2020 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio MEO de Portugal) was the fifteenth and final round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fourteenth and final round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 22 November 2020.

  2020 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 November 2020
Official name	Grande Prémio MEO de Portugal
Location	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.592 km (2.853 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Miguel Oliveira KTM Time 1:38.892 Fastest lap Rider Miguel Oliveira KTM Time 1:39.855 on lap 9 Podium First Miguel Oliveira KTM Second Jack Miller Ducati Third Franco Morbidelli Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Remy Gardner Kalex Time 1:42.592 Fastest lap Rider Remy Gardner Kalex Time 1:42.504 on lap 23 Podium First Remy Gardner Kalex Second Luca Marini Kalex Third Sam Lowes Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Raúl Fernández KTM Time 1:48.051 Fastest lap Rider Raúl Fernández KTM Time 1:47.858 on lap 4 Podium First Raúl Fernández KTM Second Dennis Foggia Honda Third Jeremy Alcoba Honda

Enea Bastianini and Albert Arenas clinched the world championship title in Moto2 and Moto3 category respectively after a dramatic finale in both classes. Both riders secured their respective first world championship title in their career on Grand Prix motorcycling level.

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: 2020 MotoGP season § Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

The opening rounds of the 2020 championship have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the opening round in Qatar was halted, prompting the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme to draft a new calendar. A new calendar based exclusively in Europe was announced on 11 June. The Portuguese Grand Prix, absent from the calendar since 2012 (when it took place at the Autódromo do Estoril), was introduced as the last stage of the championship; this is the first time the season finale has not been held in Valencia since 2001. The race is held at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, which has served as MotoGP's reserve track since 2017; it is the first time that this circuit hosts a Grand Prix and is the seventy-third circuit which hosts a World Championship race.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After having achieved the arithmetic certainty of winning the World Championship, Joan Mir leads the riders' standings with 171 points, 29 more than Franco Morbidelli who won the previous Grand Prix and gained three positions in the general classification. Álex Rins is third with 138 points, followed by Maverick Viñales and Fabio Quartararo with 127 and 125 points, respectively.

In the constructors' standings, Suzuki and Ducati are leading with 201 points, followed by Yamaha and KTM with 13 and 26 points behind. Honda is fifth at 133 points, while Aprilia closes the standings at 43 points.

In the team championship standings, Team Suzuki Ecstar took the title and leads with 309 points, 79 more than Petronas Yamaha SRT. KTM Factory Racing outstripped Ducati Team for third position (209 vs 203 points), with Monster Energy Yamaha fifth at 169 points.

Moto2 and Moto3 Championship riders' standings before the race

In the intermediate class, four riders are still fighting for the title, with Enea Bastianini leading with 194 points, followed by Sam Lowes with 180 points. Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi are third and fourth at 176 and 171 points respectively.

In the lightweight class, there are still three drivers in the running with Albert Arenas first at 170 points, followed by Ai Ogura and Tony Arbolino with respectively 8 and 11 points behind.

MotoGP entrants

Further information: 2020 MotoGP season § Rider changes

• Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez for the twelfth straight race while the latter recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.^[1][2]
• Iker Lecuona, after having tested positive at the entrance to the Valencia paddock before the Valencian Community Grand Prix, is also forced to miss the Portuguese Grand Prix, being replaced by the official KTM test driver Mika Kallio.

Free practice

MotoGP

In the first session, home rider Miguel Oliveira was the fastest ahead of Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró. In the second session Johann Zarco took the lead, with Viñales and Espargaró confirming themselves as second and third. In the third session Jack Miller finished ahead of everyone, followed by Oliveira and Álex Rins. In the combined standings, the new world champion Joan Mir and the winner of the previous race Franco Morbidelli remain excluded from Q2.

