2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya) was the ninth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the eighth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It is scheduled to be held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 27 September 2020.
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Race 9 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 27 September 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The opening rounds of the 2020 championship were 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. On 11 June, a new schedule based solely within Europe was announced. The Catalan Grand Prix, originally scheduled for June 7, was placed on September 27.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race
After the eighth round at the 2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini's Coast Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso on 83 points, lead the championship by one point over Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales, with Joan Mir a further 4 points behind.
In the Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 147 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha with 141. Suzuki Ecstar Team is third with 124 points, by 9 points over Ducati Team, while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing sat 5th on 110 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][4]
Free practice
MotoGP
The first practice session ended with Fabio Quartararo fastest for Petronas Yamaha SRT ahead of Ducati Corse's Andrea Dovizioso and Team Suzuki Ecstar's Joan Mir. The second practice session ended with Franco Morbidelli fastest for Petronas Yamaha SRT, followed by Johann Zarco and Brad Binder.
Combined Free Practice 1-2-3
The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Pos. | No. | Bikers | Constructor | Free practice times | ||||
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FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | ||||||
1 | 20 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1:40.431 | 1:40.860 | 1:39.418 | ||
2 | 25 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1:41.105 | 1:40.208 | 1:39.462 | ||
3 | 88 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:41.592 | 1:41.028 | 1:39.507 | ||
4 | 9 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:42.059 | 1:42.257 | 1:39.702 | ||
5 | 5 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:41.625 | 1:39.898 | 1:39.709 | ||
6 | 44 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:41.833 | 1:40.474 | 1:39.756 | ||
7 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1:41.219 | 1:39.789 | 1:39.774 | ||
8 | 46 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 1:41.536 | 1:40.502 | 1:39.836 | ||
9 | 33 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:42.335 | 1:40.008 | 1:39.841 | ||
10 | 36 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 1:41.060 | 1:40.441 | 1:39.862 | ||
11 | 63 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:41.790 | 1:41.337 | 1:39.897 | ||
12 | 43 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:42.026 | 1:40.626 | 1:39.919 | ||
13 | 4 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:40.861 | 1:41.124 | 1:39.963 | ||
14 | 42 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 1:41.316 | 1:40.538 | 1:40.016 | ||
15 | 30 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:41.609 | 1:40.412 | 1:40.023 | ||
16 | 35 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:41.549 | 1:40.754 | 1:40.071 | ||
17 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1:41.195 | 1:40.791 | 1:40.133 | ||
18 | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1:41.643 | 1:41.095 | 1:40.226 | ||
19 | 73 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:42.061 | 1:40.478 | 1:40.283 | ||
20 | 53 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:42.992 | 1:41.673 | 1:40.341 | ||
21 | 27 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:41.640 | 1:40.871 | 1:40.977 | ||
22 | 6 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:41.969 | 1:41.260 | 1:40.898 | ||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT | ||||||||
Qualifying
MotoGP
Pos. | No. | Rider | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid |
Row | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | |||||||
1 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:38.798 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 20 | ![]() |
Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.008 | 2 | ||
3 | 46 | ![]() |
Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.129 | 3 | ||
4 | 43 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:39.399 | 1:39.225 | 4 | 2 | |
5 | 12 | ![]() |
Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.371 | 5 | ||
6 | 5 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.378 | 6 | ||
7 | 44 | ![]() |
KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.495 | 7 | 3 | |
8 | 36 | ![]() |
Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.628 | 8 | ||
9 | 9 | ![]() |
Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.641 | 9 | ||
10 | 33 | ![]() |
KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.659 | 10 | 4 | |
11 | 30 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:39.547 | 1:39.713 | 11 | ||
12 | 88 | ![]() |
KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:40.188 | 12 | ||
13 | 42 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 1:39.751 | N/A | 13 | 5 | |
14 | 63 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:39.777 | N/A | 14 | ||
15 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1:39.973 | N/A | 15 | ||
16 | 35 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:39.988 | N/A | 16 | 6 | |
17 | 4 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:40.109 | N/A | 17 | ||
18 | 73 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:40.164 | N/A | 18 | ||
19 | 27 | ![]() |
KTM | 1:40.490 | N/A | 19 | 7 | |
20 | 6 | ![]() |
Honda | 1:40.721 | N/A | 20 | ||
21 | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1:40.838 | N/A | 21 | ||
22 | 53 | ![]() |
Ducati | 1:41.013 | N/A | 22 | 8 | |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 1 REPORT | ||||||||
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 2 REPORT | ||||||||
Classification
MotoGP
Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 20 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | 40:33.176 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 36 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 24 | +0.928 | 8 | 20 |
3 | 42 | ![]() |
Suzuki | 24 | +1.898 | 13 | 16 |
4 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | +2.846 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 43 | ![]() |
Ducati | 24 | +3.391 | 4 | 11 |
6 | 63 | ![]() |
Ducati | 24 | +3.518 | 14 | 10 |
7 | 30 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +3.671 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 9 | ![]() |
