Cal Crutchlow will race in front of his home crowd next month, with Castrol Honda LCR confirming the British veteran will continue deputising for the injured Johann Zarco at the British Grand Prix.
According to a fresh update from MotoGP.com, the LCR rider has held down the factory-supported Honda seat since the Italian Grand Prix and will keep it through the Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone on 7-9 August. Crash.net confirms the arrangement runs at least until the sport returns from its summer break, with Zarco’s own comeback still targeted for September.
Zarco’s Recovery Timeline Comes Into Focus
Zarco has been sidelined since sustaining knee injuries in a crash at the Catalan Grand Prix in May, and LCR Honda have indicated his recovery remains on course for a return once the championship resumes after Silverstone, rather than before it.
For Crutchlow, the Silverstone weekend carries extra weight. The three-time premier-class race winner last rode there full-time in 2019, finishing sixth for LCR, and his best result at the circuit remains the pole-to-podium runner-up finish he claimed back in 2016. He returned once more in 2021 as a substitute for the injured Franco Morbidelli, but Silverstone has not seen Crutchlow on the grid since.
The timing means Crutchlow arrives at his home round on the back of a tricky run through the Sachsenring weekend, where Marc Marquez’s record-equalling German Grand Prix win reshaped the title picture heading into the break. A vocal home crowd has previously given Crutchlow an extra gear at Silverstone, and LCR will be hoping for exactly that boost as MotoGP’s summer finale approaches.
