The three-time MotoGP race winner and Yamaha test rider was announced as Dovizioso’s replacement from Aragon onwards during the British GP weekend, after the latter revealed he would be retiring after the San Marino GP.
Crutchlow retired from MotoGP full-time at the end of 2020 to become Yamaha’s official test rider, but made four starts in 2021 as Petronas SRT’s stand-in for the injured Franco Morbidelli and the ousted Maverick Vinales’ brief replacement at the factory Yamaha squad.
