2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2020 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini) was the seventh round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the sixth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico on 13 September 2020.

  2020 San Marino Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13 September 2020
Official name	Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini
Location	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Province of Rimini, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.226 km (2.626 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales Yamaha Time 1:31.411 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:32.706 on lap 8 Podium First Franco Morbidelli Yamaha Second Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Third Joan Mir Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position Rider Sam Lowes[N 1] Kalex Time 1:36.170 Fastest lap Rider Luca Marini Kalex Time 1:37.013 on lap 4 Podium First Luca Marini Kalex Second Marco Bezzecchi Kalex Third Enea Bastianini Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Ai Ogura Honda Time 1:42.403 Fastest lap Rider Ryusei Yamanaka Honda Time 1:42.752 on lap 6 Podium First John McPhee Honda Second Ai Ogura Honda Third Tatsuki Suzuki Honda
MotoE
Pole position Rider Matteo Ferrari[N 2] Energica Time 1:43.580 Fastest lap Rider Dominique Aegerter Energica Time 1:43.261 on lap 3 Podium First Matteo Ferrari Energica Second Xavier Siméon Energica Third Dominique Aegerter Energica

Background

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the sixth round at the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo on 70 points, lead the championship by 3 points over Andrea Dovizioso with Jack Miller a further 14 points behind.

In the Teams' Championship, Petronas Yamaha SRT with 102 points, lead the championship from Monster Energy Yamaha with 93. Ducati Team sat one point behind the factory Yamaha in third, and 8 points ahead of fourth-placed KTM Factory Racing with 84 points, while Team Suzuki Ecstar sat 5th on 73 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.[5][6]

Free practice

The first practice session ended with Maverick Viñales fastest for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP ahead of Petronas Yamaha SRT's Fabio Quartararo and Aprilia Racing Team Gresini's Aleix Espargaró. The second practice session ended with Quartararo fastest, followed by Franco Morbidelli and Pol Espargaró.

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Pos.	No.	Bikers	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1	FP2	FP3
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:33.693	1:32.732	1:31.861
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:32.198	1:32.742	1:31.936
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:32.748	1:32.182	1:31.961
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	1:33.502	1:33.368	1:32.129
5	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:34.040	1:33.015	1:32.206
6	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:33.497	1:33.124	1:32.238
7	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:34.154	1:33.400	1:32.248
8	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:33.181	1:33.049	1:32.268
9	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:33.694	1:32.367	1:32.281
10	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1:33.868	1:32.945	1:32.418
11	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:33.569	1:32.476	1:32.613
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:32.949	1:32.936	1:32.567
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:33.654	1:32.975	1:32.630
14	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:34.533	1:32.675	1:32.702
15	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:34.101	1:32.825	1:32.695
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:34.645	1:32.935	1:32.791
17	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:33.828	1:32.930	1:33.000
18	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:33.244	1:33.568	1:33.336
19	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:33.921	1:33.806	1:33.251
20	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:34.619	1:33.923	1:33.270
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:34.323	1:33.631	1:33.523
22	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1:33.538	1:33.696
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Free Practice 4

The first three positions of the session were as follows.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	FP4 Time
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:32.404
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:32.531
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:32.762
OFFICIAL MOTOGP FREE PRACTICE 4 REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid
				Q1	Q2
1	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.411	1
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.723	2
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.791	3
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:31.877	4
5	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:32.052	5
6	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:32.054	6
7	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:32.090	7
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:32.102	8
9	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:32.184	9
10	5	Johann Zarco	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:32.218	10
11	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:32.064	1:32.266	11
12	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:32.212	1:32.323	12
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:32.295	N/A	13
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:32.382	N/A	14
15	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1:32.418	N/A	15
16	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:32.534	N/A	16
17	53	Esteve Rabat	Ducati	1:32.791	N/A	17
18	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:32.838	N/A	18
19	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:32.915	N/A	19
20	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	1:33.166	N/A	20
21	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:33.333	N/A	21
	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	Did not participate	N/A
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 1 REPORT
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING Nr. 2 REPORT

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	27	42:02.272	2	25
2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	27	+2.217	6	20
3	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	27	+2.290	8	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	27	+2.643	4	13
5	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	27	+4.044	7	11
6	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	27	+5.383	1	10
7	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	27	+10.358	9	9
8	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	27	+11.155	5	8
9	30	Takaaki Nakagami[N 3]	Honda	27	+10.839	14	7
10	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	27	+12.030	11	6
11	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	27	+12.376	12	5
12	33	Brad Binder	KTM	27	+12.405	16	4
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	27	+15.142	13	3
14	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	27	+19.914	18	2
15	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	27	+20.152	10	1
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	27	+22.094	15
17	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	27	+22.473	21
18	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	27	+37.856	19
19	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	27	+1:18.831	20
Ret	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	22	Accident	17
Ret	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	18	Accident	3
DNS	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda		Did not start
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:32.706 (lap 8)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Notes

