# 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fourth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 16 August 2020. Brad Binder was the defending MotoGP race winner who aimed for his second consecutive Grand Prix win, having won his and KTM's first race at the previous round.
Andrea Dovizioso was the defending race winner, having won the race in 2019. The race was won by Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso with Joan Mir in second for Suzuki, his first podium in MotoGP, while Jack Miller finished third for Pramac Racing.
The race day was notable for an unprecedented series of accidents in the MotoGP and Moto2 category respectively. On lap 4 of the Moto2 race, Enea Bastianini, who was fifth at the moment, suffered a huge highside on the exit of turn 1. Several backmarkers behind Bastianini were able to avoid his stranded bike, which was laying across the circuit on the approach to the back straight into turn 2. However, Hafizh Syahrin, who was running in seventeenth at the moment, came out of the slipstream of Jake Dixon and hit Bastianini's bike at over 200 kph. As a result, Syahrin was sent airborne and landed a further fifty metres ahead of the circuit. Edgar Pons and Andi Farid Izdihar were also involved in this accident. Syahrin was taken to the medical center with the suspicion of a leg injury and was therefore ruled out of the Styrian Grand Prix the next weekend.
The second crash occurred on lap 9 of the MotoGP race involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli, who came together on the approach to turn 3. By making contact with each other, Morbidelli and Zarco fell off their bikes, with Morbidelli's bike sliding across the grass on the outside of the track in full speed, then slightly taking-off before somersaulting multiple times before flying straight back on track onto the apex of turn 3 and narrowly missing out both Yamaha factory riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi, who were running in sixth and seventh place respectively. After missing both, the bike itself somersaulted a further multiple times before it came to a rest on the tarmac run-off, being completely destroyed. Zarco's bike however tangentially hit the safer barrier at high-speed and flew above the circuit, also narrowly missing out Viñales.
Both races were immediately red-flagged due to respective track-cleaning actions.

## 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 Austrian Grand Prix was not impacted by this change and kept its original date.

### MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the third round at the Czech Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 59 points, leads the championship by 17 points over Maverick Viñales, with Franco Morbidelli a further 28 points behind. In Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 90 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha, who have 69. KTM Factory Racing sit 22 points behind the factory Yamaha in third, and are only 5 points ahead of fourth-placed Ducati Team, who have 42 points, while Esponsorama Racing sit 5th on 35 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.
* Ducati test rider Michele Pirro replaced Francesco Bagnaia in Austria while he recovered from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at the Czech round.

## Qualifying
### Q1

Johann Zarco and Valentino Rossi qualified for Q2.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Time |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1'23.865 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'23.891 |
| 3 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1'23.915 |
| 4 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1'24.151 |
| 5 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1'24.228 |
| 6 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1'24.405 |
| 7 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1'24.485 |
| 8 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1'24.490 |
| 9 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1'24.662 |
| 10 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 1'24.831 |
| 11 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1'25.287 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1'25.431 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP Qualifying Nr. 1 REPORT |||||

### Q2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Time |
| 1 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 1'23.450 |
| 2 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1'23.518 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1'23.537 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1'23.606 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1'23.612 |
| 6 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1'23.673 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1'23.719 |
| 8 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1'23.731 |
| 9 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1'23.828 |
| 10 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1'23.872 |
| 11 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1'23.939 |
| 12 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1'23.995 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP Qualifying Nr. 2 REPORT |||||

