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2020 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Michelin de Aragón) was the eleventh round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the tenth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the MotorLand Aragón in Alcañiz on 18 October 2020.

Aragon  2020 Aragon Grand Prix
Race details
Race 11 of 15 races in the
2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 October 2020
Official nameGran Premio Michelin de Aragón
LocationMotorLand Aragón
Alcañiz, Spain
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.077 km (3.155 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:47.076
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álex Rins Suzuki
Time 1:48.404 on lap 3
Podium
First Spain Álex Rins Suzuki
Second Spain Álex Márquez Honda
Third Spain Joan Mir Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:51.651
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Kalex
Time 1:52.081 on lap 2
Podium
First United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Second Italy Enea Bastianini Kalex
Third Spain Jorge Martín Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Raúl Fernández KTM
Time 1:57.681
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Darryn Binder KTM
Time 1:58.070 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Jaume Masiá Honda
Second South Africa Darryn Binder KTM
Third Spain Raúl Fernández KTM

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 opening rounds of the 2020 championship have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Aragon Grand Prix, scheduled in the original calendar on October 4 as the sixteenth race of the season, was brought forward by a week following the initial postponement of the Thailand Grand Prix (later cancelled on July 31) on the first Sunday in October (the Thailand stage was initially scheduled for 22 March as the second leg of the championship). 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. A new calendar based exclusively in Europe was announced on 11 June. The race in Aragon was placed on 18 October as the tenth GP of the season.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race edit

After the ninth round at the 2020 French Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo leads the drivers' championship with 115 points, with a 5-point advantage over Joan Mir. Andrea Dovizioso is third with 97 points, one more than Maverick Viñales, while Takaaki Nakagami is fifth with 81 points.

In the manufacturers' standings, Yamaha leads with 170 points, ahead of Ducati with 151 points. KTM is third with 125 points, seven more than Suzuki. Honda is fifth with 99 points and Aprilia closes the standings with 32 points.

In the team championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT is first with 196 points, followed by Team Suzuki Ecstar and Ducati Team with 165 and 161 points respectively. Monster Energy Yamaha is fourth with 154 points, KTM Factory Racing is fifth with 135 points.

MotoGP Entrants edit

Further information: 2020 MotoGP season § Rider changes
  • Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez for the eighth straight race while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.[1][2]
  • Valentino Rossi tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on 15 October, requiring him to quarantine for a minimum of 10 days according to Italian law and forcing him to miss the Aragon and Teruel rounds. Yamaha confirmed that they would not field a replacement for Rossi at the Teruel round on 25 October.
  • As Rossi and Marc Márquez missed the race, it was the first time since the 1999 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix that no current or former premier class champion lined up on the grid.[3]

Free practice edit

MotoGP edit

In the first session Maverick Viñales was the fastest ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo.[4] The Spaniard confirmed his first position in the second session, while the Petronas Yamaha SRT bikers swapped positions.[5] In the third session Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Cal Crutchlow and Pol Espargaró.[6]

Race edit

MotoGP edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42   Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 23 41:54.391 10 25
2 73   Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +0.263 11 20
3 36   Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 23 +2.644 6 16
4 12   Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 23 +2.880 2 13
5 30   Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 23 +4.570 7 11
6 21   Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 +4.756 4 10
7 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 23 +8.639 13 9
8 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 23 +8.913 3 8
9 43   Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 23 +9.390 5 7
10 5   Johann Zarco Esponsorama Racing Ducati 23 +9.617 16 6
11 33   Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 23 +13.200 14 5
12 44   Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 23 +13.689 12 4
13 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 23 +14.598 9 3
14 27   Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 23 +15.291 15 2
15 9   Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 23 +15.941 8 1
16 88   Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 23 +18.284 18
17 6   Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +20.136 21
18 20   Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 +21.498 1
19 38   Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 23 +25.300 19
20 53   Tito Rabat Esponsorama Racing Ducati 23 +25.558 20
Ret 63   Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati 2 Accident 17
Fastest lap:   Álex Rins (Suzuki) – 1:48.404 (lap 3)
Sources:[7][8][9]