Ducati | 24 | +6.117 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 12 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | +13.607 | 5 | 7 |
10 | 35 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +14.483 | 16 | 6 |
11 | 33 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +14.927 | 10 | 5 |
12 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +15.647 | 15 | 4 |
13 | 73 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +17.327 | 18 | 3 |
14 | 27 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +27.066 | 19 | 2 |
15 | 53 | ![]() |
Ducati | 24 | +27.282 | 22 | 1 |
16 | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +28.736 | 21 | |
17 | 6 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +32.643 | 20 | |
Ret | 88 | ![]() |
KTM | 18 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 46 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 15 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() |
KTM | 12 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() |
Ducati | 0 | Collision | 6 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() |
Ducati | 0 | Collision | 17 | |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT |
Moto2
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 10 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | 38:11.103 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 22 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +0.981 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 22 | +4.399 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 9 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 22 | +5.608 | 2 | 13 |
5 | 16 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +5.797 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 33 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +6.080 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 72 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +8.552 | 6 | 9 |
8 | 44 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 22 | +9.928 | 19 | 8 |
9 | 42 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +14.874 | 8 | 7 |
10 | 23 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +15.058 | 14 | 6 |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +17.687 | 11 | 5 |
12 | 45 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +18.910 | 18 | 4 |
13 | 40 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +19.017 | 22 | 3 |
14 | 57 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +19.315 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 24 | ![]() |
MV Agusta | 22 | +20.404 | 21 | 1 |
16 | 87 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +24.358 | 16[N 1] | |
17 | 64 | ![]() |
NTS | 22 | +27.561 | 28 | |
18 | 55 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 22 | +36.014 | 25 | |
19 | 27 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +36.101 | 29 | |
20 | 99 | ![]() |
Kalex | 22 | +37.659 | 27 | |
21 | 74 | ![]() |
NTS | 22 | +1:00.256 | 30 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Kalex | 21 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 37 | ![]() |
Kalex | 20 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() |
Kalex | 20 | Accident | 26 | |
Ret | 88 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | Mechanical | 13 | |
Ret | 97 | ![]() |
Kalex | 7 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 96 | ![]() |
Kalex | 5 | Throttle Cable | 5 | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() |
Kalex | 3 | Exhaust | 15 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
Kalex | 2 | Collision | 23 | |
Ret | 62 | ![]() |
MV Agusta | 2 | Collision | 20 | |
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT |
Moto3
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 40 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | 38:32.507 | 9 | 25 |
2 | 14 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +0.103 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +0.157 | 13 | 16 |
4 | 11 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +0.232 | 10 | 13 |
5 | 21 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 21 | +0.386 | 16 | 11 |
6 | 55 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 21 | +1.436 | 15 | 10 |
7[N 2] | 5 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +1.218 | 5 | 9 |
8[N 2] | 13 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +1.293 | 17 | 8 |
9 | 23 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +1.928 | 6 | 7 |
10 | 2 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +1.932 | 3 | 6 |
11 | 79 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +2.012 | 24 | 5 |
12 | 12 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +2.536 | 7 | 4 |
13 | 25 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +3.572 | 2 | 3 |
14 | 82 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +4.800 | 25 | 2 |
15 | 6 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +5.042 | 26 | 1 |
16 | 70 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +5.656 | 31 | |
17 | 71 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +6.729 | 18 | |
18 | 27 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +13.556 | 8 | |
19 | 52 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +14.205[N 3] | 14 | |
20 | 54 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +14.437 | 20 | |
21 | 92 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +23.202 | 29 | |
22 | 50 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +25.032 | 23 | |
23 | 73 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +35.469 | 30 | |
24 | 89 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | +35.496 | 27 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
KTM | 18 | Handling | 11 | |
Ret | 99 | ![]() |
KTM | 17 | Clutch | 21 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
KTM | 11 | Accident | 28 | |
Ret | 53 | ![]() |
KTM | 8 | Collision | 22 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Honda | 8 | Collision | 19 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
Honda | 5 | Collision | 12 | |
Ret | 75 | ![]() |
KTM | 5 | Collision | 4 | |
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT |
Championship standings after the race
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[5][6][7]
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Notes
- 6-place grid penalty.
- 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
- 6-second penalty for failing to serve a double long lap penalty.
References
- "2020 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- "Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 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.
- "Marc Marquez to miss another MotoGP". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
External links
- "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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