MotoGP points leader Cal Crutchlow has shrugged off his poor qualifying at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas and put his third-row starting position down to a “bad tyre”. LCR Honda’s Crutchlow, who holds a three-point lead coming into the third round of the series after victory in Argentina, said he had heard of similar issues arising around the paddock. “You're hearing it more and more these days – week in, week out – we will hear ‘we’ve got a bad tyre’ – and we do, it’s a lottery. "But if you pick a bad one for the race, you’re in the s**t. That's just the way it is. “I have to accept it because I’m sure at other points in the season there will be other...
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