2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

2020 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 15 races in the; 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 August 2020
Official name	myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich
Location	Red Bull Ring; Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.318 km (2.683 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Maverick Viñales
Time	1:23.450
Fastest lap
Rider	Álex Rins
Time	1:24.007 on lap 7
Podium
First	Andrea Dovizioso
Second	Joan Mir
Third	Jack Miller
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Remy Gardner
Time	1:28.681
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:29.102 on lap 2
Podium
First	Jorge Martín
Second	Luca Marini
Third	Marcel Schrötter
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Raúl Fernández
Time	1:36.277
Fastest lap
Rider	Darryn Binder
Time	1:36.670 on lap 4
Podium
First	Albert Arenas
Second	Jaume Masiá
Third	John McPhee

The 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fourth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 16 August 2020. Brad Binder was the defending MotoGP race winner who aimed for his second consecutive Grand Prix win, having won his and KTM's first race at the previous round.

Andrea Dovizioso was the defending race winner, having won the race in 2019.^[1]^[2]^[3] The race was won by Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso with Joan Mir in second for Suzuki, his first podium in MotoGP, while Jack Miller finished third for Pramac Racing.

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 Austrian Grand Prix was not impacted by this change and kept its original date.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the third round at the Czech Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 59 points, leads the championship by 17 points over Maverick Viñales, with Franco Morbidelli a further 28 points behind. In Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 90 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha, who have 69. KTM Factory Racing sit 22 points behind the factory Yamaha in third, and are only 5 points ahead of fourth-placed Ducati Team, who have 42 points, while Esponsorama Racing sit 5th on 35 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.^[4]
Ducati test rider Michele Pirro replaced Francesco Bagnaia in Austria while he recovered from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at the Czech round.^{[citation needed]}

Qualifying

MotoGP

Q1

Johann Zarco and Valentino Rossi qualified for Q2.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time
1	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'23.865
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'23.891
3	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'23.915
4	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1'24.151
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'24.228
6	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1'24.405
7	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1'24.485
8	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1'24.490
9	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1'24.662
10	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1'24.831
11	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1'25.287
12	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1'25.431
OFFICIAL MOTOGP Qualifying Nr. 1 REPORT

Q2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Time
1	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'23.450
2	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1'23.518
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1'23.537
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'23.606
5	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1'23.612
6	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1'23.673
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1'23.719
8	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1'23.731
9	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1'23.828
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1'23.872
11	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1'23.939
12	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'23.995
OFFICIAL MOTOGP Qualifying Nr. 2 REPORT