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

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

Pos.	No.	Bikers	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1[3]	FP2[4]	FP3[5]
1	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:41.271	1:39.820	1:39.205
2	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:40.122	1:39.946	1:39.330
3	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:40.960	1:40.213	1:39.355
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:40.961	1:39.741	1:39.404
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:40.878	1:39.939	1:39.411
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:41.181	1:39.417	1:39.801
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:40.877	1:39.692	1:39.480
8	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:40.680	1:39.783	1:39.513
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:40.162	1:39.536	1:39.693
10	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:40.920	1:39.909	1:39.569
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:41.167	1:39.888	1:39.619
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:40.236	1:39.645	1:39.732
13	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:42.082	1:39.697	1:40.030
14	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1:40.695	1:39.966	1:39.717
15	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:40.856	1:39.732	1:39.951
16	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:40.297	1:40.085	1:39.934
17	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:41.433	1:39.977	1:40.448
18	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:41.228	1:40.338	1:40.005
19	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:41.928	1:40.547	1:40.484
20	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:41.946	1:41.279	1:40.722
21	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:43.154	1:41.256	1:41.256
22	82	Mika Kallio	KTM	1:43.920	1:41.826	1:42.468
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Fastest session lap

Personal Best lap

In the fourth session Pol Espargaró was the fastest ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Takaaki Nakagami.^[6]

Moto2

In the combined free practice times table, Remy Gardner was the fastest ahead of Luca Marini and Héctor Garzó. Sam Lowes is fifth, championship leader Enea Bastianini is ninth while Marco Bezzecchi is fifteenth and does not enter directly into Q2.^[7]

Moto3

In the free practice combined, Jaume Masiá was the fastest ahead of Albert Arenas and Jeremy Alcoba. Arenas 'opponents for the drivers' title, Ai Ogura and Tony Arbolino, are fifteenth and twenty-two and does not enter directly into Q2.^[8]

Qualifying

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[9]	Q2[10]
1	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:38.892	1	1
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:39.276	1:38.936	2
3	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.038	3
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1:39.250	1:39.156	4	2
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.199	5
6	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:39.204	6
7	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.238	7	3
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.260	8
9	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:39.284	9
10	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:39.467	10	4
11	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:39.531	11
12	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.587	12
13	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:39.390	N/A	13	5
14	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:39.762	N/A	14
15	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:40.019	N/A	15
16	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:40.049	N/A	16	6
17	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:40.058	N/A	17
18	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:40.091	N/A	18
19	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:40.174	N/A	19	7
20	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:40.290	N/A	20
21	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:40.427	N/A	21
22	82	Mika Kallio	KTM	1:41.753	N/A	22	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Moto2

Remy Gardner took pole position with a time of 1:42.592, with Luca Marini second at +0.118 sec. and Fabio Di Giannantonio at +0.129 sec.. Enea Bastianini is fourth, followed by Sam Lowes. Marco Bezzecchi, after passing Q1, qualifies twelfth.^[11]

Moto3

Raul Fernandez takes pole position with a time of 1:48.051, followed by Jeremy Alcoba at +0.185 sec. and from Ayumu Sasaki to +0.240 sec.. Among the contenders for the bikers' title, Ai Ogura beats Q1 and in Q2 qualifies fifth ahead of Albert Arenas, while Tony Arbolino does not exceed Q1 (thirteenth time) and finishes in twenty-seventh place.^[12]

Warm up

MotoGP

In the warm up, Cal Crutchlow was the fastest ahead of teammate Takaaki Nakagami and Brad Binder.^[13]

Moto2

Remy Gardner was the fastest biker also in the warm up, ahead of Jorge Martin and Luca Marini.^[14]

Moto3

Jaume Masiá was placed in front of everyone, followed by Tony Arbolino and Dennis Foggia.^[15]

