Monster Yamaha's Cal Crutchlow is hoping this weekend's German MotoGP round at the Sachsenring will be hot and dry so he can find a solution to the front-end grip issues he has suffered at the last couple of races.

The former footballer retired at Assen and Mugello as a lack of feel meant he was on the verge of crashing all the time and he didn't want risk further damaging his left collarbone, which he now says is fine.

"Like a lot of tracks so far in 2011, I haven't seen this one before but it looks really good on TV and I can't wait to get started on Friday. The track is obviously dominated by left-hand turns but I'm not worried that is going to be a big problem for me," said Crutchlow.

"The left collarbone I broke at Silverstone last month is fine and I'm happy with the progress it is making. After all the weather disruptions of the last few weeks, I'm just hoping for a dry weekend so I can learn the track quicker. And I'm also hoping for hot conditions because that will give me an opportunity to solve some of the front-end issues I've been experiencing lately.

"When the temperature is hot I've had some issues with front-end feeling, so hopefully some hot weather will give us the perfect opportunity to find a solution. I'm confident I can be running back inside the top ten and getting the results I know that the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team is capable of.”