Crutchlow: Ducati too hard to adapt to

Cal Crutchlow reckons it would take any rider at least a year to get to grips with Ducati’s MotoGP bike, admitting that he has ‘never been so slow’ as he has in 2014. After three promising seasons with Tech 3 Yamaha, Crutchlow switched to the factory Ducati team this year but struggled to get near the podium. He has agreed to terminate his deal early to join LCR Honda for 2015. Ducati has not won a MotoGP race since Casey Stoner’s 2010 Australian Grand Prix triumph, and Stoner’s team-mates during his highly-successful stint with the Italian team tended to fare much worse. Crutchlow believes the Ducati simply requires a riding style unlike anything else in the championship, and admits that he was initially reluctant to change. “I think if you [...]

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