# 2020 Teruel motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Teruel motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Liqui Moly de Teruel) was the twelfth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the eleventh round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the MotorLand Aragón in Alcañiz on 25 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.
The race organizers signed a contract with Dorna Sports, owner of the commercial rights to the sport, to host a second round on the circuit on 25 October (one week after the first race) known as the "Teruel Grand Prix". The race was named for the Teruel province of the autonomous community of Aragon where the MotorLand Aragón is located. The race is the fourth time in the history of the sport that the same venue and circuit track have hosted consecutive World Championship races, and it is the second time it has taken place in Spain.

### MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the tenth round of the 2020 Aragon Grand Prix, Joan Mir became the new leader of the drivers' classification with 121 points, six more than the previous leader Fabio Quartararo, who in the previous race had closed out of the points zone. Third with 109 points Maverick Viñales, who overtook Andrea Dovizioso, now fourth with 106 points. Fifth is Takaaki Nakagami with 92 points.
In the manufacturers' standings, Yamaha leads with 183 points, followed by Ducati with 160 points. Suzuki is third with 143 points and has overtaken KTM, now fourth at 130. Honda is fifth at 112 points, while Aprilia closes the standings with 35 points.
In the team championship, Team Suzuki Ecstar surpasses Petronas Yamaha SRT with 206 points, with the Malaysian team now second by 4 points less from the leader. Ducati Team and Monster Energy Yamaha follow with 171 and 167 points respectively, and KTM Factory Racing with 144 points.

### MotoGP Entrants

* Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez for the ninth straight race while the latter recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash.
* Valentino Rossi tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on October 15, requiring him to remain in quarantine for a minimum of 10 days under Italian law and forcing him to skip the Teruel round after the Aragon round. Yamaha confirmed that it would not field a replacement for Rossi's bike.

## Free practice
### MotoGP

In the first session Álex Márquez was the fastest ahead of Takaaki Nakagami and Joan Mir. In the second session Nakagami preceded Maverick Viñales and Cal Crutchlow. In the third session Franco Morbidelli set the best time ahead of Nakagami and Fabio Quartararo.

### Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
| Pos. | No. | Bikers | Constructor | Free practice times | Free practice times | Free practice times |
| Pos. | No. | Bikers | Constructor | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 |
| 1 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:49.100 | 1:48.612 | 1:47.333 |
| 2 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:48.622 | 1:47.782 | 1:47.392 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1:49.621 | 1:48.164 | 1:47.401 |
| 4 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 1:49.176 | 1:47.957 | 1:47.473 |
| 5 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:48.184 | 1:48.443 | 1:47.546 |
| 6 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:49.501 | 1:48.360 | 1:47.548 |
| 7 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1:49.372 | 1:48.190 | 1:47.554 |
| 8 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:49.442 | 1:48.527 | 1:47.625 |
| 9 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1:49.356 | 1:48.111 | 1:47.708 |
| 10 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1:48.993 | 1:48.182 | 1:47.715 |
| 11 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1:49.211 | 1:49.794 | 1:47.739 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:49.305 | 1:48.426 | 1:47.742 |
| 13 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:49.962 | 1:48.545 | 1:47.822 |
| 14 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1:49.512 | 1:49.240 | 1:47.878 |
| 15 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1'50.215 | 1:49.733 | 1:48.023 |
| 16 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1:49.346 | 1:48.439 | 1:48.025 |
| 17 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1:49.482 | 1:48.870 | 1:48.096 |
| 18 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1'50.251 | 1:49.319 | 1:48.134 |
| 19 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1:49.003 | 1:48.444 | 1:48.255 |
| 20 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 1:49.727 | 1:48.810 | 1:48.471 |
| 21 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:49.360 | 1:48.532 | 1:48.501 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT |||||||
* Fastest session lap
Personal Best lap
In the fourth session Viñales was the fastest ahead of Nakagami and Joan Mir.

## Qualifying
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Final grid | Row |
| 1 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:46.882 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:46.945 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.155 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.241 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:47.303 | 1:47.297 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.326 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.377 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.509 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1:47.071 | 1:47.519 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.603 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.621 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:47.642 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:47.372 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1:47.394 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:47.478 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1:47.585 | N/A | 13 | 6 |
| 17 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1:47.747 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:47.759 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1:47.855 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1:48.114 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 1:48.402 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS ||||||||

## Warm up
### MotoGP

In the warm up, Takaaki Nakagami was the fastest ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Álex Márquez.

