2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Ducati
Time 1:55.687
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:57.445 on lap 3
Podium
First South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Second Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha
Third France Johann Zarco Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United States Joe Roberts Kalex
Time 2:01.692
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex
Time 2:02.763 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex
Second United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Third United States Joe Roberts Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Raúl Fernández KTM
Time 2:08.372
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jaume Masiá Honda
Time 2:08.885 on lap 2
Podium
First Italy Dennis Foggia Honda
Second Spain Albert Arenas KTM
Third Japan Ai Ogura Honda

The 2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the third round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Brno Circuit in Brno on 9 August 2020. Fabio Quartararo was the defending MotoGP race winner who aimed for his second consecutive Grand Prix win, having won the previous round.

In the MotoGP class, Brad Binder took his first victory in the premier class, the first for a South African rider, the first non-European rider to win since Australian Jack Miller in the 2016 Dutch TT, as well the first rookie to win a Grand Prix since Marc Márquez in 2013. With KTM's victory, this race marks the first time a non-Japanese and Italian constructor won a Grand Prix since German constructor König won the 1973 Yugoslavian Grand Prix. In addition, the KTM used the WP Suspension, which is marked the first non-Öhlins suspension to win a race since 2009 Valencian Grand Prix.

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The opening rounds of 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. However, the Czech Republic Grand Prix was not impacted by this change and kept its original date.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the second round at the Andalusian Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 50 points, leads the championship by ten points over Maverick Viñales, with Andrea Dovizioso a further 14 points behind. In Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 61 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha, who have 56. Ducati Team sit 23 points behind the factory Yamaha in third, and are only 11 points ahead of fourth-placed LCR Honda, who have 22 points, while Pramac Racing sit 5th on 22 points.

MotoGP Entrants

Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.[3]

MotoGP Qualifying

Q1

In Q1, Álex Rins set the fastest lap of the session with the factory KTM of Brad Binder 0.6 secs behind. Miguel Oliveira was 0.98 sec behind Rins.

Q2

Quartararo initially set a lap of 1.55.990 during his first run. A few minutes later, Johann Zarco recorded a 1.55.687 to secure pole position, and Quartararo achieved second place after crashing on his final run, 0.303 seconds back. Franco Morbidelli was third fastest, 0.311 behind pole position. The rest of the top 10 were: Aleix Espargaró, Maverick Viñales, Pol Espargaró, Brad Binder, Danilo Petrucci, Joan Mir, Valentino Rossi.

This was the first pole position in MotoGP for Esponsorama Racing while being Zarco's 5th overall.

Race

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 21 41:38.764 7 25
2 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 21 +5.266 3 20
3 5 France Johann Zarco Esponsorama Racing Ducati 21 +6.470 1 16
4 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 21 +6.609 11 13
5 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +7.517 10 11
6 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 21 +7.969 13 10
7 20 France Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 21 +11.827 2 9
8 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 21 +12.862 17 8
9 43 Australia Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +15.013 14 7
10 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 +15.087 4 6
11 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 21 +16.455 18 5
12 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 21 +18.506 8 4
13 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 21 +18.736 12 3
14 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +19.720 5 2
15 73 Spain Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +24.597 21 1
16 53 Spain Tito Rabat Esponsorama Racing Ducati 21 +29.004 15
17 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 +32.290 19
18 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +55.977 20
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Accident 6
Ret 36 Spain Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 3 Collision 9
Ret 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 3 Collision 16
DNS 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati Did not start
Fastest lap: South Africa Brad Binder (KTM) – 1:57.445 (lap 3)
Sources:[4][5][6]
  • Francesco Bagnaia suffered a broken tibia in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto2

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex 19 39:13.926 3 25
2 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 19 +0.423 2 20
3 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 19 +5.948 1 16
4 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 19 +8.797 10 13
5 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 19 +9.392 8 11
6 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 19 +10.306 5 10
7 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Speed Up 19 +10.575 11 9
8 88 Spain Jorge Martín Kalex 19 +11.366 6 8
9 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 19 +12.875 4 7
10 44 Spain Arón Canet Speed Up 19 +14.266 15 6
11 45 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 19 +15.378 20 5
12 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 19 +19.031 12 4
13 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 19 +19.282 21 3
14 11 Italy Nicolò Bulega Kalex 19 +19.598 19 2
15 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 19 +19.638 7 1
16 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 19 +22.245 9
17 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 19 +24.406 25
18 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder NTS 19 +25.065 17
19 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 19 +25.170 16
20 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 19 +26.727 26
21 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter NTS 19 +27.004 22
22 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 19 +29.986 18
23 35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex 19 +36.034 24
24 19 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 19 +36.411 27
25 27 Indonesia Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 19 +45.780 28
Ret 62 Italy Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 11 Accident 13
Ret 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 10 Rear Brakes 14
Ret 40 Spain Héctor Garzó Kalex 5 Accident 23
Ret 99 Malaysia Kasma Daniel Kalex 3 Accident 29
DNS 24 Italy Simone Corsi MV Agusta Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT
  • Simone Corsi suffered a broken toe in a crash during warm-up and was declared unfit to start the race.

