The 2020 Andalusian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the second round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 26 July 2020. The Grand Prix was introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was Valentino Rossi's final MotoGP podium before he retired.

Background Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The originally scheduled calendar for 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. The start of the championship was delayed until 19 July, with the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto hosting the Spanish Grand Prix as the opening round of the championship.

Organisers of the race signed a contract with Dorna Sports, the sport's commercial rights holder, to host a second round at the circuit on 26 July (a week after the first race) to be known as the Andalusian Grand Prix. The race was named for Andalusia, the autonomous community of Spain that the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto is located in. The back-to-back Spanish races would mark the first time that a country hosts back-to-back races in the same season.

Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 20 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 25 41:22.666 1 25 2 12 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +4.495 2 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +5.546 4 16 4 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 25 +6.113 8 13 5 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +7.693 10 11 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 25 +12.554 14 10 7 44 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 25 +17.488 12 9 8 73 Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +19.357 21 8 9 5 Johann Zarco Hublot Reale Avintia Ducati 25 +23.523 15 7 10 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +27.091 20 6 11 53 Tito Rabat Hublot Reale Avintia Ducati 25 +33.628 18 5 12 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +36.306 19 4 13 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 24 +1 lap 13 3 Ret 63 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati 19 Engine 3 Ret 21 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 16 Valve System 6 Ret 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 Accident 9 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 11 Accident 11 Ret 43 Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 10 Accident 7 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 8 Accident 16 Ret 27 Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 5 Accident Damage 17 Ret 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 0 Collision 5 DNS 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not startFastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:38.119 (lap 3) Sources: Marc Márquez withdrew from the event due to effects of a broken arm suffered at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Enea Bastianini Kalex 23 39:23.922 3 25 2 10 Luca Marini Kalex 23 +2.153 5 20 3 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 23 +3.243 1 16 4 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 23 +3.817 2 13 5 44 Arón Canet Speed Up 23 +9.155 7 11 6 88 Jorge Martín Kalex 23 +11.988 6 10 7 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 +13.857 9 9 8 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 23 +19.590 12 8 9 62 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 23 +20.199 19 7 10 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 23 +20.262 10 6 11 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 23 +20.447 15 5 12 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 23 +21.464 8 4 13 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 23 +24.804 23 3 14 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 23 +26.370 14 2 15 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 23 +27.018 18 1 16 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 23 +27.126 13 17 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 23 +30.228 26 18 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 23 +30.895 11 19 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 23 +41.678 24 20 27 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 23 +41.793 28 Ret 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 20 Accident 16 Ret 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 19 Engine 17 Ret 55 Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 12 Accident 22 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Speed Up 9 Accident 4 Ret 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 5 Accident 20 Ret 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 4 Accident 27 Ret 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 4 Accident 25 Ret 99 Kasma Daniel Kalex 3 Accident 29 Ret 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 2 Accident 21 DNS 2 Jesko Raffin NTS Did not start Jesko Raffin withdrew from the event due to a fatigue syndrome.

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 22 39:18.861 1 25 2 17 John McPhee Honda 22 +0.064 8 20 3 13 Celestino Vietti KTM 22 +0.134 9 16 4 40 Darryn Binder KTM 22 +0.628 25 13 5 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 22 +0.817 3 11 6 25 Raúl Fernández KTM 22 +2.742 4 10 7 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 22 +3.315 7 9 8 11 Sergio García Honda 22 +4.853 13 8 9 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 22 +4.887 17 7 10 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 22 +4.988 5 6 11 27 Kaito Toba KTM 22 +5.301 12 5 12 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 22 +5.603 21 4 13 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 22 +6.783 11 3 14 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 22 +7.729 22 2 15 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 22 +7.776 20 1 16 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 22 +17.641 19 17 70 Barry Baltus KTM 22 +17.416 29 18 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 22 +20.821 24 19 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 22 +20.833 28 20 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 22 +22.445 26 21 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 22 +22.500 27 22 16 Andrea Migno KTM 22 +34.688 18 Ret 9 Davide Pizzoli KTM 20 Retired 30 Ret 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 19 Clutch 23 Ret 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 18 Accident 14 Ret 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 16 Accident Damage 16 Ret 5 Jaume Masiá Honda 15 Collision Damage 10 Ret 75 Albert Arenas KTM 14 Accident 6 Ret 79 Ai Ogura Honda 14 Collision Damage 2 Ret 12 Filip Salač Honda 8 Knee Pain 15 DNS 21 Alonso López Husqvarna Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT Alonso López suffered a heat exhaustion after Friday practice and withdrew from the event.

MotoE Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 77 Dominique Aegerter 6 10:54.366 1 25 2 40 Jordi Torres 6 +2.688 5 20 3 27 Mattia Casadei 6 +3.759 8 16 4 15 Alex de Angelis 6 +4.484 7 13 5 7 Niccolò Canepa 6 +4.537 9 11 6 35 Lukas Tulovic 6 +5.980 3 10 7 63 Mike Di Meglio 6 +6.133 13 9 8 16 Joshua Hook 6 +6.513 10 8 9 10 Xavier Siméon 6 +8.695 12 7 10 18 Xavi Cardelús 6 +10.583 11 6 11 6 María Herrera 6 +13.594 17 5 12 84 Jakub Kornfeil 6 +13.641 15 4 13 51 Eric Granado 6 +1:37.947 4 3 Ret 11 Matteo Ferrari 4 Collision 2 Ret 55 Alejandro Medina 3 Accident 6 Ret 61 Alessandro Zaccone 0 Collision 14 Ret 70 Tommaso Marcon 0 Collision 16 DNS 66 Niki Tuuli Did not start OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT All bikes manufactured by Energica.

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 50 2 Maverick Viñales 40 3 Andrea Dovizioso 26 6 4 Takaaki Nakagami 19 1 5 Pol Espargaró 19

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 50 2 Ducati 26 1 3 Honda 19 1 4 KTM 19 1 5 Suzuki 11

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Petronas Yamaha SRT 61 2 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 56 1 3 Ducati Team 33 4 4 LCR Honda 22 2 5 Pramac Racing 22

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Tetsuta Nagashima 50 2 2 Enea Bastianini 48 3 Luca Marini 45 2 4 Arón Canet 30 3 5 Lorenzo Baldassarri 28

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 75 2 Speed Up 32 3 MV Agusta 13 4 NTS 5

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 76 1 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 65 2 3 Italtrans Racing Team 48 4 Openbank Aspar Team Moto2 40 3 5 Flexbox HP40 32

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 50 3 2 Tatsuki Suzuki 44 3 John McPhee 40 2 4 Ai Ogura 36 1 5 Gabriel Rodrigo 30

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 KTM 66 2 Honda 65 3 Husqvarna 10

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Solunion Aspar Team Moto3 56 3 2 Sic58 Squadra Corse 52 3 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 49 4 4 Petronas Sprinta Racing 40 2 5 Sky Racing Team VR46 40

MotoE Rider Points 2 1 Dominique Aegerter 41 4 2 Jordi Torres 30 2 3 Eric Granado 28 1 4 Mattia Casadei 27 1 5 Lukas Tulovic 23

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