The German Grand Prix marks the halfway point of the 2016 MotoGP World Championship, and for the LCR Honda Team, there is a positive feeling that the event could be a successful one for their British rider Cal Crutchlow.

Crutchlow has form around the torturous Sachsenring layout, having secured a podium finish there in 2013, and having a solid run to seventh for LCR Honda last year, despite a big crash in qualifying.

After a two-week break in racing, which allowed Crutchlow to put in some testing for Honda and Michelin in Malaysia, the 30 year-old and his team are now eager to build on the steps forward made in recent races, which was cruelly halted by the downpours in Holland.

#35 Cal Crutchlow

“I’m really looking forward to racing in Germany, I enjoy the circuit quite a lot. I’ve had some success and some really good races there over the years, and it suits my style too. So I can’t wait to get there because I expect the Honda will work better there compared to previous races.”

“I’m excited to try and challenge the front guys after a disappointing Assen race. It was disappointing for lots of riders there, so I think there will be a lot of riders hunting a good result which should make for a good race.”

“We went to Sepang with HRC, and took my crew chief Beefy (Christophe Bourgignon) along too, but we were mainly testing for Michelin to try some new things they had for the new surface. I felt their new tyres were going in the right direction, but the track had a few problems with water seeping even though it was 40°C. We did what we had to do, and even tried some new electronic things for Honda which was good. It was nice to test for Honda that they trust me to steer the ship a bit. We had some test days left still, so the way things are going with the bike we were able to give them some good feedback.”