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2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the first round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 19 July 2020. It was initially scheduled to be held on 3 May but was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spain  2020 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 15 races in the
2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 July 2020
Official nameGran Premio Red Bull de España
LocationCircuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto
Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:36.705
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:38.372 on lap 11
Podium
First France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Second Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Kalex
Time 1:41.384
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex
Time 1:41.995 on lap 11
Podium
First Italy Luca Marini Kalex
Second Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex
Third Spain Jorge Martín Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda
Time 1:45.465
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Sergio García Honda
Time 1:46.165 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Albert Arenas KTM
Second Japan Ai Ogura Honda
Third Italy Tony Arbolino Honda
MotoE
Pole position
Rider Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Time 1:48.620
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Time 1:47.656 on lap 2
Podium
First Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Second Italy Matteo Ferrari Energica
Third Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Energica

Fabio Quartararo took his first victory in the premier class, the first for a French rider since Regis Laconi at the 1999 Valencian Grand Prix, the first for a Yamaha satellite team, as well as the first non-Honda satellite rider to win a Grand Prix.

Background edit

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic edit

See also: 2020 MotoGP season § Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

The originally scheduled calendar for the 2020 championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Qatar, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. The start of the championship was delayed until 19 July, with the Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto hosting the Spanish Grand Prix as the opening round of the championship. Organisers of the race signed a contract with Dorna Sports, the sport's commercial rights holder, to host a second round at the circuit on 26 July (a week after the first race) to be known as the Andalusian Grand Prix.[1] The back-to-back Spanish races would mark the first time that a country hosts back-to-back races in the same season. This would also mark the first time in the sport's history that the same venue and circuit layout would have hosted back-to-back World Championship races and the first time that a MotoGP race weekend was held behind closed doors.

Entrants edit

Twenty two riders representing eleven teams entered the race. Álex Márquez and Brad Binder made their competitive debuts with Repsol Honda and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing respectively, and Iker Lecuona started his first full season with Red Bull KTM Tech3 having previously raced for them at the 2019 Valencian Grand Prix.[2]

Race edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 20   Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 25 41:23.796 1 25
2 12   Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +4.603 2 20
3 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 25 +5.946 7 16
4 43   Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +6.668 5 13
5 21   Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 25 +6.844 8 11
6 44   Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 25 +6.938 6 10
7 63   Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +13.027 4 9
8 88   Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 25 +13.441 15 8
9 9   Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 25 +19.651 12 7
10 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 25 +21.553 13 6
11 5   Johann Zarco Hublot Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +25.100 18 5
12 73   Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +27.350 19 4
13 33   Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 25 +29.640 11 3
14 53   Tito Rabat Hublot Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +32.898 17 2
15 38   Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +39.682 16 1
Ret 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 Accident 3
Ret 27   Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 19 Heat Syncope 20
Ret 46   Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 18 Electronics 9
Ret 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2 Accident 14
Ret 36   Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 1 Accident 10
DNS 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda Did not start
DNS 42   Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki Did not start
Fastest lap:   Marc Márquez (Honda) – 1:38.372 (lap 11)
Sources:[3][4][5]
  • Cal Crutchlow suffered a back injury in a crash during warm-up and was declared unfit to start the race.
  • Álex Rins suffered a shoulder injury in a crash during qualifying and was declared unfit to start the race.