## Race
### MotoGP

The race, scheduled to be run for 28 laps, was red-flagged after 8 full laps due to an accident involving Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli. The race was later restarted over 20 laps with the starting grid determined by the classification of lap 8.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | 28:20.853 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +1.377 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 43 | Jack Miller | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +1.549 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 20 | +5.526 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +5.837 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 20 | +6.403 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +12.498 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 20 | +12.534 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 20 | +14.117 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +15.276 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +17.772 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +23.271 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +24.868 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +24.943 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 20 | +27.435 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 20 | +28.502 | 21 | |
| 17 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +28.609 | 19 | |
| Ret | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 10 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 8 | Collision | 5 | |
| Ret | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 8 | Collision | 11 | |
| Ret | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 0 | Did not restart | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Johann Zarco | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 0 | Did not restart | 9 | |
| Fastest lap: Álex Rins (Suzuki) – 1:24.007 (lap 7) |||||||||
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### Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged after 3 full laps due to an accident involving Enea Bastianini, Hafizh Syahrin, Edgar Pons, and Andi Farid Izdihar. The race was later restarted over 13 laps.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Kalex | 13 | 19:24.723 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 13 | +2.195 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 13 | +4.782 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 13 | +7.249 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 13 | +7.325 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 13 | +7.771 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 13 | +9.405 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 13 | +9.598 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Arón Canet | Speed Up | 13 | +10.023 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 13 | +10.890 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 13 | +11.170 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | NTS | 13 | +11.803 | 24 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 13 | +13.002 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 13 | +13.385 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 13 | +15.865 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 13 | +15.897 | 14 | |
| 17 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 13 | +15.913 | 19 | |
| 18 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 13 | +16.222 | 26 | |
| 19 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 13 | +18.830 | 27 | |
| 20 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 13 | +22.614 | 28 | |
| 21 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 13 | +25.079 | 23 | |
| 22 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 13 | +29.300 | 29 | |
| 23 | 99 | Kasma Daniel | Kalex | 13 | +36.648 | 30 | |
| Ret | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 4 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 4 | |
| Ret | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 0 | Did not restart | 20 | |
| Ret | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 22 | |
| Ret | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 25 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 23 | 37:25.323 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | Honda | 23 | +0.049 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 23 | +0.447 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Honda | 23 | +0.121 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | KTM | 23 | +0.292 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 23 | +0.275 | 22 | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 23 | +0.487 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 23 | +1.083 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | KTM | 23 | +1.136 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 23 | +1.177 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 23 | +2.221 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 23 | +1.924 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 23 | +2.596 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 23 | +2.228 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 23 | +2.609 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Sergio García | Honda | 23 | +2.866 | 20 | |
| 17 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 23 | +2.920 | 30 | |
| 18 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 23 | +3.486 | 9 | |
| 19 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 23 | +4.276 | 15 | |
| 20 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 23 | +4.309 | 17 | |
| 21 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 23 | +5.776 | 11 | |
| 22 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 23 | +8.485 | 25 | |
| 23 | 21 | Alonso López | Husqvarna | 23 | +10.963 | 31 | |
| 24 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | Honda | 23 | +23.563 | 21 | |
| 25 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 23 | +23.814 | 26 | |
| 26 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 23 | +23.970 | 24 | |
| 27 | 9 | Davide Pizzoli | KTM | 23 | +23.929 | 27 | |
| 28 | 50 | Jason Dupasquier | KTM | 23 | +24.064 | 29 | |
| Ret | 12 | Filip Salač | Honda | 22 | Retired | 14 | |
| Ret | 70 | Barry Baltus | KTM | 6 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNS | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 28 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Khairul Idham Pawi withdrew from the event due to effects of a broken finger suffered at the previous round in Czech Republic.

## 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 | 67 |
| 2 | 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | 56 |
| 1 | 3 | Maverick Viñales | 48 |
| 1 | 4 | Brad Binder | 41 |
| 2 | 5 | Valentino Rossi | 38 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Yamaha | 81 |
| 1 | 2 | Ducati | 67 |
| 1 | 3 | KTM | 57 |
| 1 | 4 | Suzuki | 44 |
| 1 | 5 | Honda | 37 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 98 |
| | 2 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 86 |
| 1 | 3 | Ducati Team | 76 |
| 1 | 4 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 60 |
| 2 | 5 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 50 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Luca Marini | 78 |
| 1 | 2 | Enea Bastianini | 73 |
| 3 | 3 | Jorge Martín | 59 |
| | 4 | Sam Lowes | 59 |
| 2 | 5 | Tetsuta Nagashima | 55 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 125 |
| 2 | Speed Up | 48 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 13 |
| 4 | NTS | 9 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 118 |
| 1 | 2 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 114 |
| 1 | 3 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 84 |
| 1 | 4 | Italtrans Racing Team | 73 |
| | 5 | Openbank Aspar Team | 60 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Albert Arenas | 95 |
| 1 | 2 | John McPhee | 67 |
| 1 | 3 | Ai Ogura | 65 |
| | 4 | Tatsuki Suzuki | 50 |
| | 5 | Raúl Fernández | 43 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | 1 | KTM | 111 |
| 1 | 2 | Honda | 110 |
| | 3 | Husqvarna | 17 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Valresa Aspar Team | 108 |
| 3 | 2 | Leopard Racing | 71 |
| 1 | 3 | Sic58 Squadra Corse | 71 |
| 2 | 4 | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 67 |
| 1 | 5 | Honda Team Asia | 65 |