2020 Austrian Motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the
2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 2020 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season was notably characterized by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence of perennial title favourite and ...
and the fourth round of the
2020 MotoGP World Championship The 2020 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season was notably characterized by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence of perennial title favourite and ...
. It was held at the
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in
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on 16 August 2020.
Brad Binder Brad Binder (born 11 August 1995) is a South African Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. He is the 2016 Moto3 season, 2016 Moto3 World Champion. Previously, he had competed in the ...
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 Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He raced with RNF Racing, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship, 2022 season but announced his intended-retirement after the ...
was the defending race winner, having won the race in
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. The race was won by Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso with
Joan Mir Joan Mir Mayrata (, born 1 September 1997) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer riding for the Honda HRC Castrol team in the MotoGP World Championship. Mir is best known for winning the 2020 MotoGP World Champions ...
in second for
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, his first podium in MotoGP, while Jack Miller finished third for
Pramac Racing Pramac Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship based in Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy. History d'Antin MotoGP The d'Antin MotoGP Team was created in 1999 by Spanish former motorcycle racer Luis d'Antin an ...
. 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 Enea Bastianini (born 30 December 1997), nicknamed "La Bestia" (The Beast), is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. Car ...
, 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 Andi Farid Izdihar, also known as Andi Gilang (born 14 August 1997), is a motorcycle racer from Indonesia who currently races in Asia Superbike 1000 class of Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC). He previously participated in Moto3 for Honda Team ...
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 Johann Sylvain Pierre Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the and Moto2 World Championships with his 2015 triumph being a record points total for the intermediate class. He is a MotoGP rac ...
and
Franco Morbidelli Franco Morbidelli (born 4 December 1994) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer in MotoGP class, riding for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team team. He became champion in the 2013 European Superstock 600 Championship, and the 2017 Moto2 Wo ...
, 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 Maverick Viñales Ruiz (; born 12 January 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2013 Moto3 World Championship. After five seasons as a MotoGP f ...
and
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi ( ; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed "the Doctor", Rossi is widely considered one of the greate ...
, 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
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championship was heavily affected by the
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. Several Grands Prix were cancelled or postponed after the aborted opening round in Qatar, prompting the
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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 Fabio Alain Quartararo (; born 20 April 1999), nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Yamaha Motor Racing, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP Wor ...
on 59 points, leads the championship by 17 points over
Maverick Viñales Maverick Viñales Ruiz (; born 12 January 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2013 Moto3 World Championship. After five seasons as a MotoGP f ...
, with
Franco Morbidelli Franco Morbidelli (born 4 December 1994) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer in MotoGP class, riding for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team team. He became champion in the 2013 European Superstock 600 Championship, and the 2017 Moto2 Wo ...
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 Esponsorama Racing was a motorcycle racing team who formerly competed in the various categories of Grand Prix road racing from 2000 to 2022. The team was established in 1994 by Raúl Romero and Josep Oliva as By Queroseno Racing, also known as ...
sit 5th on 35 points.


MotoGP Entrants

*
Stefan Bradl Stefan Bradl (born 29 November 1989) is a German professional motorcycle racer, best known for winning the Moto2 World Championship in . He then moved to MotoGP in 2012 with LCR Honda. While in MotoGP, Bradl is best known for his performance at ...
replaced Marc Márquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash. *
Ducati Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A () is an Italian motorcycle manufacturing company headquartered in Bologna, Italy. History Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called ...
test rider
Michele Pirro Michele Pio Pirro (born 5 July 1986) is a motorcycle road racer from Italy, He was 2007 and 2008 the ''Italian CIV National Champion in the Superstock class'' and a test rider for Ducati Corse, Ducati factory racing in MotoGP and rides occasiona ...
replaced
Francesco Bagnaia Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia ( ; born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP World Championship, MotoGP for the Ducati Corse, Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the and List of 500cc/MotoGP World Riders' Champions, ...
in Austria while he recovered from injuries sustained in a crash during practice at the Czech round.


Qualifying


MotoGP


Q1

Johann Zarco Johann Sylvain Pierre Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the and Moto2 World Championships with his 2015 triumph being a record points total for the intermediate class. He is a MotoGP rac ...
and
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi ( ; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian racing driver, former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed "the Doctor", Rossi is widely considered one of the greate ...
qualified for Q2.


Q2


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 Johann Sylvain Pierre Zarco (born 16 July 1990) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle racer, best known for winning the and Moto2 World Championships with his 2015 triumph being a record points total for the intermediate class. He is a MotoGP rac ...
and
Franco Morbidelli Franco Morbidelli (born 4 December 1994) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer in MotoGP class, riding for Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team team. He became champion in the 2013 European Superstock 600 Championship, and the 2017 Moto2 Wo ...
. The race was later restarted over 20 laps with the starting grid determined by the classification of lap 8.


Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged after 3 full laps due to an accident involving
Enea Bastianini Enea Bastianini (born 30 December 1997), nicknamed "La Bestia" (The Beast), is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2020 Moto2 World Championship. Car ...
, Hafizh Syahrin, Edgar Pons, and
Andi Farid Izdihar Andi Farid Izdihar, also known as Andi Gilang (born 14 August 1997), is a motorcycle racer from Indonesia who currently races in Asia Superbike 1000 class of Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC). He previously participated in Moto3 for Honda Team ...
. The race was later restarted over 13 laps.


Moto3

* 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

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings


Moto2

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings


Moto3

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings


Notes


References


External links

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