# 2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the third round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Brno Circuit in Brno on 9 August 2020. Fabio Quartararo was the defending MotoGP race winner who aimed for his second consecutive Grand Prix win, having won the previous round.
In the MotoGP class, Brad Binder took his first victory in the premier class, the first for a South African rider, the first non-European rider to win since Australian Jack Miller in the 2016 Dutch TT, as well the first rookie to win a Grand Prix since Marc Márquez in 2013. With KTM's victory, this race marks the first time a non-Japanese and Italian constructor won a Grand Prix since German constructor König won the 1973 Yugoslavian Grand Prix. In addition, the KTM used the WP Suspension, which is marked the first non-Öhlins suspension to win a race since 2009 Valencian Grand Prix.

## Background
### Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The opening rounds of 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. However, the Czech Republic Grand Prix was not impacted by this change and kept its original date.

### MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the second round at the Andalusian Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 50 points, leads the championship by ten points over Maverick Viñales, with Andrea Dovizioso a further 14 points behind. In Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 61 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha, who have 56. Ducati Team sit 23 points behind the factory Yamaha in third, and are only 11 points ahead of fourth-placed LCR Honda, who have 22 points, while Pramac Racing sit 5th on 22 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.

## MotoGP Qualifying
### Q1

In Q1, Álex Rins set the fastest lap of the session with the factory KTM of Brad Binder 0.6 secs behind. Miguel Oliveira was 0.98 sec behind Rins.

### Q2

Quartararo initially set a lap of 1.55.990 during his first run. A few minutes later, Johann Zarco recorded a 1.55.687 to secure pole position, and Quartararo achieved second place after crashing on his final run, 0.303 seconds back. Franco Morbidelli was third fastest, 0.311 behind pole position. The rest of the top 10 were: Aleix Espargaró, Maverick Viñales, Pol Espargaró, Brad Binder, Danilo Petrucci, Joan Mir, Valentino Rossi.
This was the first pole position in MotoGP for Esponsorama Racing while being Zarco's 5th overall.

## Race
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 21 | 41:38.764 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 21 | +5.266 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 21 | +6.470 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 21 | +6.609 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 21 | +7.517 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 21 | +7.969 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 21 | +11.827 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 21 | +12.862 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 43 | Jack Miller | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 21 | +15.013 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 21 | +15.087 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 21 | +16.455 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati Team | Ducati | 21 | +18.506 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 21 | +18.736 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 21 | +19.720 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +24.597 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 21 | +29.004 | 15 | |
| 17 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 21 | +32.290 | 19 | |
| 18 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +55.977 | 20 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 9 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 3 | Collision | 9 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 3 | Collision | 16 | |
| DNS | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Pramac Racing | Ducati | | Did not start | | |
| Fastest lap: Brad Binder (KTM) – 1:57.445 (lap 3) |||||||||
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* Francesco Bagnaia suffered a broken tibia in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 19 | 39:13.926 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 19 | +0.423 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 19 | +5.948 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 19 | +8.797 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 19 | +9.392 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 19 | +10.306 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 19 | +10.575 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Kalex | 19 | +11.366 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 19 | +12.875 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Arón Canet | Speed Up | 19 | +14.266 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 19 | +15.378 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 19 | +19.031 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 19 | +19.282 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 19 | +19.598 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 19 | +19.638 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 19 | +22.245 | 9 | |
| 17 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 19 | +24.406 | 25 | |
| 18 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 19 | +25.065 | 17 | |
| 19 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 19 | +25.170 | 16 | |
| 20 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 19 | +26.727 | 26 | |
| 21 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | NTS | 19 | +27.004 | 22 | |
| 22 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 19 | +29.986 | 18 | |
| 23 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 19 | +36.034 | 24 | |
| 24 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 19 | +36.411 | 27 | |
| 25 | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 19 | +45.780 | 28 | |
| Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 11 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 10 | Rear Brakes | 14 | |
| Ret | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 5 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 99 | Kasma Daniel | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 29 | |
| DNS | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Simone Corsi suffered a broken toe in a crash during warm-up and was declared unfit to start the race.

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 18 | 39:06.370 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 18 | +0.205 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Honda | 18 | +0.251 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 18 | +0.381 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 18 | +0.509 | 18 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | KTM | 18 | +0.808 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 18 | +0.889 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 18 | +1.647 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 18 | +1.648 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 18 | +8.815 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 18 | +8.828 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 18 | +8.849 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | KTM | 18 | +8.866 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 18 | +8.986 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 18 | +9.089 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Sergio García | Honda | 18 | +9.124 | 27 | |
| 17 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | Honda | 18 | +9.589 | 17 | |
| 18 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 18 | +9.723 | 22 | |
| 19 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 18 | +12.594 | 2 | |
| 20 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 18 | +12.656 | 28 | |
| 21 | 70 | Barry Baltus | KTM | 18 | +23.720 | 21 | |
| 22 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 18 | +23.766 | 30 | |
| 23 | 50 | Jason Dupasquier | KTM | 18 | +31.955 | 29 | |
| 24 | 9 | Davide Pizzoli | KTM | 18 | +36.734 | 31 | |
| 25 | 12 | Filip Salač | Honda | 18 | +47.046 | 20 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jaume Masiá | Honda | 15 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 14 | Accident Damage | 10 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 9 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 21 | Alonso López | Husqvarna | 9 | Accident | 25 | |
| Ret | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 8 | Accident Damage | 26 | |
| Ret | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 7 | Accident | 23 | |
| 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 | Fabio Quartararo | 59 |
| | 2 | Maverick Viñales | 42 |
| 7 | 3 | Franco Morbidelli | 31 |
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 31 |
| 13 | 5 | Brad Binder | 28 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Yamaha | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | KTM | 44 |
| 1 | 3 | Ducati | 42 |
| 1 | 4 | Honda | 27 |
| | 5 | Suzuki | 24 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 90 |
| | 2 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 69 |
| 3 | 3 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 47 |
| 1 | 4 | Ducati Team | 42 |
| 2 | 5 | Esponsorama Racing | 35 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Enea Bastianini | 73 |
| 1 | 2 | Luca Marini | 58 |
| 2 | 3 | Tetsuta Nagashima | 55 |
| 3 | 4 | Sam Lowes | 46 |
| 1 | 5 | Arón Canet | 36 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 100 |
| 2 | Speed Up | 41 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 13 |
| 4 | NTS | 5 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 89 |
| | 2 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 88 |
| | 3 | Italtrans Racing Team | 73 |
| 2 | 4 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 63 |
| 1 | 5 | Openbank Aspar Team | 53 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Albert Arenas | 70 |
| 2 | 2 | Ai Ogura | 52 |
| | 3 | John McPhee | 51 |
| 2 | 4 | Tatsuki Suzuki | 44 |
| 2 | 5 | Raúl Fernández | 36 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Honda | 90 |
| 1 | 2 | KTM | 86 |
| | 3 | Husqvarna | 17 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Gaviota Aspar Team | 82 |
| | 2 | Sic58 Squadra Corse | 65 |
| | 3 | Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 | 58 |
| 2 | 4 | Honda Team Asia | 52 |
| 4 | 5 | Leopard Racing | 51 |