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	25	41:48.163	1	25
2	43	Jack Miller	Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+3.193	3	20
3	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	25	+3.298	2	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+12.626	9	13
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	25	+13.318	11	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+15.578	12	10
7	6	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+15.738	6	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	25	+16.034	14	8
9	73	Álex Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+18.325	16	7
10	5	Johann Zarco	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	25	+18.596	7	6
11	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+18.685	8	5
12	46	Valentino Rossi	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+18.946	17	4
13	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	25	+19.159	4	3
14	20	Fabio Quartararo	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	25	+24.376	5	2
15	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+27.776	10	1
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+34.266	18
17	82	Mika Kallio	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM	25	+48.410	22
18	53	Tito Rabat	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	25	+48.411	21
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	22	Accident	19
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	15	Electronics	20
Ret	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	2	Accident	13
Ret	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Pramac Racing	Ducati	0	Arm Pain	15
Fastest lap: Miguel Oliveira (KTM) – 1:39.855 (lap 9)
Sources:[16][17][18]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	23	39:35.476	1	25
2	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	23	+1.609	2	20
3	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	23	+3.813	5	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	23	+8.437	12	13
5	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	23	+8.646	4	11
6	88	Jorge Martín	Kalex	23	+8.899	6	10
7	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	23	+8.956	18	9
8	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	23	+9.568	8	8
9	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	23	+10.367	17	7
10	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	23	+11.084	13	6
11	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	23	+11.199	9	5
12	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	23	+16.864	21	4
13	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	23	+16.998	16	3
14	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	23	+18.550	10	2
15	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up	23	+20.169	15	1
16	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	23	+22.918	24
17	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	23	+27.141	20
18	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	23	+27.303	27
19	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	23	+27.340	19
20	77	Dominique Aegerter	NTS	23	+44.924	22
21	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	23	+51.163	28
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	20	Mechanical	25
Ret	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	17	Accident	26
Ret	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	12	Mechanical	23
Ret	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	10	Accident	29
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	5	Accident	14
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	5	Accident	11
Ret	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	0	Accident	3
Ret	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	0	Accident	7
Fastest lap: Remy Gardner (Kalex) – 1:42.504 (lap 23)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	21	38:06.272	1	25
2	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	21	+5.810	8	20
3	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	21	+5.866	2	16
4	11	Sergio García	Honda	21	+6.447	12	13
5	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	21	+12.998	27	11
6	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	21	+13.065	18	10
7	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	21	+13.907	14	9
8	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	21	+13.929	5	8
9	17	John McPhee	Honda	21	+13.945	19	7
10	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	21	+14.438	11	6
11	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	21	+14.487	7	5
12	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	21	+14.708	6	4
13	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	21	+19.285	3	3
14	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	21	+23.195	29	2
15	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	21	+24.233	17	1
16	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	21	+24.260	13
17	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	21	+24.321	31
18	31	Adrián Fernández	Honda	21	+24.425	20
19	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	21	+24.625	22
20	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	21	+24.672	23
21	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	21	+27.637	16
22	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	21	+34.490	15
23	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	21	+34.884	30
24	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	21	+35.003	25
25	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	21	+35.092	24
26	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	21	+35.216	28
27	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	21	+40.329	10
28	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	21	+46.973	21
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	19	Accident	4
Ret	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	17	Accident	9
Ret	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna	14	Accident	26
Fastest lap: Raúl Fernández (KTM) – 1:47.858 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Biker Points 1 Joan Mir 171 2 Franco Morbidelli 158 3 Álex Rins 139 2 4 Andrea Dovizioso 135 2 5 Pol Espargaró 135

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 Ducati 221 1 2 Yamaha 204[lower-alpha 1] 2 3 Suzuki 202 4 KTM 200 5 Honda 144

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 310 2 Petronas Yamaha SRT 248[lower-alpha 2] 3 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 222 4 Ducati Team 213 1 5 Pramac Racing 183

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Biker Points 1 Enea Bastianini 205 1 2 Luca Marini 196 1 3 Sam Lowes 196 4 Marco Bezzecchi 184 5 Jorge Martín 160

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 375 2 Speed Up 118 3 MV Agusta 32 4 NTS 22

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Sky Racing Team VR46 380 2 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 267 3 Red Bull KTM Ajo 251 4 Italtrans Racing Team 210 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 153

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Biker Points 1 Albert Arenas 174 1 2 Tony Arbolino 170 1 3 Ai Ogura 170 2 4 Raúl Fernández 159 5 Celestino Vietti 146

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 326 2 KTM 318 3 Husqvarna 86

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Leopard Racing 229 2 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 212 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 206 1 4 Red Bull KTM Ajo 200 1 5 Rivacold Snipers Team 200

Notes

1. Yamaha scored 254 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[22]
2. Petronas Yamaha SRT riders scored 285 points, but the team was deducted 37 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[22]

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