Moto2 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 22   Sam Lowes Kalex 21 39:33.202 1 25
2 33   Enea Bastianini Kalex 21 +4.195 12 20
3 88   Jorge Martín Kalex 21 +4.340 8 16
4 96   Jake Dixon Kalex 21 +9.298 4 13
5 87   Remy Gardner Kalex 21 +14.765 10 11
6 42   Marcos Ramírez Kalex 21 +15.130 5 10
7 40   Héctor Garzó Kalex 21 +15.192 15 9
8 16   Joe Roberts Kalex 21 +17.024 11 8
9 45   Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 21 +19.000 14 7
10 24   Simone Corsi MV Agusta 21 +20.206 18 6
11 37   Augusto Fernández Kalex 21 +22.661 9 5
12 12   Thomas Lüthi Kalex 21 +22.692 13 4
13 57   Edgar Pons Kalex 21 +22.995 16 3
14 62   Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 21 +23.301 23 2
15 23   Marcel Schrötter Kalex 21 +23.989 22 1
16 97   Xavi Vierge Kalex 21 +26.747 20
17 19   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 21 +26.862 24
18 11   Nicolò Bulega Kalex 21 +27.686 26
19 55   Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 21 +27.761 19
20 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 21 +27.892 21
21 64   Bo Bendsneyder NTS 21 +36.250 17
22 27   Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 21 +44.779 27
23 35   Somkiat Chantra Kalex 21 +45.687 25
24 18   Xavi Cardelús Speed Up 21 +47.231 28
25 99   Kasma Daniel Kalex 21 +58.178 30
26 74   Piotr Biesiekirski NTS 21 +1:05.154 29
27 9   Jorge Navarro Speed Up 18 +3 laps 6
Ret 72   Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 19 Accident 2
Ret 21   Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 10 Accident 3
Ret 10   Luca Marini Kalex 2 Accident 7
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3 edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5   Jaume Masiá Honda 19 37:45.009 17 25
2 40   Darryn Binder KTM 19 +0.091 11 20
3 25   Raúl Fernández KTM 19 +0.196 1 16
4 55   Romano Fenati Husqvarna 19 +0.327 6 13
5 17   John McPhee Honda 19 +0.368 10 11
6 52   Jeremy Alcoba Honda 19 +0.385 16 10
7 75   Albert Arenas KTM 19 +0.396 3 9
8 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 19 +1.933 5 8
9 13   Celestino Vietti KTM 19 +2.389 2 7
10 7   Dennis Foggia Honda 19 +2.461 20 6
11 27   Kaito Toba KTM 19 +2.966 19 5
12 99   Carlos Tatay KTM 19 +3.020 7 4
13 71   Ayumu Sasaki KTM 19 +4.872 18 3
14 79   Ai Ogura Honda 19 +10.949 8 2
15 53   Deniz Öncü KTM 19 +10.979 15 1
16 12   Filip Salač Honda 19 +11.172 22
17 21   Alonso López Husqvarna 19 +13.861 4
18 23   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 19 +19.761 12
19 11   Sergio García Honda 19 +21.284 14
20 92   Yuki Kunii Honda 19 +21.339 25
21 54   Riccardo Rossi KTM 19 +21.379 27
22 50   Jason Dupasquier KTM 19 +21.440 23
23 82   Stefano Nepa KTM 19 +21.520 24
24 6   Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 19 +36.570 30
25 70   Barry Baltus KTM 19 +36.628 29
26 9   Davide Pizzoli KTM 19 +36.676 26
27 89   Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 19 +36.739 28
Ret 73   Maximilian Kofler KTM 17 Accident 21
Ret 16   Andrea Migno KTM 8 Accident 13
Ret 2   Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 0 Accident 9
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[10][11][12]

MotoGP edit

Moto2 edit

Moto3 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Yamaha scored 183 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[13]
  2. ^ Petronas Yamaha SRT riders scored 202 points, but the team was deducted 37 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[13]
  3. ^ Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 167 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Marc Marquez to miss another MotoGP". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. ^ Sports, Dorna. "New generation in Aragon: a first since Rio 1999". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  4. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE ARAGÓN MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2020" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE ARAGÓN MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2020" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE ARAGÓN MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2020" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  7. ^ "2020 Aragon MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  8. ^ Gran Premio Michelin de Aragon. (2020). MotoGP RAC Classification 2020. https://www.motogp.com/en/gp-results/2020/ARA/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.
  9. ^ OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
  10. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "Yamaha handed penalties, no effect on rider points". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2020-11-05. Retrieved 2020-11-05.

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