2020 Moto3 season
The 2020 Moto3 World Championship is a part of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season calendar has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races.
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Teams and riders
- All teams use series-specified Dunlop tyres.
Team changes
- Tech3 have joined the Moto3 class after KTM's withdrawal from Moto2.
- Husqvarna have returned to Moto3 after 4 years absence with Sterilgarda Max Racing Team.[18][19]
- WorldwideRace Team have shut down after twenty-two seasons.
- Sterilgarda Max Racing Team and Red Bull KTM Ajo both have expanded to two riders.
- Angel Nieto Team has reverted to their former name of Aspar.[20]
Rider changes
- Leopard Racing have run 2 different riders from the previous season – Jaume Masiá, who joins from the WorldwideRace team, and Dennis Foggia, who joins from Sky Racing Team VR46. They've replaced Lorenzo Dalla Porta and Marcos Ramírez, who've moved up to Moto2 with Italtrans Racing Team and American Racing respectively.
- Arón Canet has moved up to Moto2 with Gaviota Ángel Nieto Team. He was replaced at Sterilgarda Max Racing Team by Alonso López, who joins from Estrella Galicia 0,0.
- Filip Salač has left PrüstelGP to join VNE Snipers, replacing Romano Fenati, who joins Sterilgarda Max Racing Team.
- Jakub Kornfeil has been originally intended to leave PrüstelGP to join BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race. However, in January 2020, Kornfeil has announced his retirement from professional racing. His seat was taken by Davide Pizzoli, who made his full season debut in Moto3.
- Jason Dupasquier and Barry Baltus have made their debut with PrüstelGP.
- Andrea Migno has returned to Sky Racing Team VR46 after two seasons.
- Maximilian Kofler has made his full season debut in Moto3, joining CIP Green Power. He became the first Austrian rider to compete as a regular rider since Michael Ranseder in the 2009 season.
- 2019 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup winner Carlos Tatay has made his full season debut with Reale Avintia Racing.
- Khairul Idham Pawi has returned to Moto3 by joining Petronas Sprinta Racing. He's replaced Ayumu Sasaki, who joins Red Bull KTM Tech 3.
- Yuki Kunii has signed for Honda Team Asia to replace Kaito Toba who has joined Red Bull KTM Ajo next season.
- Raúl Fernández has joined Red Bull KTM Ajo to replace Can Öncü who has moved to the Supersport World Championship.
- Deniz Öncü has made his full season debut with Red Bull KTM Tech 3.
- Riccardo Rossi has left Gresini Team to join BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race, replacing Makar Yurchenko whose contract has been terminated.
Mid season changes
- Dirk Geiger replaced Barry Baltus for the first race due to age restriction.
Calendar
The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2020:[21][22]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 8 March | Losail International Circuit, Lusail | |
2 | 19 July | Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera | |
3 | 26 July | ||
4 | 9 August | Automotodrom Brno, Brno | |
5 | 16 August | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | |
6 | 23 August | ||
7 | 13 September | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico | |
8 | 20 September | ||
9 | 27 September | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | |
10 | 11 October | Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans | |
11 | 18 October | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | |
12 | 25 October | ||
13 | 8 November | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia | |
14 | 15 November | ||
15 | 22 November | Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão | |
The following rounds were included on the original calendar, but were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:[33]
Round | Original Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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Cancelled races: | |||
– | 31 May | Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero | |
– | 21 June | Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal | |
– | 28 June | TT Circuit Assen, Assen | |
– | 12 July | Kymi Ring, Iitti | |
– | 30 August | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | |
– | 4 October[lower-alpha 1] |
Buriram International Circuit[39], Buriram | |
– | 18 October | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi | |
– | 25 October | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Ventnor | |
– | 1 November | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang | |
– | 15 November[lower-alpha 2] |
Circuit of the Americas, Austin | |
– | 22 November[lower-alpha 3] |
Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Rio Hondo |
Calendar changes
- The Thailand Grand Prix was moved from being the 15th round of 2019 to the 2nd round of 2020.
- The Argentine Grand Prix and Grand Prix of the Americas swapped places in the calendar order.
- The German Grand Prix and Dutch TT also swapped places, with Germany moving to 21 June, while the Assen round remained in its traditional position on the final weekend of June.
- The Finnish Grand Prix was reintroduced to the calendar after a 38-year absence. The venue hosting the round will be the new Kymi Ring, instead of the Tampere Circuit used in 1962 and 1963 or the Imatra Circuit which hosted the round until 1982.
- The Aragon Grand Prix was moved from the last week of September to the first week of October. It was later returned to its original schedule to allow for the rescheduled Thailand Grand Prix.
Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic
The season calendar has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races.