Moto3

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 Italy Dennis Foggia Honda 18 39:06.370 5 25
2 75 Spain Albert Arenas KTM 18 +0.205 7 20
3 79 Japan Ai Ogura Honda 18 +0.251 4 16
4 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +0.381 12 13
5 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 18 +0.509 18 11
6 25 Spain Raúl Fernández KTM 18 +0.808 1 10
7 52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba Honda 18 +0.889 6 9
8 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 18 +1.647 8 8
9 55 Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna 18 +1.648 9 7
10 82 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 18 +8.815 14 6
11 27 Japan Kaito Toba KTM 18 +8.828 16 5
12 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 18 +8.849 15 4
13 13 Italy Celestino Vietti KTM 18 +8.866 24 3
14 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 18 +8.986 11 2
15 53 Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM 18 +9.089 19 1
16 11 Spain Sergio García Honda 18 +9.124 27
17 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 18 +9.589 17
18 99 Spain Carlos Tatay KTM 18 +9.723 22
19 2 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 18 +12.594 2
20 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki KTM 18 +12.656 28
21 70 Belgium Barry Baltus KTM 18 +23.720 21
22 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 18 +23.766 30
23 50 Switzerland Jason Dupasquier KTM 18 +31.955 29
24 9 Italy Davide Pizzoli KTM 18 +36.734 31[N 1]
25 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač Honda 18 +47.046 20
Ret 5 Spain Jaume Masiá Honda 15 Accident 13
Ret 92 Japan Yuki Kunii Honda 14 Accident Damage 10
Ret 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 9 Accident 3
Ret 21 Spain Alonso López Husqvarna 9 Accident 25
Ret 73 Austria Maximilian Kofler KTM 8 Accident Damage 26
Ret 54 Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM 7 Accident 23
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Rider Points
1 France Fabio Quartararo 59
2 Spain Maverick Viñales 42
7 3 Italy Franco Morbidelli 31
1 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso 31
13 5 South Africa Brad Binder 28
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 Japan Yamaha 70
2 2 Austria KTM 44
1 3 Italy Ducati 42
1 4 Japan Honda 27
5 Japan Suzuki 24
Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Team Points
1 Malaysia Petronas Yamaha SRT 90
2 Japan Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 69
3 3 Austria Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 47
1 4 Italy Ducati Team 42
2 5 Spain Esponsorama Racing 35

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Rider Points
1 1 Italy Enea Bastianini 73
1 2 Italy Luca Marini 58
2 3 Japan Tetsuta Nagashima 55
3 4 United Kingdom Sam Lowes 46
1 5 Spain Arón Canet 36
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 Germany Kalex 100
2 Italy Speed Up 41
3 Italy MV Agusta 13
4 Japan NTS 5
Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Team Points
1 Finland Red Bull KTM Ajo 89
2 Italy Sky Racing Team VR46 88
3 Italy Italtrans Racing Team 73
2 4 Belgium EG 0,0 Marc VDS 63
1 5 Spain Openbank Aspar Team 53

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Rider Points
1 Spain Albert Arenas 70
2 2 Japan Ai Ogura 52
3 United Kingdom John McPhee 51
2 4 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki 44
2 5 Spain Raúl Fernández 36
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 1 Japan Honda 90
1 2 Austria KTM 86
3 Sweden Husqvarna 17
Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Team Points
1 Spain Gaviota Aspar Team 82
2 Italy Sic58 Squadra Corse 65
3 Italy Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 58
2 4 Japan Honda Team Asia 52
4 5 Luxembourg Leopard Racing 51

Notes

  1. ^ Back of the grid start penalty.

References

  1. ^ "2020 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  2. ^ "Brno Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Czech MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2020 GRAND PRIX ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.

External links

  • "MotoGP Official Website". Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.


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