The Briton returned to racing for RNF for the final six rounds of 2022 after Andrea Dovizioso retired following the San Marino Grand Prix in September.
Crutchlow retired from full-time racing after the 2020 season, but deputised for the injured Morbidelli at Petronas SRT last year at the Styrian and Austrian GPs, before briefly replacing ousted Maverick Vinales at the British and Aragon GPs at the factory Yamaha team.
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The three-time race winner will return to his full-time testing role with the Japanese manufacturer next year as the calendar grows by an extra round, and says the expanding number of races is โdifficult.โ
Crutchlow believes 18 grands prix, as there was in the 2017 season, is enough.
Speaking about the 2023 calendar during the Valencia Grand Prix weekend, he told Autosport: โI think itโs too much, personally, but if you speak to the riders, I would say the ones who have some family also, I think itโs difficult.
โBut the ones who have no girlfriend, that donโt care, that are young, itโs a different situation.
โMe personally, I think 18 grands prix is enough, but thatโs me personally, Iโm not the guy whoโs writing the rules and saying where they go or donโt go.
โAs I said, there will always be somebody as a replacement of the other person, so itโll always keep going.
โIf they said there was 30 grands prix, there would be people up for 30 grands prix.โ
Asked whether he felt the impact on team personnel was considered when the calendar was devised, he said: โI think itโs considered, but what they know is if someone isnโt happy with it, thereโll always be someone else whoโll take their job.
โTheyโre not struggling for people who want to be a mechanic, or a chef, or a hospitality person, stuff like that.
โWhen they go with the races, they always know they can get someone else if somebody doesnโt want to do the job.
โItโs like with a rider, if someone doesnโt want to do the job theyโll get another one โ a good one, I donโt know.โ
Cal Crutchlow, RNF MotoGP Racing
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Crutchlow also emphasised the impact of the 21 additional sprint races which will take place next year.
MotoGP organisers Dorna Sports confirmed the new format in August, which will see sprint races take place at every single grand prix in 2023.
They will be run on Saturdays to half-distance of the…
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