUL
England		 CRO
England		 CAD
England		 SIL
England		 BHGP
England		 Pos Pts Ref
2006 BSS Honda 2 1 3 2 Can 1 2 1 1 Ret 3 1 1 1st 242

[edit] British Superbike Championship

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2007 Suzuki BHGP
13		 BHGP
18		 THR
7		 THR
Ret		 SIL
11		 SIL
7		 OUL
7		 OUL
Ret		 SNE
8		 SNE
Ret		 MON
8		 MON
Ret		 KNO
11		 KNO
Ret		 OUL
5		 OUL
Ret		 MAL
9		 MAL
5		 CRO
4		 CRO
13		 CAD
5		 CAD
4		 DON
Ret		 DON
Ret		 BHI
5		 BHI
3		 9th 152
2008 Honda BHGP
C		 BHGP
C		 THR
2		 THR
1		 OUL
6		 OUL
Ret		 BHGP
3		 BHGP
1		 DON
6		 DON
3		 SNE
4		 SNE
3		 MAL
3		 MAL
3		 OUL
6		 OUL
2		 KNO
Ret		 KNO
7		 CAD
5		 CAD
13		 CRO
4		 CRO
3		 SIL
2		 SIL
Ret		 BHI
2		 BHI
4		 3rd 318 [18]

[edit] World Supersport Championship

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts Ref
2005 Honda QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR
10		 NED GER ITA FRA 27th 6 [19]
2006 Honda QAT AUS ESP ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR
5		 NED GER ITA FRA 29th 11 [20]
2009 Yamaha AUS
4		 QAT
3		 SPA
1		 NED
2		 ITA
1		 RSA
2		 USA
3		 SMR
1		 GBR
1		 CZE
Ret		 GER
1		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
2		 POR
4		 1st 243 [10]

[edit] World Superbike Championship

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts Ref
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2008 Honda QAT QAT AUS AUS ESP ESP NED NED ITA ITA USA USA GER GER SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR EUR
Ret		 EUR
2		 ITA ITA FRA FRA POR
4		 POR
9		 23rd 27 [21]
2010 Yamaha AUS
Ret		 AUS
9		 POR
14		 POR
3		 SPA
7		 SPA
9		 NED
8		 NED
Ret		 ITA
3		 ITA
Ret		 RSA
8		 RSA
4		 USA
11		 USA
3		 SMR
Ret		 SMR
4		 CZE
3		 CZE
14		 GBR
1		 GBR
1		 GER
3		 GER
4		 ITA
10		 ITA
3		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 5th 284 [22]

[edit] Grand Prix motorcycle racing

[edit] By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2011 MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 Tech 3 16 0 0 0 0 70 12th
Total 16 0 0 0 0 70

[edit] By class

Class Seas 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
MotoGP 2011 2011 Qatar 16 0 0 0 0 70 0
Total 2011 16 0 0 0 0 70 0

[edit] Races by year

(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts
2011 MotoGP Yamaha QAT
11		 SPA
8		 POR
8		 FRA
Ret		 CAT
7		 GBR
DNS		 NED
14		 ITA
Ret		 GER
14		 USA
Ret		 CZE
Ret		 IND
11		 RSM
10		 ARA
9		 JPN
11		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
C		 VAL
4		 12th 70

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://londonbikers.com/articles/2645/bsb-rookie-cal-crutchlow-speaks-to-lb
  2. ^ Yamaha Profile – Cal Crutchlow
  3. ^ http://www.rizla-suzuki.co.uk/pages/common/crescent.aspx?pg=36
  4. ^ http://www.crash.net/motorsport/bsb/feature/12211-0/qa_cal_crutchlow_-_exclusive.html
  5. ^ http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st124756.htm
  6. ^ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/article.asp?article=674
  7. ^ http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZic533pJ7NRHEcv_h5XWA71nVCA
  8. ^ http://www.crash.net/motorsport/bsb/news/162938-0/byrne_holds_on_for_opening_race_honours.html
  9. ^ http://www.crash.net/motorsport/bsb/news/162949-1/byrne_bounces_back_for_double.html
  10. ^ a b http://www.carolenash.com/insidebikes/bike-news/crutchlow-signs-for-yamaha-wss.htm
  11. ^ http://www.motorstv.com/bike/road-racing/wsbk-ssp/30092009/wss-sofuoglu-wins-crutchlow-falls
  12. ^ http://www.bikesportnews.com/articles/article.html?id=MAGNY-COURS_WSB_LAVERTY_CRASH_HANDS_CRUTCHLOW_TITLE_1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=rss
  13. ^ "Toseland confirmed with Yamaha WSB". Insidebikes. http://www.carolenash.com/insidebikes/bike-news/toseland-confirmed-with-yamaha-wsb.htm. 
  14. ^ "Crutchlow: I never meant to appear arrogant". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-03-30. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/158248/1/crutchlow_i_never_meant_to_appear_arrogant.html. Retrieved 2010-03-31. 
  15. ^ "Toseland: Cal is like Marmite – you either love or hate him!". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-07-10. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/161431/1/toseland_cal_is_like_marmite__you_either_love_or_hate_him.html. Retrieved 2010-07-11. 
  16. ^ "Crutchlow breaks WSBK duck in style". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-08-02. http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/162147/1/crutchlow_breaks_wsbk_duck_in_style.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
  17. ^ "Official: Cal Crutchlow to MotoGP with Tech 3". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-09-05. http://crash.net/motogp/news/163030/1/official_cal_crutchlow_to_motogp_with_tech_3.html. Retrieved 2010-09-05. 
  18. ^ http://www.britishsuperbike.com/data/assets/bsb/docs/round-12-brandshatch-race.pdf
  19. ^ http://www.worldsbk.com/en/season/standings.html?p_S_Campionato=SSP&p_Anno=2005&p_Round=&p_PilotiCostruttori=P
  20. ^ http://www.worldsbk.com/en/season/standings.html?p_S_Campionato=SSP&p_Anno=2006&p_Round=&p_PilotiCostruttori=P
  21. ^ "Portimao; 31 October, 1–2 November 2008: Superbike – Championship Standings". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 2008-11-02. http://sbk.perugiatiming.com/pdf_frame.asp?p_Round=POR&p_Anno=2008&p_Manifestazione=14&p_Gara=01&p_Sessione=002&p_Stampa=STD. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
  22. ^ http://www.worldsbk.com/teams-e-riders/rider?pilota=1480

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Teams and riders competing in the 2012 MotoGP World Championship
MotoGP: Italy Andrea Dovizioso (4) • England Cal Crutchlow (35)
Moto2 (Tech 3 Racing): Belgium Xavier Simeon (19) • United Kingdom Bradley Smith (38)
Grand Prix motorcycles : Yamaha YZR-M1 (MotoGP) • Mistral 610 (Moto2)
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