The 2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Tissot dell'Emilia Romagna e della Riviera di Rimini) was the eighth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, the seventh round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship and the fourth round of the 2020 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico on 20 September 2020.
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. However, the San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix was not impacted by this change and kept its original date.
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 20 September (a week after the first race) to be known as the "Emilia Romagna and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix". The race was named for Emilia-Romagna, the region of Italy that the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is located in. The race was also the third time in the sport's history that the same venue and circuit layout hosted back-to-back World Championship races.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race After the seventh round at the 2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso on 76 points, lead the championship by 6 points over Fabio Quartararo with Jack Miller a further 12 points behind.
In the Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 127 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha with 116. Ducati Team sat 15 points behind the factory Yamaha in third, and one point ahead of fourth-placed Team Suzuki Ecstar with 100 points, while Pramac Racing sat 5th on 97 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.
Free practice
Combined Free Practice 1-2-3 The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
BikersConstructorFP1FP2FP3163 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:32.4101:32.138 1:31.127212 Maverick ViñalesYamaha1:32.5891:31.6691:31.185320 Fabio QuartararoYamaha 1:31.7211:31.6441:31.359421 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:31.8111:32.3071:31.429536 Joan MirSuzuki1:31.9261:32.1261:31.626633 Brad BinderKTM1:32.611 1:31.6281:31.860730 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:32.1021:31.6301:31.753846 Valentino RossiYamaha1:32.8321:32.2631:31.680944 Pol EspargaróKTM1:31.8411:31.6991:31.962109 Danilo PetrucciDucati1:32.4351:31.9731:31.7011143 Jack MillerDucati1:32.6271:32.2791:31.760125 Johann ZarcoDucati1:32.1701:32.0721:31.8261341 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:32.1851:32.3391:31.890144 Andrea DoviziosoDucati1:32.1521:32.6921:31.8941588 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:31.9651:32.0321:32.2601627 Iker LecuonaKTM1:33.1831:32.2381:32.2291742 Álex RinsSuzuki1:32.6341:32.4071:32.2921873 Álex MárquezHonda1:32.4371:32.3691:32.3781953 Tito RabatDucati1:33.4961:32.7881:33.0482038 Bradley SmithAprilia1:33.1011:32.9161:33.021216 Stefan BradlHonda1:33.384No timeNo time OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Fastest session lap Personal Best lap
Free Practice 4 The first three positions of the session are as follows.
RiderConstructorFP4 Time163Ducati1:32.005236Suzuki1:32.103312Yamaha1:32.124 OFFICIAL MOTOGP FREE PRACTICE 4 REPORT
Qualifying MotoGP RiderConstructorQ1Q2112 Maverick ViñalesYamahaQualified in Q21:31.0771243 Jack MillerDucati1:31.5591:31.1532320 Fabio QuartararoYamahaQualified in Q21:31.2223444 Pol EspargaróKTMQualified in Q21:31.3084563 Francesco BagnaiaDucatiQualified in Q21:31.3135633 Brad BinderKTMQualified in Q21:31.3896746 Valentino RossiYamahaQualified in Q21:31.4367821 Franco MorbidelliYamahaQualified in Q21:31.566899 Danilo PetrucciDucatiQualified in Q21:31.5749104 Andrea DoviziosoDucati1:31.6121:31.581101136 Joan MirSuzukiQualified in Q21:31.617111230 Takaaki NakagamiHondaQualified in Q21:32.284121327 Iker LecuonaKTM1:31.715N/A13145 Johann ZarcoDucati1:31.764N/A141588 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:31.841N/A151641 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:31.912N/A161773 Álex MárquezHonda1:32.198N/A171842 Álex RinsSuzuki1:32.275N/A181938 Bradley SmithAprilia1:32.486N/A192053 Tito RabatDucati1:32.850N/A206 Stefan BradlHondaDid not participateN/A OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 1 REPORT OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 2 REPORT
Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 41:55.846 1 25 2 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +2.425 11 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +4.528 4 16 4 20 Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 +6.419 3 13 5 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 27 +7.368 15 11 6 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +11.139 12 10 7 73 Álex Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +11.929 17 9 8 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27 +13.113 10 8 9 21 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 +15.880 8 7 10 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 27 +17.682 9 6 11 5 Johann Zarco Esponsorama Racing Ducati 27 +23.144 14 5 12 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +24.962 18 4 13 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +30.008 19 3 Ret 27 Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 24 Accident 13 Ret 63 Francesco Bagnaia Pramac Racing Ducati 20 Accident 5 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 15 Accident Damage 7 Ret 53 Tito Rabat Esponsorama Racing Ducati 12 Accident 20 Ret 43 Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 7 Power Loss 2 Ret 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 3 Accident 6 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0 Accident Damage 16 DNS 6 Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not startFastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:32.319 (lap 5) Sources: Stefan Bradl withdrew from the event due to arm pump.
