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 hitting 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 within fractions of a second. Syahrin then was sent airborne as a result of the accident 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 GP for the upcoming weekend at the same venue.
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 each 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 and then flying straight back on track onto the apex of turn 3 and narrowly missing out both Yamaha factory riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi in the process, 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 completely destroyed. Zarco's bike however tangentially hit the safer barrier at high-speed and flew above the circuit also narrowly missing out Viñales and suffered extremely terminal damage such as Morbidelli's wrecked bike.
Both races were immediately red-flagged due to respective track-cleaning actions.
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.
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.
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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 2020 Austrian Grand PrixRace detailsRace 5 of 15 races in the2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasonDate16 August 2020Official namemyWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von OsterreichLocationRed Bull RingSpielberg Styria AustriaCoursePermanent racing facility4 318 km 2 683 mi MotoGPPole positionRiderMaverick VinalesYamahaTime1 23 450Fastest lapRiderAlex RinsSuzukiTime1 24 007 on lap 7PodiumFirstAndrea DoviziosoDucatiSecondJoan MirSuzukiThirdJack MillerDucatiMoto2Pole positionRiderRemy GardnerKalexTime1 28 681Fastest lapRiderJorge MartinKalexTime1 29 102 on lap 2PodiumFirstJorge MartinKalexSecondLuca MariniKalexThirdMarcel SchrotterKalexMoto3Pole positionRiderRaul FernandezKTMTime1 36 277Fastest lapRiderDarryn BinderKTMTime1 36 670 on lap 4PodiumFirstAlbert ArenasKTMSecondJaume MasiaHondaThirdJohn McPheeHondaAndrea Dovizioso was the defending race winner having won the race in 2019 1 2 3 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 hitting 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 within fractions of a second Syahrin then was sent airborne as a result of the accident 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 GP for the upcoming weekend at the same venue 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 each 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 and then flying straight back on track onto the apex of turn 3 and narrowly missing out both Yamaha factory riders Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi in the process 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 completely destroyed Zarco s bike however tangentially hit the safer barrier at high speed and flew above the circuit also narrowly missing out Vinales and suffered extremely terminal damage such as Morbidelli s wrecked bike Both races were immediately red flagged due to respective track cleaning actions Contents 1 Background 1 1 Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic 1 2 MotoGP Championship standings before the race 1 3 MotoGP Entrants 2 Qualifying 2 1 MotoGP 2 2 Q1 2 3 Q2 3 Race 3 1 MotoGP 3 2 Moto2 3 3 Moto3 4 Championship standings after the race 4 1 MotoGP 4 2 Moto2 4 3 Moto3 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksBackground editImpact of the COVID 19 pandemic edit See also 2020 MotoGP season Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID 19 pandemic and COVID 19 pandemic in AustriaThe 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 Federation 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 edit After the third round at the Czech Grand Prix Fabio Quartararo on 59 points leads the championship by 17 points over Maverick Vinales 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 edit Further information 2020 MotoGP season Rider changes Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Marquez from the Czech Republic round onwards while he recovered from injuries sustained in his opening round crash 4 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 citation needed Qualifying editMotoGP edit Q1 edit Johann Zarco and Valentino Rossi qualified for Q2 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Time1 5 nbsp Johann Zarco Ducati 1 23 8652 46 nbsp Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 23 8913 9 nbsp Danilo Petrucci Ducati 1 23 9154 41 nbsp Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1 24 1515 35 nbsp Cal Crutchlow Honda 1 24 2286 27 nbsp Iker Lecuona KTM 1 24 4057 33 nbsp Brad Binder KTM 1 24 4858 73 nbsp Alex Marquez Honda 1 24 4909 6 nbsp Stefan Bradl Honda 1 24 66210 38 nbsp Bradley Smith Aprilia 1 24 83111 53 nbsp Tito Rabat Ducati 1 25 28712 