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.

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

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic 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. 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 Twenty two riders representing eleven teams entered the race. Álex Márquez and Brad Binder made their competitive debuts with Repsol Honda Team 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.

Race MotoGP 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 startFastest lap: Marc Márquez (Honda) – 1:38.372 (lap 11) Sources:Official MOTOGP Race Report 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 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 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 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 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 7 WD 61 Alessandro Zaccone Withdrew OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT All bikes manufactured by Energica.

Championship standings after the race Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 25 2 Maverick Viñales 20 3 Andrea Dovizioso 16 4 Jack Miller 13 5 Franco Morbidelli 11

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Ducati 16 3 KTM 10 4 Honda 6 5 Aprilia 1

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Petronas Yamaha SRT 36 2 Ducati Team 23 3 Pramac Racing 22 4 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 20 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 13

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Tetsuta Nagashima 45 2 Lorenzo Baldassarri 28 23 3 Luca Marini 25 1 4 Enea Bastianini 23 5 Remy Gardner 20

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 50 2 Speed Up 21 1 3 MV Agusta 6 1 4 NTS 5

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 61 2 Flexbox HP40 32 8 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 29 5 4 Inde Aspar Team Moto2 29 2 5 Italtrans Racing Team 23

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 50 1 2 Ai Ogura 36 1 3 John McPhee 20 4 Jaume Masiá 19 5 Tatsuki Suzuki 19

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 KTM 50 2 Honda 40 3 Husqvarna 6

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 54 3 2 Honda Team Asia 36 1 3 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 29 1 4 Leopard Racing 26 1 5 Sic58 Squadra Corse 26

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

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