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.
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 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 Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.
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 MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 21 41:38.764 7 25 2 21 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 21 +5.266 3 20 3 5 Johann Zarco Esponsorama Racing Ducati 21 +6.470 1 16 4 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 21 +6.609 11 13 5 46 Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +7.517 10 11 6 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 21 +7.969 13 10 7 20 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 21 +11.827 2 9 8 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 21 +12.862 17 8 9 43 Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +15.013 14 7 10 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 +15.087 4 6 11 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 21 +16.455 18 5 12 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 21 +18.506 8 4 13 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 21 +18.736 12 3 14 12 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +19.720 5 2 15 73 Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +24.597 21 1 16 53 Tito Rabat Esponsorama Racing Ducati 21 +29.004 15 17 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 +32.290 19 18 6 Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +55.977 20 Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Accident 6 Ret 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 3 Collision 9 Ret 27 Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 3 Collision 16 DNS 63 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati Did not startFastest lap: Brad Binder (KTM) – 1:57.445 (lap 3) Sources: Francesco Bagnaia suffered a broken tibia in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Enea Bastianini Kalex 19 39:13.926 3 25 2 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 19 +0.423 2 20 3 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 19 +5.948 1 16 4 10 Luca Marini Kalex 19 +8.797 10 13 5 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 19 +9.392 8 11 6 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 19 +10.306 5 10 7 9 Jorge Navarro Speed Up 19 +10.575 11 9 8 88 Jorge Martín Kalex 19 +11.366 6 8 9 55 Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 19 +12.875 4 7 10 44 Arón Canet Speed Up 19 +14.266 15 6 11 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 19 +15.378 20 5 12 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 19 +19.031 12 4 13 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 19 +19.282 21 3 14 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 19 +19.598 19 2 15 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 19 +19.638 7 1 16 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 19 +22.245 9 17 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 19 +24.406 25 18 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 19 +25.065 17 19 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 19 +25.170 16 20 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 19 +26.727 26 21 77 Dominique Aegerter NTS 19 +27.004 22 22 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 19 +29.986 18 23 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 19 +36.034 24 24 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 19 +36.411 27 25 27 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 19 +45.780 28 Ret 62 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 11 Accident 13 Ret 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 10 Rear Brakes 14 Ret 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 5 Accident 23 Ret 99 Kasma Daniel Kalex 3 Accident 29 DNS 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT Simone Corsi suffered a broken toe in a crash during warm-up and was declared unfit to start the race.
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 18 39:06.370 5 25 2 75 Albert Arenas KTM 18 +0.205 7 20 3 79 Ai Ogura Honda 18 +0.251 4 16 4 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +0.381 12 13 5 17 John McPhee Honda 18 +0.509 18 11 6 25 Raúl Fernández KTM 18 +0.808 1 10 7 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 18 +0.889 6 9 8 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 18 +1.647 8 8 9 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 18 +1.648 9 7 10 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 18 +8.815 14 6 11 27 Kaito Toba KTM 18 +8.828 16 5 12 40 Darryn Binder KTM 18 +8.849 15 4 13 13 Celestino Vietti KTM 18 +8.866 24 3 14 16 Andrea Migno KTM 18 +8.986 11 2 15 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 18 +9.089 19 1 16 11 Sergio García Honda 18 +9.124 27 17 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 18 +9.589 17 18 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 18 +9.723 22 19 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 18 +12.594 2 20 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 18 +12.656 28 21 70 Barry Baltus KTM 18 +23.720 21 22 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 18 +23.766 30 23 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 18 +31.955 29 24 9 Davide Pizzoli KTM 18 +36.734 31 25 12 Filip Salač Honda 18 +47.046 20 Ret 5 Jaume Masiá Honda 15 Accident 13 Ret 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 14 Accident Damage 10 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 9 Accident 3 Ret 21 Alonso López Husqvarna 9 Accident 25 Ret 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 8 Accident Damage 26 Ret 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 7 Accident 23 OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
Championship standings after the race Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.
MotoGP
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 59 2 Maverick Viñales 42 7 3 Franco Morbidelli 31 1 4 Andrea Dovizioso 31 13 5 Brad Binder 28
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 70 2 2 KTM 44 1 3 Ducati 42 1 4 Honda 27 5 Suzuki 24
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Petronas Yamaha SRT 90 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 69 3 3 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 47 1 4 Ducati Team 42 2 5 Esponsorama Racing 35
Moto2
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 1 Enea Bastianini 73 1 2 Luca Marini 58 2 3 Tetsuta Nagashima 55 3 4 Sam Lowes 46 1 5 Arón Canet 36
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 100 2 Speed Up 41 3 MV Agusta 13 4 NTS 5
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 89 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 88 3 Italtrans Racing Team 73 2 4 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 63 1 5 Openbank Aspar Team 53
Moto3
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 70 2 2 Ai Ogura 52 3 John McPhee 51 2 4 Tatsuki Suzuki 44 2 5 Raúl Fernández 36
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 1 Honda 90 1 2 KTM 86 3 Husqvarna 17
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Gaviota Aspar Team 82 2 Sic58 Squadra Corse 65 3 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 58 2 4 Honda Team Asia 52 4 5 Leopard Racing 51
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