Britain’s Cal Crutchlow came away from the second Jerez MotoGP round with a handful of points as those around him either crashed or broke down.

In searing heat with track temperatures reaching more than 60°C, Crutchlow gritted his teeth and rode through the pain of his broken left scaphoid to finish in 13th, even after a late pitstop.

“Today obviously was a very tough day, but we managed to complete the race with a little pit-stop in the middle,” said the LCR Honda man.

“Once I started the race I got caught up in the first corner and lost some positions with the crash of another couple of riders, but I did my best.

“Unfortunately, my right arm was taking the brunt of the force from my left wrist injury and I was struggling to hold on to the bike and it became dangerous, so I decided to pull into the pit as I thought I was out of the point-scoring positions, because due to the pain it was difficult to see the pit board.

“But then when I came in, they said I was in the point-scoring positions as many people had pulled out, so I went back out and finished the race in 13th and made sure I wasn’t close to any other riders and just got some points.

“It was a difficult race, but one we’re glad to finish and get out of here and go to Brno.”