2020 Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the second round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 26 July 2020. The Grand Prix was introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was Valentino Rossi's final MotoGP podium before he retired.

  2020 Andalusian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 July 2020
Official name	Gran Premio Red Bull de Andalucía[1][2]
Location	Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:37.007 Fastest lap Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:38.119 on lap 3 Podium First Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Second Maverick Viñales Yamaha Third Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Marco Bezzecchi Kalex Time 1:41.728 Fastest lap Rider Enea Bastianini Kalex Time 1:42.077 on lap 2 Podium First Enea Bastianini Kalex Second Luca Marini Kalex Third Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Tatsuki Suzuki Honda Time 1:45.410 Fastest lap Rider Jaume Masiá Honda Time 1:46.060 on lap 4 Podium First Tatsuki Suzuki Honda Second John McPhee Honda Third Celestino Vietti KTM
MotoE
Pole position Rider Dominique Aegerter Energica Time 1:48.158 Fastest lap Rider Eric Granado Energica Time 1:47.584 on lap 4 Podium First Dominique Aegerter Energica Second Jordi Torres Energica Third Mattia Casadei Energica

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: 2020 MotoGP World Championship § Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Spain

The originally scheduled calendar for 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. The start of the championship was delayed until 19 July, with the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto hosting the Spanish Grand Prix as the opening round of the championship.

Organisers of the race signed a contract with Dorna Sports, the sport's commercial rights holder, to host a second round at the circuit on 26 July (a week after the first race) to be known as the Andalusian Grand Prix. The race was named for Andalusia, the autonomous community of Spain that the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto is located in. The back-to-back Spanish races would mark the first time that a country hosts back-to-back races in the same season.

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	25	41:22.666	1	25
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+4.495	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+5.546	4	16
4	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	25	+6.113	8	13
5	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+7.693	10	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+12.554	14	10
7	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+17.488	12	9
8	73	Álex Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+19.357	21	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Hublot Reale Avintia	Ducati	25	+23.523	15	7
10	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+27.091	20	6
11	53	Tito Rabat	Hublot Reale Avintia	Ducati	25	+33.628	18	5
12	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	25	+36.306	19	4
13	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	24	+1 lap	13	3
Ret	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Racing	Ducati	19	Engine	3
Ret	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	16	Valve System	6
Ret	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	Accident	9
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati Team	Ducati	11	Accident	11
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	Ducati	10	Accident	7
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	8	Accident	16
Ret	27	Iker Lecuona	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	5	Accident Damage	17
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	0	Collision	5
DNS	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Did not start
Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:38.119 (lap 3)
Sources:[3][4][5]

• Marc Márquez withdrew from the event due to effects of a broken arm suffered at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	23	39:23.922	3	25
2	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	23	+2.153	5	20
3	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	23	+3.243	1	16
4	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	23	+3.817	2	13
5	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up	23	+9.155	7	11
6	88	Jorge Martín	Kalex	23	+11.988	6	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	23	+13.857	9	9
8	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	23	+19.590	12	8
9	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	23	+20.199	19	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	23	+20.262	10	6
11	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	23	+20.447	15	5
12	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	23	+21.464	8	4
13	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	23	+24.804	23	3
14	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	23	+26.370	14	2
15	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	23	+27.018	18	1
16	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	23	+27.126	13
17	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	23	+30.228	26
18	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	23	+30.895	11
19	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	23	+41.678	24
20	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	23	+41.793	28
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	20	Accident	16
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	19	Engine	17
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	12	Accident	22
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	9	Accident	4
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	5	Accident	20
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	4	Accident	27
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	4	Accident	25
Ret	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	3	Accident	29
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	2	Accident	21
DNS	2	Jesko Raffin	NTS		Did not start
[6]

