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Cal Crutchlow made amends for his ninth on the grid qualifying by gaining three places on the opening lap of his home British MotoGP, aided by the big accident at turn one.

Cal Crutchlow held his hands up after a fall during qualifying at Silverstone left the LCR Honda ninth on the grid for his home British MotoGP.

MotoGP riders have given thumbs up to the Silverstone resurfacing after discovering improved grip from the track while managing small bumps as Valentino Rossi described it “close to perfect”.

Valentino Rossi has shared sympathy with Johann Zarco following the French rider’s dramatic split from Red Bull KTM at the end of the year, as the Italian compares the situation to his own doomed two years at Ducati.

HRC technical manager Takeo Yokoyama admits Jorge Lorenzo has been caught in a downward spiral since joining Honda in MotoGP this season. But he's also confident that 'good things will soon happen' for the triple MotoGP champion once he emerges on the other side.

MotoGP jump start penalties will change from a pit lane ride throughs to two long lap penalties in 2020.

Cal Crutchlow's Austrian MotoGP ended on just the second lap when a bike problem for Pol Espargaro saw the KTM rider suddenly powerless at Turn 3. Tito Rabat and Crutchlow were caught up in the aftermath, with the LCR Honda rider down and out.

The top two riders in Q1 - Crutchlow and Bagnaia - now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice. The others will start, in the following order, from 13th on the grid onwards…

Takaaki Nakagami continues to have a 'respectful' relationship with LCR team-mate Cal Crutchlow, but admits things changed between them after Catalunya.

Takaaki Nakagami has shed light on why he is yet to sign a new MotoGP contract with HRC, to remain at LCR Honda in 2020.

The 2019 Honda RCV may not be perfect but, combined with the unique talents of Marc Marquez, it's on course to not only win this year's MotoGP championship but dominate it.

When Marc Marquez beat Andrea Dovizioso for second place at Ducati's home Italian MotoGP, the 2019 title chase was all but decided in favour of the Honda rider.

Cal Cruthclow has joked “maybe I’ll get injured before every race” as he charged to the podium at the German MotoGP despite suffering a tibia fracture just days earlier.

Cal Crutchlow believes 2019 has been his most difficult in MotoGP with Honda “by far” after finishing the Dutch Grand Prix in seventh place, and that the general public is unaware “how hard” Marc Marquez is riding to lead the championship.

Cal Crutchlow and the LCR Honda team spent last week's Catalunya post-race test evaluating 'a lot of small items', including aerodynamic parts, plus two completely differently set-ups for the 2019 RCV.

Cal Crutchlow launched from sixth to second place at the start of Sunday's Italian MotoGP at Mugello

Cal Crutchlow concedes he feels “like a broken record” when it comes to his major area of improvement with his 2019 Honda after suffering a fall triggered by poor front feeling during FP2 at the French MotoGP.

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez thinks a harder bike to ride is the natural consequence of having more power and torque from this year's Honda engine. But he also believes the 2019 chassis is better than last year's frame.

Following Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, the first official in-season test of the season is being held back at the Jerez circuit on Monday. Testing takes place from 10am to 6pm.

Cal Crutchlow's main goal for Monday's Jerez MotoGP test will be to try and recreate the feeling and confidence he had with the 2018 Honda chassis, on the latest 2019 bike. "My problem is that the bike feels absolutely nothing like last year's bike," said the LCR rider.

Cal Crutchlow rounded out a close top five dominated by Ducati and Honda during Friday practice at the Spanish MotoGP.

Hot on the heels of a controversial jump-start penalty for Cal Crutchlow in Argentina, Maverick Vinales and Joan Mir suffered the same fate in Sunday's COTA race.

UPDATE: Race Direction has released the side camera footage of Crutchlow's jump start:

Full Argentina MotoGP race results Marc Marquez has produced a flawless performance to take victory in Argentina by over nine seconds ahead of Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso who had a race