51 nbsp Michele Pirro Ducati 1 25 431OFFICIAL MOTOGP Qualifying Nr 1 REPORTQ2 edit Pos No Rider Manufacturer Time1 12 nbsp Maverick Vinales Yamaha 1 23 4502 43 nbsp Jack Miller Ducati 1 23 5183 20 nbsp Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1 23 5374 4 nbsp Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1 23 6065 44 nbsp Pol Espargaro KTM 1 23 6126 36 nbsp Joan Mir Suzuki 1 23 6737 21 nbsp Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1 23 7198 42 nbsp Alex Rins Suzuki 1 23 7319 5 nbsp Johann Zarco Ducati 1 23 82810 30 nbsp Takaaki Nakagami Honda 1 23 87211 88 nbsp Miguel Oliveira KTM 1 23 93912 46 nbsp Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 23 995OFFICIAL MOTOGP Qualifying Nr 2 REPORTRace editMotoGP edit 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 Points1 4 nbsp Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 20 28 20 853 4 252 36 nbsp Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 1 377 6 203 43 nbsp Jack Miller Pramac Racing Ducati 20 1 549 2 164 33 nbsp Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 5 526 17 135 46 nbsp Valentino Rossi Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 5 837 12 116 30 nbsp Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 20 6 403 10 107 9 nbsp Danilo Petrucci Ducati Team Ducati 20 12 498 13 98 20 nbsp Fabio Quartararo Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 20 12 534 3 89 27 nbsp Iker Lecuona Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 20 14 117 16 710 12 nbsp Maverick Vinales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 15 276 1 611 41 nbsp Aleix Espargaro Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 17 772 14 512 51 nbsp Michele Pirro Pramac Racing Ducati 20 23 271 22 413 38 nbsp Bradley Smith Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 20 24 868 20 314 73 nbsp Alex Marquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 24 943 18 215 35 nbsp Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Castrol Honda 20 27 435 15 116 53 nbsp Tito Rabat Esponsorama Racing Ducati 20 28 502 2117 6 nbsp Stefan Bradl Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 28 609 19Ret 42 nbsp Alex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 10 Accident 8Ret 44 nbsp Pol Espargaro Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8 Collision 5Ret 88 nbsp Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Tech3 KTM 8 Collision 11Ret 21 nbsp Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 0 Did not restart 7Ret 5 nbsp Johann Zarco Esponsorama Racing Ducati 0 Did not restart 9Fastest lap nbsp Alex Rins Suzuki 1 24 007 lap 7 Sources 5 6 7 Moto2 edit 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 Points1 88 nbsp Jorge Martin Kalex 13 19 24 723 2 252 10 nbsp Luca Marini Kalex 13 2 195 8 203 23 nbsp Marcel Schrotter Kalex 13 4 782 3 164 22 nbsp Sam Lowes Kalex 13 7 249 6 135 97 nbsp Xavi Vierge Kalex 13 7 325 16 116 72 nbsp Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 13 7 771 10 107 12 nbsp Thomas Luthi Kalex 13 9 405 9 98 37 nbsp Augusto Fernandez Kalex 13 9 598 12 89 44 nbsp Aron Canet Speed Up 13 10 023 5 710 16 nbsp Joe Roberts Kalex 13 10 890 11 611 7 nbsp Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 13 11 170 13 512 77 nbsp Dominique Aegerter NTS 13 11 803 24 413 35 nbsp Somkiat Chantra Kalex 13 13 002 17 314 96 nbsp Jake Dixon Kalex 13 13 385 15 215 40 nbsp Hector Garzo Kalex 13 15 865 21 116 11 nbsp Nicolo Bulega Kalex 13 15 897 1417 62 nbsp Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 13 15 913 1918 42 nbsp Marcos Ramirez Kalex 13 16 222 2619 19 nbsp Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 13 18 830 2720 24 nbsp Simone Corsi MV Agusta 13 22 614 2821 21 nbsp Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 13 25 079 2322 64 nbsp Bo Bendsneyder NTS 13 29 300 2923 99 nbsp Kasma Daniel Kalex 13 36 648 30Ret 87 nbsp Remy Gardner Kalex 4 Accident 1Ret 45 nbsp Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 3 Accident 18Ret 9 nbsp Jorge Navarro Speed Up 0 Accident 7Ret 33 nbsp Enea Bastianini Kalex 0 Did not restart 4Ret 55 nbsp Hafizh Syahrin Speed Up 0 Did not restart 20Ret 57 nbsp Edgar Pons Kalex 0 Did not restart 22Ret 27 nbsp Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 0 Did not restart 25OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORTMoto3 edit Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 75 nbsp Albert Arenas KTM 23 37 25 323 2 252 5 nbsp Jaume Masia Honda 23 0 049 4 203 17 nbsp John McPhee Honda 23 0 447 3 164 N 1 79 nbsp Ai Ogura Honda 23 0 121 13 135 N 1 13 nbsp Celestino Vietti KTM 23 0 292 5 116 N 2 40 nbsp Darryn Binder KTM 23 0 275 22 107 14 nbsp Tony Arbolino Honda 23 0 487 8 98 53 nbsp Deniz Oncu KTM 23 1 083 10 89 25 nbsp Raul Fernandez KTM 23 1 136 1 710 24 nbsp Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 