The LCR Honda rider finished second behind Marc Marquez after Dovizioso dropped on the penultimate lap. Crutchlow in the end said that this was a great day for Honda with Marquez securing the title and a win in the race, while the british rider doubled for HRC in his home race.

However the british in the end left some scraps to the spaniard Marc Márquez:

‘As I told Marc, I was very disappointed with him because he could have let me win, and he would have won (the title) anyway! And then you could have seen the show between me and Alex Rins for the win. It was the race at Honda’s home and we are very pleased that Marc won the world title, finished first and I finished second, so it was a great day’, he said.

Crutchlow finished saying: ‘Congratulations to Marc for winning the world title – he’s been incredible all year long’.