LCR Honda: Cal Crutchlow to contest his home Grand Prix at Silverstone

This will delight British MotoGP fans: at the British Grand Prix (7–9 August), there will finally be a home favourite on the grid once again in the premier class of the Motorcycle World Championship. Cal Crutchlow will stand in for the injured Johann Zarco at Team LCR Honda at Silverstone as well.

This means the Briton will be competing in his sixth race weekend of the 2026 MotoGP season at Silverstone. The 40-year-old has also lined up at the Grands Prix in Mugello, Balaton Park, Brno, Assen and at the Sachsenring. Crutchlow has failed to score any points in his appearances so far this year. Last weekend in Germany, he finished 18th in the Sprint and crashed out of the Grand Prix.

Crutchlow last took part in a MotoGP race weekend at Silverstone in 2021. At the time, he stood in for the injured Franco Morbidelli in the Yamaha factory team. His last appearance as a regular rider at the British circuit was in 2019, when he finished sixth – for the LCR Honda team. Crutchlow’s most memorable MotoGP weekend at Silverstone came in 2016, when he secured pole position and finished second in the Grand Prix.

In total, Crutchlow has achieved five top-seven finishes at the British Grand Prix – in 2012 (6th), 2013 (7th), 2016 (2nd), 2017 (4th) and 2019 (6th). It is considered unlikely that the veteran rider will achieve a top result at Silverstone this year either. Nevertheless, the British fans will be cheering him on heartily at his home Grand Prix. It will certainly be a wonderful experience for Crutchlow.

LCR’s regular rider Johann Zarco sustained injuries to his anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and medial meniscus, as well as a minor fracture to his fibula, in a devastating crash during the opening stages of the Catalan Grand Prix. The Frenchman is currently working towards his comeback – which is expected to take place in mid-September at Misano.