23 1 177 6 611 2 nbsp Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 23 2 221 7 512 N 1 16 nbsp Andrea Migno KTM 23 1 924 12 413 71 nbsp Ayumu Sasaki KTM 23 2 596 16 314 52 nbsp Jeremy Alcoba Honda 23 2 228 18 215 82 nbsp Stefano Nepa KTM 23 2 609 19 116 11 nbsp Sergio Garcia Honda 23 2 866 2017 55 nbsp Romano Fenati Husqvarna 23 2 920 3018 54 nbsp Riccardo Rossi KTM 23 3 486 919 23 nbsp Niccolo Antonelli Honda 23 4 276 N 3 1520 27 nbsp Kaito Toba KTM 23 4 309 1721 7 nbsp Dennis Foggia Honda 23 5 776 1122 99 nbsp Carlos Tatay KTM 23 8 485 2523 21 nbsp Alonso Lopez Husqvarna 23 10 963 N 3 3124 6 nbsp Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 23 23 563 2125 73 nbsp Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 23 814 2626 92 nbsp Yuki Kunii Honda 23 23 970 2427 N 1 9 nbsp Davide Pizzoli KTM 23 23 929 2728 N 1 50 nbsp Jason Dupasquier KTM 23 24 064 29Ret 12 nbsp Filip Salac Honda 22 Retired 14Ret 70 nbsp Barry Baltus KTM 6 Accident 23DNS 89 nbsp Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 0 Did not start 28OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORTKhairul 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 editBelow are the standings for the top five riders constructors and teams after the round 8 9 10 MotoGP edit Riders Championship standingsPos Rider Points nbsp 1 nbsp Fabio Quartararo 67 nbsp 2 2 nbsp Andrea Dovizioso 56 nbsp 1 3 nbsp Maverick Vinales 48 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Brad Binder 41 nbsp 2 5 nbsp Valentino Rossi 38 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points nbsp 1 nbsp Yamaha 81 nbsp 1 2 nbsp Ducati 67 nbsp 1 3 nbsp KTM 57 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Suzuki 44 nbsp 1 5 nbsp Honda 37 Teams Championship standingsPos Team Points nbsp 1 nbsp Petronas Yamaha SRT 98 nbsp 2 nbsp Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 86 nbsp 1 3 nbsp Ducati Team 76 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 60 nbsp 2 5 nbsp Team Suzuki Ecstar 50 Moto2 edit Riders Championship standingsPos Rider Points nbsp 1 1 nbsp Luca Marini 78 nbsp 1 2 nbsp Enea Bastianini 73 nbsp 3 3 nbsp Jorge Martin 59 nbsp 4 nbsp Sam Lowes 59 nbsp 2 5 nbsp Tetsuta Nagashima 55 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points nbsp 1 nbsp Kalex 125 nbsp 2 nbsp Speed Up 48 nbsp 3 nbsp MV Agusta 13 nbsp 4 nbsp NTS 9 Teams Championship standingsPos Team Points nbsp 1 1 nbsp Sky Racing Team VR46 118 nbsp 1 2 nbsp Red Bull KTM Ajo 114 nbsp 1 3 nbsp EG 0 0 Marc VDS 84 nbsp 1 4 nbsp Italtrans Racing Team 73 nbsp 5 nbsp Openbank Aspar Team 60 Moto3 edit Riders Championship standingsPos Rider Points nbsp 1 nbsp Albert Arenas 95 nbsp 1 2 nbsp John McPhee 67 nbsp 1 3 nbsp Ai Ogura 65 nbsp 4 nbsp Tatsuki Suzuki 50 nbsp 5 nbsp Raul Fernandez 43 Constructors Championship standingsPos Constructor Points nbsp 1 1 nbsp KTM 111 nbsp 1 2 nbsp Honda 110 nbsp 3 nbsp Husqvarna 17 Teams Championship standingsPos Team Points nbsp 1 nbsp Valresa Aspar Team 108 nbsp 3 2 nbsp Leopard Racing 71 nbsp 1 3 nbsp Sic58 Squadra Corse 71 nbsp 2 4 nbsp Petronas Sprinta Racing 67 nbsp 1 5 nbsp Honda Team Asia 65Notes edit a b c d e 1 position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap 2 position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap a b 3 second penalty References edit 2019 Austrian MotoGP Motor Sport Magazine Database Motor Sport Magazine 12 August 2019 motogp com myWorld MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON OSTERREICH MotoGP Race Classification 2019 www motogp com Archived from the original on 1 October 2020 Retrieved 22 August 2020 OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT PDF Retrieved 24 March 2023 Stefan Bradl joins Alex Marquez in Brno while Marc Marquez recovers Honda Racing Corporation 4 August 2020 Retrieved 4 August 2020 2020 Austrian MotoGP Motorsport Database S L Dorna motogp com GP RESULTS 2020 MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON OSTERREICH MotoGP RAC Classification motogp com Retrieved 24 March 2023 OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT PDF Retrieved 24 March 2023 MotoGP Standings PDF resources motogp com 16 August 2020 Retrieved 24 August 2020 Moto2 Standings PDF resources motogp com 16 August 2020 Retrieved 24 August 2020 Moto3 Standings PDF resources motogp com 16 August 2020 Retrieved 17 August 2020 External links edit MotoGP Official Website Retrieved 13 August 2020 Previous race 2020 Czech Republic Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship2020 season Next race 2020 Styrian Grand PrixPrevious race 2019 Austrian Grand Prix Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Next race 2021 Austrian Grand Prix Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix amp oldid 1179942911, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
