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2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the third round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Brno Circuit in Brno on 9 August 2020. Fabio Quartararo was the defending MotoGP race winner who aimed for his second consecutive Grand Prix win, having won the previous round.

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In the MotoGP class, Brad Binder took his first victory in the premier class, the first for a South African rider, the first non-European rider to win since Australian Jack Miller in the 2016 Dutch TT, as well the first rookie to win a Grand Prix since Marc Márquez in 2013. With KTM's victory, this race marks the first time a non-Japanese and Italian constructor won a Grand Prix since German constructor König won the 1973 Yugoslavian Grand Prix. In addition, the KTM used the WP Suspension, which is marked the first non-Öhlins suspension to win a race since 2009 Valencian Grand Prix.

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 the Czech Republic

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

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the second round at the Andalusian Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 50 points, leads the championship by ten points over Maverick Viñales, with Andrea Dovizioso a further 14 points behind. In Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 61 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha, who have 56. Ducati Team sit 23 points behind the factory Yamaha in third, and are only 11 points ahead of fourth-placed LCR Honda, who have 22 points, while Pramac Racing sit 5th on 22 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]

MotoGP Qualifying

Q1

In Q1, Álex Rins set the fastest lap of the session with the factory KTM of Brad Binder 0.6 secs behind. Miguel Oliveira was 0.98 sec behind Rins.

Q2

Quartararo initially set a lap of 1.55.990 during his first run. A few minutes later, Johann Zarco recorded a 1.55.687 to secure pole position, and Quartararo achieved second place after crashing on his final run, 0.303 seconds back. Franco Morbidelli was third fastest, 0.311 behind pole position. The rest of the top 10 were: Aleix Espargaró, Maverick Viñales, Pol Espargaró, Brad Binder, Danilo Petrucci, Joan Mir, Valentino Rossi.

This was the first pole position in MotoGP for Esponsorama Racing while being Zarco's 5th overall.

Race

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  • Francesco Bagnaia suffered a broken tibia in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

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  • Simone Corsi suffered a broken toe in a crash during warm-up and was declared unfit to start the race.

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Championship standings after the race

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

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Notes

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    Back of the grid start penalty.

References

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    "2020 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
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    "Brno Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
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    "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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    "2020 Czech MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
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    S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2020 GRAND PRIX ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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    "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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    "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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    "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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    "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 9 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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2020 Andalusian Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
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