Shock MotoGP return for Crutchlow in place of injured Zarco

Cal Crutchlow is making a sudden return to MotoGP competition, as LCR Honda’s replacement for the injured Johann Zarco.Crutchlow spent six of his 10 full-time seasons in MotoGP with LCR, taking all three of his premier class wins there, and stepped away at the end of 2020 – while picking up a Yamaha test rider role.He was limited in that Yamaha role due to a hand injury in his final years there, and was officially relieved of the role at the end of last year.But now a sudden return to MotoGP has materialised for Crutchlow, following the knee injury sustained by LCR regular Zarco during his crash at Barcelona.Zarco’s leg had become entangled with Pecco Bagnaia’s Ducati and while he was fortunate …