The British rider, who returned to the Yamaha fold in 2021 after his profession as a full-time rider got here to an finish following the 2020 season, made the remarks within the wake of his wildcard outing in final weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi.
Crutchlow’s first race outing since final 12 months’s Valencia season finale got here amid a 12 months during which he has spent lengthy durations on the sidelines in between assessments.
He believes Yamaha should change to a extra constant schedule if he’s to enroll to a brand new deal as take a look at rider as his present association expires on the finish of the 12 months.
Requested by Autosport whether or not he could be again as a Yamaha tester in 2024, Crutchlow replied: “I don’t know but. It must be mentioned.
“They need me to signal a brand new three-year settlement. We are going to see, however they’ve to alter the testing plan, as a result of the plan in the intervening time isn’t adequate.
“This 12 months I had 9 weeks off after Sepang, then I did three assessments in two weeks, then I had 14 weeks off after which I did three assessments in two weeks once more. You may’t do it like that.
“We’d like to ensure I’m extra constantly on the bike, additionally for the engineers. That’s the way you make progress.
“Hopefully they give you a greater plan, and I’ll decide then.”
Cal Crutchlow, Yamaha Racing Group
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Crutchlow additionally clarified that he has no extra wildcard outings deliberate within the remaining six rounds of the 12 months, with two extra assessments to return in Jerez and Valencia.
Reflecting on a moist Motegi race during which he completed thirteenth, Crutchlow mentioned he regretted the choice to comply with Yamaha stablemate Fabio Quartararo by staying out on slicks on a moist monitor as a substitute of following the bulk in pitting for his moist bike on lap one.
The 37-year-old added he was happy along with his tempo when the situations have been at their worst earlier than the race was red-flagged with solely 12 of the scheduled 24 laps full.
“I knew from the tempo of the fellows in entrance and how briskly I used to be catching them, so I knew I used to be robust,” Crutchlow recalled. “I ought to have pitted a lap earlier and I might have been in an excellent scenario.
“We caught some guys from a good distance again, in order that was Positive, with solely six laps or no matter in full rain situations.
“However we wanted a dry race with the total race distance to have the ability to perceive the route with the setting we tried.
“I really feel we all know the route to go in, it’s simply whether or not Yamaha will comply with that route. I hope so, as a result of a variety of the engineers additionally imagine that’s the route to go in and hopefully we’ll make strides for subsequent 12 months.”