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2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix

2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France) was the tenth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, the ninth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship and the last race of the 2020 MotoE World Cup, which represent the end of the season for the MotoE class. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 11 October 2020.

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Spaniard Jordi Torres won the MotoE World Cup in the second race.

Italian Danilo Petrucci won the MotoGP with a time of 45:54.736 on his Ducati. Notably, Spaniard Joan Mir, during a practice session, lost his balance on entering a left turn and slid on his side for about 50 metres before managing to use the momentum as he entered the gravel pit to seamlessly regain his footing and fluidly transfer his momentum into a running action.[1] Mir's smooth recovery became a popular internet meme in various incarnations.[2][3][4]

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 French Grand Prix, originally scheduled for May 17 as the sixth Grand Prix of the season, was placed on October 11.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After his victory in the Catalan Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo climbed to the top of the drivers' standings with 108 points, 8 points ahead of Joan Mir and 18 over Maverick Viñales. Andrea Dovizioso, previous leader of the classification, due to the accident with Johann Zarco in the Catalan race, fell to fourth place with 84 points, followed by Franco Morbidelli with 77 points.

In the team championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 185 points leads the Suzuki Ecstar Team Championship with 160. Monster Energy Yamaha is third with 148 points, followed by the Ducati Team and Pramac Racing with 123 and 118 points respectively.

MotoGP Entrants

  • Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.[5][6]

Free practice

MotoGP

The first session took place in wet conditions and saw Bradley Smith as the fastest ahead of Johann Zarco and Danilo Petrucci.[7] The second session was held in changing and mixed conditions between wet and dry, with Jack Miller the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Takaaki Nakagami.[8] The third session had dry track conditions with Fabio Quartararo the fastest ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Franco Morbidelli.[9]

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

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Fastest session lap

Personal Best lap

In the fourth session, Quartararo was the fastest ahead of Morbidelli and Viñales.[10]

Qualifying

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Warm-up

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In the warm-up, Franco Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Cal Crutchlow.[13]

Race

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Notes
  • ^1 Álex Rins is not classified due to finishing the race through pits.

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  • Arón Canet suffered a broken finger in a crash during warm-up and withdrew from the event.

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MotoE

Race 1

The race, scheduled to be run for 7 laps, was red-flagged after a first-lap accident involving Mattia Casadei.[17] The race was later restarted over 5 laps with the original starting grid.

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Race 2

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Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[18][19][20][21]

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Notes

  1. Statistic not officially recorded for the rider
  2. 3-second penalty for shortcutting the track and gaining an advantage.
  3. Disqualified for exceeding the pit lane speed limit during a ride through.
  4. 3-place grid penalty.
  5. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
  1. Yamaha scored 170 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[22]
  2. Petronas Yamaha SRT riders scored 192 points, but the team was deducted 37 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[22]
  3. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 154 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.[22]

References

  1. Greatest recovery a crash ever by Joan Mir! | 2020 #FrenchGP, retrieved 24 February 2022
  2. martland28 (23 February 2022). "Blunder Mate - Horrified to Happy in 5 seconds". r/AnarchyChess. Retrieved 24 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Joan Mir Sliding Meme, retrieved 24 February 2022
  4. connwcted (1 August 2021). "Joan Mir is officially a meme". r/motogp. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  5. "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. "Marc Marquez to miss another MotoGP". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2020 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  8. "French MotoE: Torres takes title advantage with win after rivals fall". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  9. "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  12. "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  13. "Yamaha handed penalties, no effect on rider points". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

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