## Race
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 23 | 41:47.652 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 23 | +2.205 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 23 | +5.376 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 23 | +10.299 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 23 | +12.915 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 23 | +12.953 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 23 | +14.262 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 23 | +14.720 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 23 | +17.177 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati Team | Ducati | 23 | +19.519 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 23 | +19.708 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | +20.591 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 23 | +22.222 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 23 | +26.496 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 23 | +31.816 | 21 | 1 |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 5 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 0 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0 | Collision | 14 | |
| Ret | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0 | Collision | 15 | |
| Fastest lap: Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha) – 1:48.089 (lap 5) |||||||||
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 21 | 39:27.645 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 21 | +8.425 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 21 | +10.871 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 21 | +12.657 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 21 | +13.006 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Kalex | 21 | +14.766 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 21 | +16.905 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 21 | +17.027 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 21 | +21.888 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 21 | +22.951 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 21 | +24.969 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 21 | +26.206 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 21 | +26.317 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 21 | +26.685 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 21 | +26.899 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 21 | +27.404 | 10 | |
| 17 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 21 | +30.319 | 21 | |
| 18 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 21 | +30.707 | 23 | |
| 19 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 21 | +30.980 | 19 | |
| 20 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 21 | +31.501 | 16 | |
| 21 | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 21 | +47.953 | 29 | |
| 22 | 18 | Xavi Cardelús | Speed Up | 21 | +48.375 | 28 | |
| 23 | 74 | Piotr Biesiekirski | NTS | 21 | +1:00.394 | 30 | |
| Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 20 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 19 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 15 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 10 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 0 | Collision | 26 | |
| Ret | 99 | Kasma Daniel | Kalex | 0 | Collision | 27 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | Honda | 19 | 37:44.602 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 19 | +0.051 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 19 | +0.152 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 19 | +0.296 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | KTM | 19 | +0.331 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 19 | +0.372 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 19 | +0.583 | 18 | 9 |
| 8 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 19 | +0.772 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Honda | 19 | +0.955 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 19 | +2.259 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Alonso López | Husqvarna | 19 | +2.489 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | KTM | 19 | +2.493 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Filip Salač | Honda | 19 | +2.520 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 19 | +2.686 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 19 | +2.745 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 19 | +2.895 | 12 | |
| 17 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 19 | +3.019 | 20 | |
| 18 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 19 | +3.622 | 26 | |
| 19 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 19 | +5.448 | 13 | |
| 20 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 19 | +5.620 | 16 | |
| 21 | 70 | Barry Baltus | KTM | 19 | +5.680 | 23 | |
| 22 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 19 | +6.103 | 19 | |
| 23 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | Honda | 19 | +16.543 | 25 | |
| 24 | 50 | Jason Dupasquier | KTM | 19 | +21.606 | 30 | |
| 25 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 19 | +21.716 | 22 | |
| 26 | 9 | Davide Pizzoli | KTM | 19 | +21.812 | 24 | |
| 27 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 19 | +32.799 | 27 | |
| 28 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 19 | +33.600 | 29 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 18 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sergio García | Honda | 18 | Collision | 28 | |
| 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

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Joan Mir | 137 |
| | 2 | Fabio Quartararo | 123 |
| | 3 | Maverick Viñales | 118 |
| 2 | 4 | Franco Morbidelli | 112 |
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 109 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 171 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 163 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 158 |
| 4 | KTM | 143 |
| 5 | Honda | 117 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 242 |
| 1 | 2 | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 198 |
| 1 | 3 | Ducati Team | 180 |
| 1 | 4 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 157 |
| 1 | 5 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 156 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sam Lowes | 178 |
| 1 | 2 | Enea Bastianini | 171 |
| | 3 | Luca Marini | 155 |
| | 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | 130 |
| | 5 | Jorge Martín | 105 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 300 |
| 2 | Speed Up | 111 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 31 |
| 4 | NTS | 9 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 285 |
| 2 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 240 |
| 3 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 186 |
| 4 | Italtrans Racing Team | 176 |
| 5 | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 133 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Albert Arenas | 157 |
| | 2 | Ai Ogura | 138 |
| | 3 | Celestino Vietti | 137 |
| 2 | 4 | Jaume Masiá | 133 |
| 1 | 5 | Tony Arbolino | 121 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 261 |
| 2 | KTM | 252 |
| 3 | Husqvarna | 79 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Leopard Racing | 202 |
| | 2 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 184 |
| | 3 | Solunion Aspar Team Moto3 | 183 |
| | 4 | Rivacold Snipers Team | 144 |
| 1 | 5 | Honda Team Asia | 138 |