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<h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline">MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow wants factory Yamaha ride for 2013</h1>
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<h2>Catalunya Grand Prix</h2>
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<li>Saturday 2 June: <span>Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP qualifying live online and on the Red Button: 11:50BST - 15:05BST </span></li>
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<p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" itemprop="description"> Cal Crutchlow has revealed that he has held initial talks about moving to a factory MotoGP team for next year after his superb start to the season.
</p>
<p> Crutchlow, 26, has consistently been the top non-factory rider this season and has finished fourth twice.
</p>
<p> He told BBC Sport: &quot;At the end of the year I hope to be sitting on a factory bike, and my preference is Yamaha.
</p>
<p> &quot;I&#039;ve had some contact with teams but they are just first talks. Any move will be at least two months away.&quot;
</p>
<p> Crutchlow has been in excellent form on his Tech 3 Yamaha this season, qualifying on the front row of the grid in
<a href="/sport/0/motogp/17646046" title="Crutchlow posts qualifying best" >Qatar</a>
and
<a href="/sport/0/motogp/17969465" title="Stoner races to pole in Portugal" >Portugal</a>
and ending the race in
<a href="/sport/0/motogp/17886081" title="Stoner hangs on to win in Jerez" >Jerez just 2.5 seconds behind winner Casey Stoner.</a>
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<li> <strong> Jorge Lorenzo:
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90 points
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<li> <strong> Casey Stoner:
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82 points
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<li> <strong> Dani Pedrosa:
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65 points
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<li> <strong> Cal Crutchlow:
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45 points
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<li> <strong> Andrea Dovizioso:
</strong>
44 points
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<li> <strong> Valentino Rossi:
</strong>
42 points
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<li> <strong> Stefan Bradl:
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35 points
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<li> <strong> Alvaro Bautista:
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35 points
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<li> <strong> Nicky Hayden:
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33 points
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<li> <strong> Hector Barbera:
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26 points
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<a href="/sport/0/motogp/18108872" title="Stoner announces shock retirement" >Stoner&#039;s shock decision to retire at the end of this year</a>
has started the debate over who will move where early this season, with Crutchlow looking a good bet to replace the out-of-sorts Ben Spies at the factory Yamaha team.
</p>
<p> That would see him partner 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo - unless Lorenzo moves to take the coveted spot at Repsol Honda which is being vacated by Stoner.
</p>
<p> &quot;If you warrant it then it&#039;s right to be able to go to the factory team,&quot; Crutchlow added.
</p>
<p> &quot;All I can do is do my best and see what comes my way. If it happens it happens and if not I&#039;ll go and drive a van for a living or something.
</p>
<p> &quot;Until the best guys in the world move, you can&#039;t move, it&#039;s as simple as that.
</p>
<p> &quot;Casey leaving opens up one space but I don&#039;t see it changing the market too much.&quot;
</p>
<p> Former World Superbike winner Spies was a race winner for Yamaha last season but has struggled so far in 2012, with only one top-10 finish to his name.
</p>
<p> Should Crutchlow leave the Tech3 team after this year, his place will be taken by fellow Briton Bradley Smith -
<a href="/sport/0/motogp/14971723" title="Smith signs MotoGP deal for 2013" >who has already signed a deal for 2013.</a>
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<p> Crutchlow lies fourth in the standings and believes the 12-year wait for a British rider to step on to the podium in MotoGP could soon be over.
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<p> Barry Sheene was the last British rider to win a premier-class grand prix. He won the 500cc race in Sweden in 1981 - four years before Cal Crutchlow was born
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<p id="story_continues_3"> &quot;We&#039;ve done our homework over the last year and if we continue to make progress like we have done then by the end of the year there&#039;s no reason why we can&#039;t be up there consistently,&quot; he said.
</p>
<p> &quot;The expectation is high now because I was close to a race win in Jerez.
</p>
<p> &quot;But it gets harder every year. We are not far away.
</p>
<p> &quot;It won&#039;t be long before we are on the podium but I&#039;d prefer to do it at Silverstone in a few weeks&#039; time rather than in Catalunya!&quot;
</p>
<p> Crutchlow also backed Stoner&#039;s shock decision to leave the sport at the end of the year.
</p>
<p> He said: &quot;If you&#039;ve lost the passion then you don&#039;t want to keep going out risking your life - which is what we do.
</p>
<p> &quot;You can&#039;t stop the man from retiring.
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<p> &quot;But it is disappointing for the championship as he&#039;s the fastest man in the world.
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