2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini Riviera Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 September 2020
Official name	Gran Premio TISSOT dell'Emilia Romagna e della Riviera di Rimini[1][2]
Location	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Province of Rimini, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.226 km (2.626 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales Yamaha Time 1:31.077 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:32.319 on lap 5 Podium First Maverick Viñales Yamaha Second Joan Mir Suzuki Third Pol Espargaró KTM
Moto2
Pole position Rider Luca Marini Kalex Time 1:35.271 Fastest lap Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 1:36.195 pn lap 7 Podium First Enea Bastianini Kalex Second Marco Bezzecchi Kalex Third Sam Lowes Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Raúl Fernández KTM Time 1:41.705 Fastest lap Rider Gabriel Rodrigo Honda Time 1:41.988 on lap 3 Podium First Romano Fenati Husqvarna Second Celestino Vietti KTM Third Ai Ogura Honda
MotoE Race 1
Pole position Rider Jordi Torres Energica Time 1:43.154 Fastest lap Rider Alex de Angelis Energica Time 1:43.052 on lap 2 Podium First Dominique Aegerter Energica Second Jordi Torres Energica Third Matteo Ferrari Energica
MotoE Race 2
Pole position Rider Dominique Aegerter Energica Time Winner of race 1[N 1] Fastest lap Rider Jordi Torres Energica Time 1:43.174 on lap 2 Podium First Matteo Ferrari Energica Second Mattia Casadei Energica Third Jordi Torres Energica

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

Further information: 2020 MotoGP season § Rider changes

• Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.^[3][4]

Free practice

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

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

Pos.	No.	Bikers	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1	FP2	FP3
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:32.410	1:32.138	1:31.127
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:32.589	1:31.669	1:31.185
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:31.721	1:31.644	1:31.359
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:31.811	1:32.307	1:31.429
5	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:31.926	1:32.126	1:31.626
6	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:32.611	1:31.628	1:31.860
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:32.102	1:31.630	1:31.753
8	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:32.832	1:32.263	1:31.680
9	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:31.841	1:31.699	1:31.962
10	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:32.435	1:31.973	1:31.701
11	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:32.627	1:32.279	1:31.760
12	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:32.170	1:32.072	1:31.826
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:32.185	1:32.339	1:31.890
14	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:32.152	1:32.692	1:31.894
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:31.965	1:32.032	1:32.260
16	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:33.183	1:32.238	1:32.229
17	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:32.634	1:32.407	1:32.292
18	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:32.437	1:32.369	1:32.378
19	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:33.496	1:32.788	1:33.048
20	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:33.101	1:32.916	1:33.021
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:33.384	No time	No 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.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	FP4 Time
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:32.005
2	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:32.103
3	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:32.124
OFFICIAL MOTOGP FREE PRACTICE 4 REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid
				Q1	Q2
1	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.077	1
2	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:31.559	1:31.153	2
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.222	3
4	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:31.308	4
5	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:31.313	5
6	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:31.389	6
7	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.436	7
8	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.566	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:31.574	9
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:31.612	1:31.581	10
11	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:31.617	11
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:32.284	12
13	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:31.715	N/A	13
14	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:31.764	N/A	14
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:31.841	N/A	15
16	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:31.912	N/A	16
17	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:32.198	N/A	17
18	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:32.275	N/A	18
19	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:32.486	N/A	19
20	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:32.850	N/A	20
	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	Did not participate	N/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[N 2]	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 start
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:32.319 (lap 5)
Sources:[5][6][7]

• 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[N 3]	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[N 3]	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[N 2]	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[N 3]	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[N 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[N 3]	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[N 2]	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.^{[8][9][10][11]}

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 115 2 KTM 104 3 Suzuki 93 4 Yamaha 88[a] 5 Honda 63

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Team Suzuki Ecstar 124 2 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 121[b] 2 3 Ducati Team 115 1 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 110 1 5 Petronas Yamaha SRT 110[c]

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 200 2 Speed Up 66 3 MV Agusta 21 4 NTS 9

Teams' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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 Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 Honda 171 1 2 KTM 162 3 Husqvarna 50

Teams' Championship standings Pos. 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

	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	1	Matteo Ferrari	86
1	2	Dominique Aegerter	82
	3	Jordi Torres	79
	4	Mattia Casadei	71
1	5	Eric Granado	43

Notes

1. Statistic not officially recorded for the rider
2. 3-second penalty.
3. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

1. Yamaha scored 138 points as a manufacturer, but were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[12]
2. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP riders scored 141 points, but the team was deducted 20 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[12]
3. Petronas Yamaha SRT riders scored 147 points, but the team was deducted 37 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols.^[12]

References

1. "2020 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
2. "Misano World Circuit | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
4. "Marc Marquez to miss another MotoGP". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
5. "2020 Emilia Romagna MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
6. S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2020 GRAN PREMIO DELL'EMILIA ROMAGNA E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
7. "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 18 March 2023.
8. "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
9. "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
10. "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
11. "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
12. "Yamaha handed penalties, no effect on rider points". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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