The 2020 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Michelin de Aragón) was the eleventh round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the tenth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the MotorLand Aragón in Alcañiz on 18 October 2020.

Background Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic The opening rounds of the 2020 championship have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Aragon Grand Prix, scheduled in the original calendar on October 4 as the sixteenth race of the season, was brought forward by a week following the initial postponement of the Thailand Grand Prix (later cancelled on July 31) on the first Sunday in October (the Thailand stage was initially scheduled for 22 March as the second leg of the championship). 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. A new calendar based exclusively in Europe was announced on 11 June. The race in Aragon was placed on 18 October as the tenth GP of the season.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race After the ninth round at the 2020 French Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo leads the drivers' championship with 115 points, with a 5-point advantage over Joan Mir. Andrea Dovizioso is third with 97 points, one more than Maverick Viñales, while Takaaki Nakagami is fifth with 81 points.

In the manufacturers' standings, Yamaha leads with 170 points, ahead of Ducati with 151 points. KTM is third with 125 points, seven more than Suzuki. Honda is fifth with 99 points and Aprilia closes the standings with 32 points.

In the team championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT is first with 196 points, followed by Team Suzuki Ecstar and Ducati Team with 165 and 161 points respectively. Monster Energy Yamaha is fourth with 154 points, KTM Factory Racing is fifth with 135 points.

MotoGP Entrants

Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez for the eighth straight race while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash. Valentino Rossi tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on 15 October, requiring him to quarantine for a minimum of 10 days according to Italian law and forcing him to miss the Aragon and Teruel rounds. Yamaha confirmed that they would not field a replacement for Rossi at the Teruel round on 25 October. As Rossi and Marc Márquez missed the race, it was the first time since the 1999 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix that no current or former premier class champion lined up on the grid.

Free practice MotoGP In the first session Maverick Viñales was the fastest ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo. The Spaniard confirmed his first position in the second session, while the Petronas Yamaha SRT bikers swapped positions. In the third session Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Cal Crutchlow and Pol Espargaró.

Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 23 41:54.391 10 25 2 73 Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +0.263 11 20 3 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 23 +2.644 6 16 4 12 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 23 +2.880 2 13 5 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 23 +4.570 7 11 6 21 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 +4.756 4 10 7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 23 +8.639 13 9 8 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 23 +8.913 3 8 9 43 Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 23 +9.390 5 7 10 5 Johann Zarco Esponsorama Racing Ducati 23 +9.617 16 6 11 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 23 +13.200 14 5 12 44 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 23 +13.689 12 4 13 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 23 +14.598 9 3 14 27 Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 23 +15.291 15 2 15 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 23 +15.941 8 1 16 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 23 +18.284 18 17 6 Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +20.136 21 18 20 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 +21.498 1 19 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 23 +25.300 19 20 53 Tito Rabat Esponsorama Racing Ducati 23 +25.558 20 Ret 63 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati 2 Accident 17Fastest lap: Álex Rins (Suzuki) – 1:48.404 (lap 3) Sources:Gran Premio Michelin de Aragon. (2020). MotoGP RAC Classification 2020. https://www.motogp.com/en/gp-results/2020/ARA/MotoGP/RAC/Classification. OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 21 39:33.202 1 25 2 33 Enea Bastianini Kalex 21 +4.195 12 20 3 88 Jorge Martín Kalex 21 +4.340 8 16 4 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 21 +9.298 4 13 5 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 21 +14.765 10 11 6 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 21 +15.130 5 10 7 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 21 +15.192 15 9 8 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 21 +17.024 11 8 9 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 21 +19.000 14 7 10 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 21 +20.206 18 6 11 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 21 +22.661 9 5 12 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 21 +22.692 13 4 13 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 21 +22.995 16 3 14 62 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 21 +23.301 23 2 15 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 21 +23.989 22 1 16 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 21 +26.747 20 17 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 21 +26.862 24 18 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 21 +27.686 26 19 55 Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 21 +27.761 19 20 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 21 +27.892 21 21 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 21 +36.250 17 22 27 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 21 +44.779 27 23 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 21 +45.687 25 24 18 Xavi Cardelús Speed Up 21 +47.231 28 25 99 Kasma Daniel Kalex 21 +58.178 30 26 74 Piotr Biesiekirski NTS 21 +1:05.154 29 27 9 Jorge Navarro Speed Up 18 +3 laps 6 Ret 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 19 Accident 2 Ret 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 10 Accident 3 Ret 10 Luca Marini Kalex 2 Accident 7 OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Jaume Masiá Honda 19 37:45.009 17 25 2 40 Darryn Binder KTM 19 +0.091 11 20 3 25 Raúl Fernández KTM 19 +0.196 1 16 4 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 19 +0.327 6 13 5 17 John McPhee Honda 19 +0.368 10 11 6 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 19 +0.385 16 10 7 75 Albert Arenas KTM 19 +0.396 3 9 8 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 19 +1.933 5 8 9 13 Celestino Vietti KTM 19 +2.389 2 7 10 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 19 +2.461 20 6 11 27 Kaito Toba KTM 19 +2.966 19 5 12 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 19 +3.020 7 4 13 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 19 +4.872 18 3 14 79 Ai Ogura Honda 19 +10.949 8 2 15 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 19 +10.979 15 1 16 12 Filip Salač Honda 19 +11.172 22 17 21 Alonso López Husqvarna 19 +13.861 4 18 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 19 +19.761 12 19 11 Sergio García Honda 19 +21.284 14 20 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 19 +21.339 25 21 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 19 +21.379 27 22 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 19 +21.440 23 23 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 19 +21.520 24 24 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 19 +36.570 30 25 70 Barry Baltus KTM 19 +36.628 29 26 9 Davide Pizzoli KTM 19 +36.676 26 27 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 19 +36.739 28 Ret 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 17 Accident 21 Ret 16 Andrea Migno KTM 8 Accident 13 Ret 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 0 Accident 9 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 1 Joan Mir 121 1 2 Fabio Quartararo 115 1 3 Maverick Viñales 109 1 4 Andrea Dovizioso 106 5 Takaaki Nakagami 92

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 160 2 2 Suzuki 143 3 Yamaha 133 2 4 KTM 130 5 Honda 112

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 206 2 Ducati Team 171 3 Petronas Yamaha SRT 165 1 4 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 147 1 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 144

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 1 Enea Bastianini 155 2 2 Sam Lowes 153 2 3 Luca Marini 150 1 4 Marco Bezzecchi 130 5 Jorge Martín 95

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 275 2 Speed Up 91 3 MV Agusta 30 4 NTS 9

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Sky Racing Team VR46 280 2 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 207 3 Red Bull KTM Ajo 174 4 Italtrans Racing Team 160 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 133

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 144 2 Ai Ogura 131 3 Celestino Vietti 126 4 Tony Arbolino 115 5 John McPhee 109

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 1 Honda 236 1 2 KTM 232 3 Husqvarna 74

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 2 1 Leopard Racing 177 1 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 173 1 3 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 170 4 Rivacold Snipers Team 135 1 5 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 133

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