LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow is mystified how he didn’t crash in the second MotoGP free practice session after running the same hard front tyre which saw several of the top men go down and having to push right to the limit in order to set just one fast lap time.

Crutchlow said that even though the Brno circuit has become more bumpy and the heat today saw the circuit lose grip as temperatures rose, he wonders if the consistency of the control Bridgestone tyres isn’t what it once was as they wind down their involvement in the sport.

“The bumps are more into turns one, three, eight, 11, 13, they are getting worse and worse, but when you have heat like today, it’s no wonder. I don’t think they run so many car events here, so you can’t blame Formula One or something like that but I don’t necessarily think it is the grip of the track either,” said Crutchlow, speaking at Brno.

“I don’t know if it is the Bridgestones. They are so up and down at the moment. The 38 (hard front tyre) in the last races has been the best. See the 38 today and how many people crashed? How I did not crash I do not know. I did the last four laps completely on the limit but I had to make a time. I rode the bike on the rear because I had to make a lap.

“I don’t understand what is going on, the 33 (medium) is too soft, I think everyone is going to be in trouble. We need the heat-treated rear tyre as we spin a lot more than the Yamahas. We are always a lot hotter but that’s always the characteristic. In the last few races, we have had quite a few problems. We don’t quite know what the factory are doing and the gap is increasing like it does every year.

“When I first came here, and for the second and third year, Bridgestones were a lot more consistent than they are now. At some point everyone gets a bad tyre over the weekend, it’s normally the rear than the front. Bridgestone do a good job and it’s not easy to please 24 riders every weekend.”