# 2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya) was the ninth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the eighth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 27 September 2020.

## 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. On 11 June, a new schedule based solely within Europe was announced. The Catalan Grand Prix, originally scheduled for June 7, was placed on September 27.

### MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the eighth round at the 2020 Emilia Romagna and Rimini's Coast Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso on 83 points, lead the championship by one point over Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales, with Joan Mir a further 4 points behind.
In the Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 147 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha with 141. Suzuki Ecstar Team is third with 124 points, by 9 points over Ducati Team, while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing sat 5th on 110 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.

## Free practice
### MotoGP

The first practice session ended with Fabio Quartararo fastest for Petronas Yamaha SRT ahead of Ducati Corse's Andrea Dovizioso and Team Suzuki Ecstar's Joan Mir. The second practice session ended with Franco Morbidelli fastest for Petronas Yamaha SRT, followed by Johann Zarco and Brad Binder.

### 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 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | 1:40.431 | 1:40.860 | 1:39.418 |
| 2 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | 1:41.105 | 1:40.208 | 1:39.462 |
| 3 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:41.592 | 1:41.028 | 1:39.507 |
| 4 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 1:42.059 | 1:42.257 | 1:39.702 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:41.625 | 1:39.898 | 1:39.709 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | 1:41.833 | 1:40.474 | 1:39.756 |
| 7 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:41.219 | 1:39.789 | 1:39.774 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:41.536 | 1:40.502 | 1:39.836 |
| 9 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:42.335 | 1:40.008 | 1:39.841 |
| 10 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1:41.060 | 1:40.441 | 1:39.862 |
| 11 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:41.790 | 1:41.337 | 1:39.897 |
| 12 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1:42.026 | 1:40.626 | 1:39.919 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1:40.861 | 1:41.124 | 1:39.963 |
| 14 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1:41.316 | 1:40.538 | 1:40.016 |
| 15 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:41.609 | 1:40.412 | 1:40.023 |
| 16 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1:41.549 | 1:40.754 | 1:40.071 |
| 17 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:41.195 | 1:40.791 | 1:40.133 |
| 18 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 1:41.643 | 1:41.095 | 1:40.226 |
| 19 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:42.061 | 1:40.478 | 1:40.283 |
| 20 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1:42.992 | 1:41.673 | 1:40.341 |
| 21 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:41.640 | 1:40.871 | 1:40.977 |
| 22 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1:41.969 | 1:41.260 | 1:40.898 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT |||||||
* Fastest session lap
Personal Best lap