- The Qatar Grand Prix proceeded for Moto2 and Moto3 as planned despite cancelation of the premier class race, as the teams were already in Qatar for their final pre-season test before the quarantine measures were implemented.[44]
- The Thailand Grand Prix was postponed on 2 March due to COVID-19 concerns.[45] It was later confirmed to take place on 4 October, shifting the Aragon Grand Prix forward by a week.[46]
- The Grand Prix of the Americas was postponed from 5 April to 15 November after the City of Austin implemented a state of emergency. The Valencian Grand Prix was subsequently shifted back by one week to 22 November to accommodate the Austin rescheduling.[47]
- The Argentine Grand Prix was postponed to 22 November, further shifting the finale in Valencia to 29 November.[48]
- The Spanish Grand Prix was postponed on 26 March.[49]
- The French Grand Prix was postponed on 2 April.[50]
- The Italian and Catalan Grands Prix were postponed on 7 April.[51]
- The German Grand Prix was postponed on 17 April after the German government announced a ban of all large gatherings until at least 31 August.[52]
- The Dutch TT was postponed on 23 April after the Dutch government announced a ban on all mass events until at least 1 September.[53]
- The Finnish Grand Prix was postponed on 24 April.[54]
- The German, Dutch and Finnish rounds were officially cancelled on 29 April.[55] For the first time in the championship's history, the Dutch TT was absent from the calendar.
- The British and Australian rounds were cancelled on 29 May.[56]
- The Japanese round was cancelled on 1 June.[57]
- The Italian round was officially cancelled on 10 June.[58]
- On 11 June, a new schedule based in Europe was announced. The season is to contain 5 "double-headers" on consecutive weekends at Jerez, Austria, Misano, Aragon, and Valencia to achieve a minimum of 13 races.[22]
- The European Grand Prix returned to the calendar for the first time since 1995, held at Ricardo Tormo Circuit as the first round of the Valencian double-header.[22]
- The Grand Prix of the Americas was officially cancelled on 8 July.[59]
- The Argentine, Thai and Malaysian rounds were officially cancelled on 31 July.[60]
- On 10 August, the Portuguese Grand Prix was announced to be staging the final race of the 2020 season at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. It will mark the first Portuguese Grand Prix since 2012 when it was held at the Autódromo do Estoril. Portimão has been MotoGP's reserve track since 2017.[32]
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor | Report |
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1 | Report | ||||||
2 | Report | ||||||
3 | Report | ||||||
4 | Report | ||||||
5 | Report | ||||||
6 | Report | ||||||
7 | Report | ||||||
8 | Report | ||||||
9 | Report | ||||||
10 | Report | ||||||
11 | Report | ||||||
12 | Report | ||||||
13 | Report | ||||||
14 | Report | ||||||
15 | Report |
Riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
P – Pole |
Constructors' standings
Pos | Constructor | QAT |
SPA |
ANC |
CZE |
AUT |
STY |
RSM |
EMI |
CAT |
FRA |
ARA |
TER |
EUR |
VAL |
POR |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 111 | |||||||||||
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 110 | |||||||||||
3 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||
Pos | Constructor | QAT |
SPA |
ANC |
CZE |
AUT |
STY |
RSM |
EMI |
CAT |
FRA |
ARA |
TER |
EUR |
VAL |
POR |
Pts |
Teams' standings
Pos | Team | Bike No. |
QAT |
SPA |
ANC |
CZE |
AUT |
STY |
RSM |
EMI |
CAT |
FRA |
ARA |
TER |
EUR |
VAL |
POR |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 75 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 108 | |||||||||||
82 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 15 | |||||||||||||
2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | RetF | RetF | 2 | 71 | |||||||||||
7 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 21 | |||||||||||||
3 | 20 | Ret | 71 | |||||||||||||||
23 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
24 | 5P | 8P | 1P | Ret | 10 | |||||||||||||
4 | 17 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 3 | 67 | |||||||||||
89 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 22 | DNS | |||||||||||||
5 | 79 | 3F | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 65 | |||||||||||
92 | 18 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 26 | |||||||||||||
6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 65 | |||||||||||
52 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||||
7 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 60 | |||||||||||
16 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 12 | |||||||||||||
8 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6P | 9P | 55 | |||||||||||
27 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 20 | |||||||||||||
9 | 12 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 25 | Ret | 48 | |||||||||||
14 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||||||
10 | 40 | Ret | 18 | 4 | 12 | 6F | 27 | |||||||||||
73 | 27 | 20 | 18 | Ret | 25 | |||||||||||||
11 | 53 | 12 | 25 | Ret | 15 | 8 | 21 | |||||||||||
71 | 19 | 11 | Ret | 20 | 13 | |||||||||||||
12 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||
11 | 11 | 17F | 8 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||||
13 | 21 | 13 | 14 | DNS | Ret | 23 | 19 | |||||||||||
55 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 17 | |||||||||||||
14 | 99 | 21 | Ret | 13 | 18 | 22 | 3 | |||||||||||
50 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||||||
60 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
70 | 24 | 17 | 21 | Ret | ||||||||||||||
9 | 23 | 23 | Ret | 24 | 27 | 0 | ||||||||||||
54 | 24 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 18 | |||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Bike No. |
QAT |
SPA |
ANC |
CZE |
AUT |
STY |
RSM |
EMI |
CAT |
FRA |
ARA |
TER |
EUR |
VAL |
POR |
Pts |
Notes
- The Thailand Grand Prix was originally due to take place on 22 March but was initially rescheduled to 4 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Grand Prix of the Americas was originally due to take place on 5 April but was initially rescheduled to 15 November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Argentine Grand Prix was originally due to take place on 5 April but was initially rescheduled to 22 November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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