2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 4 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 August 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Brno Circuit Brno, Czech Republic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 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) | ||||||||
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- Francesco Bagnaia suffered a broken tibia in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.
Moto2
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- 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 |
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| 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 | |
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Championship standings after the race
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[7][8][9]
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Notes
- ↑ Back of the grid start penalty.
References
- ↑ "2020 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ↑ "Brno Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ↑ "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ↑ "2020 Czech MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
- ↑ S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2020 GRAND PRIX ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ↑ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ↑ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ↑ "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.