Classification

MotoGP

The race, scheduled to be run for 28 laps, was red-flagged after 8 full laps due to an accident involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli. The race was later restarted over 20 laps with the starting grid determined by the classification of lap 8.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	20	28:20.853	4	25
2	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	20	+1.377	6	20
3	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	20	+1.549	2	16
4	33	Brad Binder	KTM	20	+5.526	17	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	20	+5.837	12	11
6	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	20	+6.403	10	10
7	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	20	+12.498	13	9
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	20	+12.534	3	8
9	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	20	+14.117	16	7
10	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	20	+15.276	1	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	20	+17.772	14	5
12	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	20	+23.271	22	4
13	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	20	+24.868	20	3
14	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	20	+24.943	18	2
15	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	20	+27.435	15	1
16	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	20	+28.502	21
17	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	20	+28.609	19
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	10	Accident	8
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	8	Collision	5
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	8	Collision	11
Ret	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	0	Did not restart	7
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	0	Did not restart	9
Fastest lap: Álex Rins (Suzuki) – 1'24.007 (lap 7)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged after 3 full laps due to an accident involving Enea Bastianini, Hafizh Syahrin, Edgar Pons, and Andi Farid Izdihar. The race was later restarted over 13 laps.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Jorge Martín	Kalex	13	19:24.723	2	25
2	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	13	+2.195	8	20
3	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	13	+4.782	3	16
4	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	13	+7.249	6	13
5	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	13	+7.325	16	11
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	13	+7.771	10	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	13	+9.405	9	9
8	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	13	+9.598	12	8
9	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up	13	+10.023	5	7
10	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	13	+10.890	11	6
11	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	13	+11.170	13	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	NTS	13	+11.803	24	4
13	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	13	+13.002	17	3
14	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	13	+13.385	15	2
15	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	13	+15.865	21	1
16	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	13	+15.897	14
17	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	13	+15.913	19
18	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	13	+16.222	26
19	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	13	+18.830	27
20	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	13	+22.614	28
21	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	13	+25.079	23
22	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	13	+29.300	29
23	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	13	+36.648	30
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	4	Accident	1
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	3	Accident	18
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	0	Accident	7
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	0	Did not restart	4
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	0	Did not restart	20
Ret	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	0	Did not restart	22
Ret	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	0	Did not restart	25
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	23	37:25.323	2	25
2	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	23	+0.049	4	20
3	17	John McPhee	Honda	23	+0.447	3	16
4^{[N 1]}	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	23	+0.121	13	13
5^{[N 1]}	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	23	+0.292	5	11
6^{[N 2]}	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	23	+0.275	22	10
7	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	23	+0.487	8	9
8	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	+1.083	10	8
9	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	23	+1.136	1	7
10	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	23	+1.177	6	6
11	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	23	+2.221	7	5
12^{[N 1]}	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	23	+1.924	12	4
13	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	23	+2.596	16	3
14	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+2.228	18	2
15	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+2.609	19	1
16	11	Sergio García	Honda	23	+2.866	20
17	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+2.920	30
18	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	23	+3.486	9
19	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	23	+4.276^{[N 3]}	15
20	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+4.309	17
21	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	+5.776	11
22	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	23	+8.485	25
23	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna	23	+10.963^{[N 3]}	31
24	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	23	+23.563	21
25	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	23	+23.814	26
26	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	23	+23.970	24
27^{[N 1]}	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	23	+23.929	27
28^{[N 1]}	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	23	+24.064	29
Ret	12	Filip Salač	Honda	22	Retired	14
Ret	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	6	Accident	23
DNS	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	0	Did not start	28
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Khairul Idham Pawi withdrew from the event due to effects of a broken finger suffered at the previous round in Czech Republic.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[5]^[6]^[7]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Fabio Quartararo	67
2	2	Andrea Dovizioso	56
1	3	Maverick Viñales	48
1	4	Brad Binder	41
2	5	Valentino Rossi	38

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Yamaha	81
1	2	Ducati	67
1	3	KTM	57
1	4	Suzuki	44
1	5	Honda	37

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Petronas Yamaha SRT	98
	2	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	86
1	3	Ducati Team	76
1	4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	60
2	5	Team Suzuki Ecstar	50

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	1	Luca Marini	78
1	2	Enea Bastianini	73
3	3	Jorge Martín	59
	4	Sam Lowes	59
2	5	Tetsuta Nagashima	55

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Kalex	125
2	Speed Up	48
3	MV Agusta	13
4	NTS	9

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	SKY Racing Team VR46	118
1	2	Red Bull KTM Ajo	114
1	3	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	84
1	4	Italtrans Racing Team	73
	5	Openbank Aspar Team	60

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Albert Arenas	95
1	2	John McPhee	67
1	3	Ai Ogura	65
	4	Tatsuki Suzuki	50
	5	Raúl Fernández	43

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	KTM	111
1	2	Honda	110
	3	Husqvarna	17

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Valresa Aspar Team	108
3	2	Leopard Racing	71
1	3	SIC58 Squadra Corse	71
2	4	Petronas Sprinta Racing	67
1	5	Honda Team Asia	65

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
^ 2-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
^ ^a ^b 3-second penalty.

References

^ "2019 Austrian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 12 August 2019.
^ "motogp.com · myWorld MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH · MotoGP Race Classification 2019". www.motogp.com.
^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF).
^ "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 13 August 2020.

Previous race: 2020 Czech Republic Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2020 season	Next race: 2020 Styrian Grand Prix
Previous race: 2019 Austrian Grand Prix	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix

[1p-5] 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[6] 2-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[3s-7] 3-second penalty.

[1] "2019 Austrian MotoGP | Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motor Sport Magazine. 12 August 2019.

[2] "motogp.com · myWorld MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH · MotoGP Race Classification 2019". www.motogp.com.

[3] "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF).

[:1-4] "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[8] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[9] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[10] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

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