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	25	40:41.774	1	25
2	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	25	+0.799	2	20
3	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	25	+0.897	3	16
4	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	25	+2.177	4	13
5	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+8.307	6	11
6	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+9.046	10	10
7	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	25	+9.971	8	9
8	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	25	+16.485	28[N 4]	8
9	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up	25	+17.036	20	7
10	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	25	+17.209	16	6
11	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	25	+17.741	18	5
12	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	25	+19.152	9	4
13	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	25	+21.946	14	3
14	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	25	+22.005	21	2
15	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	25	+24.404	17	1
16	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	25	+24.663	15
17	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	25	+27.442	19
18	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	25	+32.671	22
19	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	25	+35.844	24
20	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	25	+46.463	23
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	24	Accident	7
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	21	Accident	12
Ret	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	18	Accident	5
Ret	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	16	Accident	25
Ret	2	Jesko Raffin	NTS	15	Fatigue	27
Ret	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	12	Mechanical	26
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	10	Accident	11
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	6	Accident	13
DNS	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Remy Gardner was declared unfit to start the race with hand & foot fractures suffered in a crash during Sunday warm-up.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	John McPhee	Honda	23	39:48.952	17	25
2	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	23	+0.037	1	20
3	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	23	+0.232	3	16
4	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+0.393	8	13
5	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	23	+0.490	2	11
6	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	23	+0.543	9	10
7	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	23	+0.833	14	9
8	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+0.928	5	8
9	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	+0.976	15	7
10	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	23	+1.121	4	6
11	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	23	+1.554	20	5
12	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	23	+1.691	27	4
13	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	23	+1.921	12	3
14	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+1.961	16	2
15	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	23	+2.239	22	1
16	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	+3.927	28
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+8.517	25
18	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	23	+11.399	23
19	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	23	+11.679	26
20	12	Filip Salač	Honda	23	+11.835	10
21	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	23	+18.331	24
22	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	23	+18.598	31
23	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	23	+18.891	30
24	70	Barry Baltus	KTM	23	+41.938[N 5]	29
25	11	Sergio García	Honda	23	+1:01.077	11
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	21	Accident	13
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	14	Accident Damage	19
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	6	Accident	21
Ret	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna	6	Accident Damage	18
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	0	Collision Damage	6
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	0	Collision	7
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

MotoE

Pos.	No.	Rider	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Matteo Ferrari	7	12:14.331	4[N 6]	25
2	10	Xavier Siméon	7	+0.213	2	20
3	77	Dominique Aegerter	7	+0.372	5	16
4	40	Jordi Torres	7	+0.474	7	13
5	27	Mattia Casadei	7	+0.606	1	11
6	63	Mike Di Meglio	7	+0.780	9	10
7	61	Alessandro Zaccone	7	+4.393	10	9
8	15	Alex de Angelis	7	+4.476	16	8
9	70	Tommaso Marcon	7	+4.915	8	7
10	51	Eric Granado	7	+5.056	18	6
11	7	Niccolò Canepa	7	+5.439	6	5
12	35	Lukas Tulovic	7	+5.705	3	4
13	55	Alejandro Medina	7	+8.448	12	3
14	18	Xavier Cardelús	7	+8.582	13	2
15	6	María Herrera	7	+8.813	14	1
16	84	Jakub Kornfeil	7	+11.795	17
17	66	Niki Tuuli	7	+12.892	11
18	16	Joshua Hook	7	+36.401	15
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT

• All bikes manufactured by Energica.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[7][8][9][10]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 1 Andrea Dovizioso 76 1 2 Fabio Quartararo 70 3 Jack Miller 64 4 4 Joan Mir 60 5 Maverick Viñales 58

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 113 2 Ducati 107 3 KTM 88 4 Suzuki 73 5 Honda 53

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Petronas Yamaha SRT 127 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 116 3 Ducati Team 101 1 4 Team Suzuki Ecstar 100 1 5 Pramac Racing 97

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Luca Marini 112 2 Enea Bastianini 95 2 3 Marco Bezzecchi 85 1 4 Jorge Martín 79 1 5 Tetsuta Nagashima 68

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 175 2 Speed Up 57 3 MV Agusta 17 4 NTS 9

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 SKY Racing Team VR46 197 2 Red Bull KTM Ajo 147 3 EG 0,0 Marc VDS 103 4 Italtrans Racing Team 98 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 82

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 106 2 Ai Ogura 101 3 John McPhee 92 2 4 Tatsuki Suzuki 75 5 Tony Arbolino 70

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 Honda 155 1 2 KTM 142 3 Husqvarna 25

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Pull&Bear Aspar Team Moto3 128 4 2 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 102 1 3 SIC58 Squadra Corse 101 1 4 Honda Team Asia 101 5 Leopard Racing 94

MotoE

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Dominique Aegerter	57
4	2	Matteo Ferrari	45
1	3	Jordi Torres	43
	4	Mattia Casadei	38
4	5	Xavier Siméon	35

Notes

1. Sam Lowes, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was required to start from the pit lane as a penalty for irresponsible riding during the previous race. As a result, Remy Gardner was due to start the race from pole position but was declared unfit to race after a crash in warm-up. Luca Marini ultimately inherited the pole position grid slot,[1] although Lowes was still credited with pole position.[2]
2. Matteo Ferrari, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 3-place grid penalty for irresponsible riding during the previous race.[3] Mattia Casadei started the race from pole position, although Ferrari was still credited with pole position.[4]
3. Takaaki Nakagami finished eighth on the track, but received a 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
4. Pit lane start penalty.
5. 38-second penalty.
6. 3-place grid penalty.

References

1. "Misano Moto2: Marini beats Bezzecchi in VR46 1-2". motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
2. "Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – Moto2 – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "Ferrari claims E-Pole as Granado gets lap cancelled". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
4. "Gran Premio Lenovo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini – MotoE – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
5. "Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers". Honda Racing Corporation. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
6. "Marc Marquez to miss another MotoGP". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
7. "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
8. "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
9. "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
10. "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 31 August 2020.