MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow: “I had better years with Tech3”

Crutchlow won his first race at Brno in the Czech Grand Prix and again he triumphed in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island in October. He also stole the pole position for his home race at Silverstone and claimed second place in the race. The next podium finish was at the Sachsenring, Germany.

However, Crutchlow does not believe this season was his best. He told Autosport, "It was a good season of course, but I honestly don't think my best season as such."

"I think I'm happy enough with the way it went but I believe I had better years with Tech3. I missed the opportunities then to win but I'm glad I got them this year. I believe I could've won on the Tech3 but I never took the opportunities, or something happened on the day that wasn't on my side."

In his first MotoGP season, the Briton finished in 12th in the championship. During his stint at Tech3 Yamaha, he achieved six podiums and two pole positions and finished fifth in the championship in 2013.

After that, he joined Ducati for a single year and ended that year in 13th place in the championship standings.

He added, "I have to say my Ducati year was good. I took a podium, I wasn't riding the best package at all and I was riding well, especially the second part of the year.

"I've had some great moments in my MotoGP career and I've enjoyed riding every single one of them. 2015 was more difficult because the Honda package was difficult to understand. This year we started way off the pace but I understood the package more. Then, I was able to be more competitive."

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