Moto2 The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged after 6 full laps due to wet track conditions. The race was later restarted over 10 laps with the starting grid determined by the classification of the first part. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Enea Bastianini Kalex 10 16:11.977 5 25 2 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 10 +0.720 2 20 3 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 10 +1.124 4 16 4 10 Luca Marini Kalex 10 +2.310 1 13 5 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 10 +4.132 11 11 6 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 10 +7.201 7 10 7 9 Jorge Navarro Speed Up 10 +7.558 9 9 8 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 10 +7.704 8 8 9 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 10 +7.762 16 7 10 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 10 +8.249 15 6 11 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 10 +8.141 10 5 12 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 10 +8.663 24 4 13 44 Arón Canet Speed Up 10 +9.189 6 3 14 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 10 +12.538 17 2 15 62 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 10 +12.744 21 1 16 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 10 +12.935 14 17 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 10 +13.227 20 18 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 10 +13.779 12 19 55 Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 10 +14.525 25 20 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 10 +15.028 22 21 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 10 +15.511 26 22 64 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 10 +18.160 23 23 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 10 +18.079 13 24 27 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 10 +21.265 28 25 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 10 +25.587 19 Ret 74 Piotr Biesiekirski NTS 8 Accident 29 Ret 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 5 Collision 3 Ret 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 0 Did not restart 18 Ret 99 Kasma Daniel Kalex 0 Did not restart 27 OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 23 39:30.124 6 25 2 13 Celestino Vietti KTM 23 +0.036 5 20 3 79 Ai Ogura Honda 23 +0.121 11 16 4 75 Albert Arenas KTM 23 +0.199 4 13 5 5 Jaume Masiá Honda 23 +0.280 8 11 6 25 Raúl Fernández KTM 23 +0.439 1 10 7 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 23 +0.678 12 9 8 16 Andrea Migno KTM 23 +0.791 3 8 9 27 Kaito Toba KTM 23 +0.939 7 7 10 17 John McPhee Honda 23 +1.125 19 6 11 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 23 +1.452 2 5 12 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 23 +1.687 18 4 13 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 23 +4.331 9 3 14 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 23 +5.925 15 2 15 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 23 +6.165 14 1 16 12 Filip Salač Honda 23 +6.249 13 17 11 Sergio García Honda 23 +7.167 17 18 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 +12.714 21 19 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 23 +18.045 28 20 6 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 23 +20.184 24 21 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 23 +20.498 23 22 70 Barry Baltus KTM 23 +20.291 16 23 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 23 +20.555 29 24 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 23 +24.967 25 25 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 23 +25.264 26 26 9 Davide Pizzoli KTM 23 +27.159 30 27 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 +27.848 27 Ret 40 Darryn Binder KTM 18 Accident 20 Ret 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 10 Accident 10 Ret 21 Alonso López Husqvarna 8 Accident 22 DNS 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT Tatsuki Suzuki suffered a broken left wrist in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.
MotoE Race 1 Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 77 Dominique Aegerter 7 12:11.346 3 25 2 40 Jordi Torres 7 +0.103 1 20 3 11 Matteo Ferrari 7 +0.075 2 16 4 27 Mattia Casadei 7 +2.531 7 13 5 70 Tommaso Marcon 7 +6.578 12 11 6 7 Niccolò Canepa 7 +7.695 13 10 7 55 Alejandro Medina 7 +8.277 10 9 8 16 Joshua Hook 7 +8.336 15 8 9 18 Xavi Cardelús 7 +8.553 14 7 10 61 Alessandro Zaccone 7 +8.640 16 6 11 6 María Herrera 7 +11.566 17 5 12 84 Jakub Kornfeil 7 +16.973 18 4 13 66 Niki Tuuli 7 +17.538 9 3 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis 3 Accident 11 Ret 10 Xavier Siméon 2 Collision 5 Ret 51 Eric Granado 2 Collision 4 Ret 35 Lukas Tulovic 0 Accident 6 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio 0 Accident 8 OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE 1 REPORT All bikes manufactured by Energica.
Race 2 Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Matteo Ferrari 7 12:11.053 3 25 2 27 Mattia Casadei 7 +0.996 4 20 3 40 Jordi Torres 7 +1.098 2 16 4 7 Niccolò Canepa 7 +3.907 6 13 5 61 Alessandro Zaccone 7 +4.619 10 11 6 63 Mike Di Meglio 7 +6.046 17 10 7 51 Eric Granado 7 +6.097 14 9 8 15 Alex de Angelis 7 +6.775 18 8 9 55 Alejandro Medina 7 +6.672 7 7 10 18 Xavi Cardelús 7 +7.042 9 6 11 6 María Herrera 7 +7.868 11 5 12 66 Niki Tuuli 7 +11.514 13 4 13 84 Jakub Kornfeil 7 +12.652 12 3 14 10 Xavier Siméon 7 +15.533 15 2 15 35 Lukas Tulovic 7 +27.210 16 1 16 77 Dominique Aegerter 7 +38.363 1 Ret 16 Joshua Hook 5 Accident 8 Ret 70 Tommaso Marcon 1 Collision 5 OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE 2 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 Andrea Dovizioso 84 2 Fabio Quartararo 83 2 3 Maverick Viñales 83 4 Joan Mir 80 2 5 Franco Morbidelli 64
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 115 2 KTM 104 3 Suzuki 93 4 Yamaha 88 5 Honda 63
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 124 2 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 121 2 3 Ducati Team 115 1 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 110 1 5 Petronas Yamaha SRT 110
Moto2
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Luca Marini 125 2 Enea Bastianini 120 3 Marco Bezzecchi 105 2 4 Sam Lowes 83 1 5 Jorge Martín 79
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 200 2 Speed Up 66 3 MV Agusta 21 4 NTS 9
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Sky Racing Team VR46 230 2 Red Bull KTM Ajo 147 1 3 Italtrans Racing Team 125 1 4 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 119 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 100
Moto3
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 119 2 Ai Ogura 117 3 John McPhee 98 2 4 Celestino Vietti 86 1 5 Tatsuki Suzuki 75
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 1 Honda 171 1 2 KTM 162 3 Husqvarna 50
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 142 4 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 122 1 3 Honda Team Asia 117 2 4 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 109 5 Leopard Racing 105
MotoE