Moto2 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10   Luca Marini Kalex 23 39:23.297 4 25
2 45   Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 23 +1.271 8 20
3 88   Jorge Martín Kalex 23 +4.838 1 16
4 22   Sam Lowes Kalex 23 +6.200 3 13
5 44   Arón Canet Speed Up 23 +10.794 6 11
6 55   Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 23 +15.578 15 10
7 87   Remy Gardner Kalex 23 +17.426 12 9
8 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 23 +19.416 10 8
9 33   Enea Bastianini Kalex 23 +19.505 11 7
10 97   Xavi Vierge Kalex 23 +19.590 9 6
11 62   Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 23 +21.269 23 5
12 40   Héctor Garzó Kalex 23 +21.405 14 4
13 37   Augusto Fernández Kalex 23 +24.550 24 3
14 11   Nicolò Bulega Kalex 23 +26.232 20 2
15 24   Simone Corsi MV Agusta 23 +27.303 21 1
16 57   Edgar Pons Kalex 23 +32.566 13
17 16   Joe Roberts Kalex 23 +33.951 16
18 96   Jake Dixon Kalex 23 +36.432 17
19 19   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 23 +43.699 27
20 27   Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 23 +43.889 28
21 2   Jesko Raffin NTS 23 +1:02.884 29
22 99   Kasma Daniel Kalex 23 +1:09.455 30
23 42   Marcos Ramírez Kalex 22 +1 lap 25
Ret 12   Thomas Lüthi Kalex 20 Accident 19
Ret 21   Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 16 Handling 18
Ret 23   Marcel Schrötter Kalex 7 Accident 7
Ret 72   Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 6 Accident 5
Ret 64   Bo Bendsneyder NTS 6 Accident 22
Ret 35   Somkiat Chantra Kalex 5 Accident 26
Ret 9   Jorge Navarro Speed Up 0 Collision 2
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 75   Albert Arenas KTM 22 39:26.256 7 25
2 79   Ai Ogura Honda 22 +0.340 15 20
3 14   Tony Arbolino Honda 22 +0.369 10 16
4 16   Andrea Migno KTM 22 +0.546 2 13
5 13   Celestino Vietti KTM 22 +0.634 5 11
6 25   Raúl Fernández KTM 22 +0.682 4 10
7 2   Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 22 +0.753 9 9
8 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 22 +0.881 1 8
9 23   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 22 +0.986 12 7
10 5   Jaume Masiá Honda 22 +3.646 11 6
11 71   Ayumu Sasaki KTM 22 +3.751 17 5
12 82   Stefano Nepa KTM 22 +3.936 16 4
13 55   Romano Fenati Husqvarna 22 +4.157 8 3
14 21   Alonso López Husqvarna 22 +6.086 27 2
15[N 1] 52   Jeremy Alcoba Honda 22 +5.608 6 1
16 6   Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 22 +6.098 25
17 11   Sergio García Honda 22 +6.256 31
18 40   Darryn Binder KTM 22 +17.642 21
19 27   Kaito Toba KTM 22 +28.324 13
20 73   Maximilian Kofler KTM 22 +28.406 26
21 50   Jason Dupasquier KTM 22 +28.640 28
22 89   Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 22 +28.844 30
23 9   Davide Pizzoli KTM 22 +29.026 22
24 70   Barry Baltus KTM 22 +33.352 29
25 53   Deniz Öncü KTM 22 +1:03.589 18
Ret 17   John McPhee Honda 21 Collision 3
Ret 92   Yuki Kunii Honda 16 Handling 20
Ret 12   Filip Salač Honda 10 Accident Damage 14
Ret 54   Riccardo Rossi KTM 7 Accident Damage 24
Ret 7   Dennis Foggia Honda 0 Collision 19
Ret 99   Carlos Tatay KTM 0 Collision 23
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

MotoE edit

Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 51   Eric Granado 6 10:55.542 1 25
2 11   Matteo Ferrari 6 +3.044 4 20
3 77   Dominique Aegerter 6 +3.299 3 16
4 35   Lukas Tulovic 6 +3.517 2 13
5 27   Mattia Casadei 6 +4.082 10 11
6 40   Jordi Torres 6 +4.245 8 10
7 55   Alejandro Medina 6 +4.906 5 9
8 10   Xavier Siméon 6 +5.475 6 8
9 16   Joshua Hook 6 +5.795 13 7
10 63   Mike Di Meglio 6 +8.484 11 6
11 66   Niki Tuuli 6 +8.791 9 5
12 70   Tommaso Marcon 6 +10.301 15 4
13 7   Niccolò Canepa 6 +10.579 17 3
14 18   Xavi Cardelús 6 +10.868 12 2
15 6   María Herrera 6 +14.311 14 1
16 84   Jakub Kornfeil 6 +21.385 16
17 15   Alex de Angelis 6 +26.977[N 2] 7
WD 61   Alessandro Zaccone Withdrew
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[6][7][8][9]

MotoGP edit

Moto2 edit

Moto3 edit

MotoE edit

Pos. Rider Points
1   Eric Granado 25
2   Matteo Ferrari 20
3   Dominique Aegerter 16
4   Lukas Tulovic 13
5   Mattia Casadei 11

Notes edit

  1. ^ 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
  2. ^ 21-second penalty.

References edit

  1. ^ "MotoGP announces 13-round European calendar". Crash.net. CMG. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  2. ^ Sports, Dorna (23 October 2019). "Red Bull KTM MotoGP 2020 line-up confirmed". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 Spanish MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  4. ^ "Gran Premio Red Bull de España". motogp.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. ^ Official MOTOGP Race Report
  6. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  9. ^ "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

External links edit


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2020 Andalusian Grand Prix
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2019 Spanish Grand Prix 		Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2021 Spanish Grand Prix
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