## Qualifying
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Constructor | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row |
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Final grid | Row |
| 1 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:38.798 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.008 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.129 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | 1:39.399 | 1:39.225 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.371 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.378 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.495 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.628 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.641 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.659 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:39.547 | 1:39.713 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:40.188 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1:39.751 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:39.777 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:39.973 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 1:39.988 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1:40.109 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:40.164 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:40.490 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1:40.721 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 1:40.838 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1:41.013 | N/A | 22 | 8 |
| 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 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 24 | 40:33.176 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 24 | +0.928 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 24 | +1.898 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 24 | +2.846 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 43 | Jack Miller | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 24 | +3.391 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 24 | +3.518 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 24 | +3.671 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +6.117 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 24 | +13.607 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 24 | +14.483 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 24 | +14.927 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 24 | +15.647 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +17.327 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 24 | +27.066 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 24 | +27.282 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 24 | +28.736 | 21 | |
| 17 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +32.643 | 20 | |
| Ret | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM | 18 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 15 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 12 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Johann Zarco | Esponsorama Racing | Ducati | 0 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 0 | Collision | 17 | |
| Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:40.142 (lap 9) |||||||||
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 22 | 38:11.103 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 22 | +0.981 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 22 | +4.399 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 22 | +5.608 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 22 | +5.797 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 22 | +6.080 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 22 | +8.552 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Arón Canet | Speed Up | 22 | +9.928 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 22 | +14.874 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 22 | +15.058 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 22 | +17.687 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 22 | +18.910 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 22 | +19.017 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 22 | +19.315 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 22 | +20.404 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 22 | +24.358 | 16 | |
| 17 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 22 | +27.561 | 28 | |
| 18 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 22 | +36.014 | 25 | |
| 19 | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 22 | +36.101 | 29 | |
| 20 | 99 | Kasma Daniel | Kalex | 22 | +37.659 | 27 | |
| 21 | 74 | Piotr Biesiekirski | NTS | 22 | +1:00.256 | 30 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 21 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 20 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 20 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 88 | Jorge Martín | Kalex | 14 | Mechanical | 13 | |
| Ret | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 5 | Throttle Cable | 5 | |
| Ret | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 3 | Exhaust | 15 | |
| Ret | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 2 | Collision | 23 | |
| Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 2 | Collision | 20 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 21 | 38:32.507 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 21 | +0.103 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 21 | +0.157 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Sergio García | Honda | 21 | +0.232 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Alonso López | Husqvarna | 21 | +0.386 | 16 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 21 | +1.436 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | Honda | 21 | +1.218 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | KTM | 21 | +1.293 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 21 | +1.928 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 21 | +1.932 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Honda | 21 | +2.012 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Filip Salač | Honda | 21 | +2.536 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | KTM | 21 | +3.572 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 21 | +4.800 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | Honda | 21 | +5.042 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 70 | Barry Baltus | KTM | 21 | +5.656 | 31 | |
| 17 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 21 | +6.729 | 18 | |
| 18 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 21 | +13.556 | 8 | |
| 19 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 21 | +14.205 | 14 | |
| 20 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 21 | +14.437 | 20 | |
| 21 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 21 | +23.202 | 29 | |
| 22 | 50 | Jason Dupasquier | KTM | 21 | +25.032 | 23 | |
| 23 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 21 | +35.469 | 30 | |
| 24 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 21 | +35.496 | 27 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 18 | Handling | 11 | |
| Ret | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 17 | Clutch | 21 | |
| Ret | 9 | Davide Pizzoli | KTM | 11 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 8 | Collision | 22 | |
| Ret | 20 | José Julián García | Honda | 8 | Collision | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 5 | Collision | 12 | |
| Ret | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 5 | Collision | 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.

### MotoGP

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Fabio Quartararo | 108 |
| 2 | 2 | Joan Mir | 100 |
| | 3 | Maverick Viñales | 90 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 84 |
| | 5 | Franco Morbidelli | 77 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Ducati | 126 |
| 1 | 2 | Suzuki | 113 |
| 1 | 3 | Yamaha | 113 |
| 2 | 4 | KTM | 109 |
| | 5 | Honda | 72 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 160 |
| 3 | 2 | Petronas Yamaha SRT | 148 |
| 1 | 3 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 128 |
| 1 | 4 | Ducati Team | 123 |
| 1 | 5 | Pramac Racing | 118 |

### Moto2

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Luca Marini | 150 |
| 2 | Enea Bastianini | 130 |
| 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | 114 |
| 4 | Sam Lowes | 103 |
| 5 | Jorge Martín | 79 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 225 |
| 2 | Speed Up | 82 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 22 |
| 4 | NTS | 9 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 264 |
| | 2 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 151 |
| 1 | 3 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | 139 |
| 1 | 4 | Italtrans Racing Team | 135 |
| | 5 | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 111 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ai Ogura | 122 |
| 1 | 2 | Albert Arenas | 119 |
| | 3 | John McPhee | 98 |
| 2 | 4 | Tony Arbolino | 95 |
| 1 | 5 | Celestino Vietti | 94 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 191 |
| 2 | KTM | 187 |
| 3 | Husqvarna | 61 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 | 144 |
| 3 | 2 | Leopard Racing | 130 |
| 1 | 3 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 130 |
| 1 | 4 | Honda Team Asia | 122 |
| 1 | 5 | Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 | 115 |