Yamaha Sterilgarda man Cal Crutchlow made it two in a row at Silverstone on Sunday, delivering a double win at his home race. The British rider ended a flawless weekend's riding with a masterful display of race craft.
A good start from pole position in race one saw him quickly into second behind Johnny Rea. Crutchlow then played the waiting game, comfortably following the Honda rider just 0.1 seconds behind until mid race before taking the lead. He surrendered briefly to Rea but then re-took quickly and pulled away to build a 1.6 second lead as he crossed the line to claim his maiden win of the championship.
Race two saw a repeat of the first with Crutchlow quickly settling in behind Rea, again maintaining a gap of just 0.1 to 0.2 seconds until just three laps from the end when he again pulled out to take the lead. The Yamaha YZF-R1's incredible pace saw him take the fastest lap of the race on the penultimate lap, building a two second advantage as he crossed the line to deliver the long awaited double victory for Yamaha.
Cal Crutchlow's incredible performance means he leaves Silverstone having jumped up to fifth in the rankings, now sitting on 188 points, 55 points behind Carlos Checa in third.
"We've been trying so hard all year to achieve a win, I'm ecstatic that it has happened at my home race," said Crutchlow. "It's been a tough weekend with all the Brits trying hard but we knew we had the pace. We were worried about tyre wear but it wasn't too bad. It was a little bit cooler in the first race which helped our bike as well. We now need to carry on and fight for the rest of the season. It's been a dream come true today, three Brits on the podium for both races is brilliant. The British fans have been fantastic, they came out today and gave us tremendous support all round the circuit, a brilliant day for me, a brilliant day for Yamaha, Sterilgarda and all our other sponsors. All credit to Johnny Rea he rode really well in both races but I was able to pick him off with a couple of laps to go."
Source: http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/
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