Old-school Cal Crutchlow on winding up MotoGP ‘herd’ and why he's backing sprint races

dailystar.co.uk:

Cal Crutchlow couldn’t resist a cheeky swipe at the young guns of MotoGP ahead of his return to race action at the Aragon Grand Prix this weekend.Crutchlow, Britain’s most successful top tier rider since Barry Sheene, has come out of race retirement again to replace Andrea Dovizioso in the RNF Yamaha team for the final rounds of the season.

As a Yamaha test and reserve rider, the 36-year-old was the obvious choice to step in for fellow veteran Dovizioso, who decided to retire mid-season after a year of struggle.Crutchlow prides himself on being an old-school rider who isn’t afraid to speak his mind.

It’s a far cry from the current generation of polished and social media savvy riders.READ MORE: 'I went 170mph on back of a bike with an ex-MotoGP star and it was absolutely terrifying'“Am I supposed to tweet today it’s “race week” and Instagram a pic on the plane Wednesday?

Forgot what you have to do when you’re one of the sheep!!! Been so long since catching up with the herd,” he tweeted at the start of the week. “There’s a bit of controversy over that [tweet],” he says at the start of his interview with Daily Star Sport. “I was just winding them up because they all follow each other, don’t they. “One will make a social media post saying the sky is blue and everyone else will do the same 10 minutes later.