• Jesko Raffin withdrew from the event due to a fatigue syndrome.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	22	39:18.861	1	25
2	17	John McPhee	Honda	22	+0.064	8	20
3	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	22	+0.134	9	16
4	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	22	+0.628	25	13
5	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	22	+0.817	3	11
6	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	22	+2.742	4	10
7	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	22	+3.315[N 1]	7	9
8	11	Sergio García	Honda	22	+4.853	13	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	22	+4.887	17	7
10	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	22	+4.988	5	6
11	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	22	+5.301	12	5
12	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	22	+5.603	21	4
13	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	22	+6.783	11	3
14	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	22	+7.729	22	2
15	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	22	+7.776	20	1
16	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	22	+17.641	19
17	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	22	+17.416	29
18	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	22	+20.821	24
19	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	22	+20.833	28
20	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	22	+22.445	26
21	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	22	+22.500	27
22	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+34.688	18
Ret	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	20	Retired	30
Ret	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	19	Clutch	23
Ret	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	18	Accident	14
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	16	Accident Damage	16
Ret	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	15	Collision Damage	10
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	14	Accident	6
Ret	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	14	Collision Damage	2
Ret	12	Filip Salač	Honda	8	Knee Pain	15
DNS	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

• Alonso López suffered a heat exhaustion after Friday practice and withdrew from the event.

MotoE

Pos.	No.	Rider	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	77	Dominique Aegerter	6	10:54.366	1	25
2	40	Jordi Torres	6	+2.688	5	20
3	27	Mattia Casadei	6	+3.759	8	16
4	15	Alex de Angelis	6	+4.484	7	13
5	7	Niccolò Canepa	6	+4.537	9	11
6	35	Lukas Tulovic	6	+5.980	3	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	6	+6.133	13	9
8	16	Joshua Hook	6	+6.513	10	8
9	10	Xavier Siméon	6	+8.695	12	7
10	18	Xavi Cardelús	6	+10.583	11	6
11	6	María Herrera	6	+13.594	17	5
12	84	Jakub Kornfeil	6	+13.641	15	4
13	51	Eric Granado	6	+1:37.947	4	3
Ret	11	Matteo Ferrari	4	Collision	2
Ret	55	Alejandro Medina	3	Accident	6
Ret	61	Alessandro Zaccone	0	Collision	14
Ret	70	Tommaso Marcon	0	Collision	16
DNS	66	Niki Tuuli		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT

• All bikes manufactured by Energica.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^{[7][8][9][10]}

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 50 2 Maverick Viñales 40 3 Andrea Dovizioso 26 6 4 Takaaki Nakagami 19 1 5 Pol Espargaró 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 50 2 Ducati 26 1 3 Honda 19 1 4 KTM 19 1 5 Suzuki 11

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Petronas Yamaha SRT 61 2 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 56 1 3 Ducati Team 33 4 4 LCR Honda 22 2 5 Pramac Racing 22

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Tetsuta Nagashima 50 2 2 Enea Bastianini 48 3 Luca Marini 45 2 4 Arón Canet 30 3 5 Lorenzo Baldassarri 28

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 75 2 Speed Up 32 3 MV Agusta 13 4 NTS 5

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 76 1 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 65 2 3 Italtrans Racing Team 48 4 Openbank Aspar Team Moto2 40 3 5 Flexbox HP40 32

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 50 3 2 Tatsuki Suzuki 44 3 John McPhee 40 2 4 Ai Ogura 36 1 5 Gabriel Rodrigo 30

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 66 2 Honda 65 3 Husqvarna 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Solunion Aspar Team Moto3 56 3 2 Sic58 Squadra Corse 52 3 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 49 4 4 Petronas Sprinta Racing 40 2 5 Sky Racing Team VR46 40

MotoE

	Pos.	Rider	Points
2	1	Dominique Aegerter	41
4	2	Jordi Torres	30
2	3	Eric Granado	28
1	4	Mattia Casadei	27
1	5	Lukas Tulovic	23

Notes

1. 3-second penalty.