“I am surprised obviously because after this morning’s warm up I didn’t think I could fight for the top six, let alone the podium,” began Crutchlow, reflecting upon his P3. “But once I got going in the race I was able to compete and be competitive. My whole LCR Honda Castrol team did a great job, we never gave up after a bad winter because we didn’t know the direction we were going in with the bike, because we never managed to test at the end of last year.

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