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 was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 27 September 2020.

  2020 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 September 2020
Official name	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[1][2]
Location	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.627 km (2.875 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Franco Morbidelli Yamaha Time 1:38.798 Fastest lap Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:40.142 on lap 9 Podium First Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Second Joan Mir Suzuki Third Álex Rins Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position Rider Luca Marini Kalex Time 1:43.355 Fastest lap Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 1:43.544 Podium First Luca Marini Kalex Second Sam Lowes Kalex Third Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up
Moto3
Pole position Rider Tony Arbolino Honda Time 1:47.762 Fastest lap Rider Romano Fenati Husqvarna Time 1:48.702 on lap 3 Podium First Darryn Binder KTM Second Tony Arbolino Honda Third Dennis Foggia Honda

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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 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

Further information: 2020 MotoGP season § Rider changes

• 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
				FP1	FP2	FP3
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:40.431	1:40.860	1:39.418
2	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:41.105	1:40.208	1:39.462
3	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:41.592	1:41.028	1:39.507
4	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:42.059	1:42.257	1:39.702
5	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:41.625	1:39.898	1:39.709
6	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:41.833	1:40.474	1:39.756
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:41.219	1:39.789	1:39.774
8	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:41.536	1:40.502	1:39.836
9	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:42.335	1:40.008	1:39.841
10	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:41.060	1:40.441	1:39.862
11	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:41.790	1:41.337	1:39.897
12	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:42.026	1:40.626	1:39.919
13	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:40.861	1:41.124	1:39.963
14	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:41.316	1:40.538	1:40.016
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:41.609	1:40.412	1:40.023
16	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1:41.549	1:40.754	1:40.071
17	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:41.195	1:40.791	1:40.133
18	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:41.643	1:41.095	1:40.226
19	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:42.061	1:40.478	1:40.283
20	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:42.992	1:41.673	1:40.341
21	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:41.640	1:40.871	1:40.977
22	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:41.969	1:41.260	1:40.898
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Fastest session lap

Personal Best lap

Qualifying

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:38.798	1	1
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.008	2
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.129	3
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:39.399	1:39.225	4	2
5	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.371	5
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.378	6
7	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:39.495	7	3
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:39.628	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.641	9
10	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:39.659	10	4
11	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:39.547	1:39.713	11
12	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:40.188	12
13	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:39.751	N/A	13	5
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:39.777	N/A	14
15	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:39.973	N/A	15
16	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1:39.988	N/A	16	6
17	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:40.109	N/A	17
18	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:40.164	N/A	18
19	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:40.490	N/A	19	7
20	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:40.721	N/A	20
21	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:40.838	N/A	21
22	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:41.013	N/A	22	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 1 REPORT
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 2 REPORT

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	24	40:33.176	2	25
2	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	24	+0.928	8	20
3	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	24	+1.898	13	16
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	24	+2.846	1	13
5	43	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+3.391	4	11
6	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+3.518	14	10
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	24	+3.671	11	9
8	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	+6.117	9	8
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+13.607	5	7
10	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	24	+14.483	16	6
11	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+14.927	10	5
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	24	+15.647	15	4
13	73	Álex Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+17.327	18	3
14	27	Iker Lecuona	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	24	+27.066	19	2
15	53	Tito Rabat	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	24	+27.282	22	1
16	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	24	+28.736	21
17	6	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+32.643	20
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	18	Accident	12
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	15	Accident	3
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	12	Accident	7
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	0	Collision	6
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	0	Collision	17
Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:40.142 (lap 9)
Sources:[5][6][7]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	22	38:11.103	1	25
2	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	22	+0.981	3	20
3	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	22	+4.399	4	16
4	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	22	+5.608	2	13
5	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	22	+5.797	7	11
6	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	22	+6.080	10	10
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	22	+8.552	6	9
8	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up	22	+9.928	19	8
9	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	22	+14.874	8	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	22	+15.058	14	6
11	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	22	+17.687	11	5
12	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	22	+18.910	18	4
13	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	22	+19.017	22	3
14	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	22	+19.315	17	2
15	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	22	+20.404	21	1
16	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	22	+24.358	16[N 1]
17	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	22	+27.561	28
18	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	22	+36.014	25
19	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	22	+36.101	29
20	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	22	+37.659	27
21	74	Piotr Biesiekirski	NTS	22	+1:00.256	30
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	21	Accident	24
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	20	Accident	12
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	20	Accident	26
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Kalex	14	Mechanical	13
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	7	Accident	9
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	5	Throttle Cable	5
Ret	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	3	Exhaust	15
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	2	Collision	23
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	2	Collision	20
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	21	38:32.507	9	25
2	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	21	+0.103	1	20
3	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	21	+0.157	13	16
4	11	Sergio García	Honda	21	+0.232	10	13
5	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna	21	+0.386	16	11
6	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	21	+1.436	15	10
7[N 2]	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	21	+1.218	5	9
8[N 2]	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	21	+1.293	17	8
9	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	21	+1.928	6	7
10	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	21	+1.932	3	6
11	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	21	+2.012	24	5
12	12	Filip Salač	Honda	21	+2.536	7	4
13	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	21	+3.572	2	3
14	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	21	+4.800	25	2
15	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	21	+5.042	26	1
16	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	21	+5.656	31
17	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	21	+6.729	18
18	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	21	+13.556	8
19	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	21	+14.205[N 3]	14
20	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	21	+14.437	20
21	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	21	+23.202	29
22	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	21	+25.032	23
23	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	21	+35.469	30
24	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	21	+35.496	27
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	Handling	11
Ret	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	17	Clutch	21
Ret	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	11	Accident	28
Ret	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	8	Collision	22
Ret	20	José Julián García	Honda	8	Collision	19
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	5	Collision	12
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	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.^[8][9][10]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 1 Fabio Quartararo 108 2 2 Joan Mir 100 3 Maverick Viñales 90 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso 84 5 Franco Morbidelli 77

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 126 1 2 Suzuki 113 1 3 Yamaha 113[a] 2 4 KTM 109 5 Honda 72

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 160 3 2 Petronas Yamaha SRT 148[b] 1 3 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 128[c] 1 4 Ducati Team 123 1 5 Pramac Racing 118

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Luca Marini 150 2 Enea Bastianini 130 3 Marco Bezzecchi 114 4 Sam Lowes 103 5 Jorge Martín 79

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 225 2 Speed Up 82 3 MV Agusta 22 4 NTS 9

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Sky Racing Team VR46 264 2 Red Bull KTM Ajo 151 1 3 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 139 1 4 Italtrans Racing Team 135 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 111

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 1 Ai Ogura 122 1 2 Albert Arenas 119 3 John McPhee 98 2 4 Tony Arbolino 95 1 5 Celestino Vietti 94

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 191 2 KTM 187 3 Husqvarna 61

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 144 3 2 Leopard Racing 130 1 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 130 1 4 Honda Team Asia 122 1 5 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 115

Notes

1. 6-place grid penalty.
2. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
3. 6-second penalty for failing to serve a double long lap penalty.

1. Yamaha scored 163 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[11]
2. Petronas Yamaha SRT riders scored 185 points, but the team was deducted 37 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[11]
3. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 148 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[11]