2020 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 15 races in the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 March 2020
Official name	QNB Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit Lusail,Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
Moto2
Pole position Rider Joe Roberts Kalex Time 1:58.136 Fastest lap Rider Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex Time 1:59.218 on lap 8 Podium First Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex Second Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex Third Enea Bastianini Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Tatsuki Suzuki Honda Time 2:04.815 Fastest lap Rider Ai Ogura Honda Time 2:05.788 on lap 14 Podium First Albert Arenas KTM Second John McPhee Honda Third Ai Ogura Honda

The2020 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at theLosail International Circuit inDoha on 8 March 2020. The MotoGP race was cancelled after Qatariquarantine measures were put in placeas a response tothe outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Because Moto2 and Moto3 teams were testing at Losail the previous week, teams were staying over in Qatar for that race and officials allowed them to participate in all scheduled events.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	20	40:00.192	14	25
2	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	20	+1.347	9	20
3	33	Enea Bastianini	Kalex	20	+1.428	3	16
4	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	20	+1.559	1	13
5	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	20	+1.901	6	11
6	9	Jorge Navarro	Speed Up	20	+2.381	4	10
7	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	20	+4.490	13	9
8	44	Arón Canet	Speed Up	20	+4.703	16	8
9	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	20	+7.118	10	7
10	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	20	+8.904	18	6
11	64	Bo Bendsneyder	NTS	20	+9.730	5	5
12	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	20	+11.410	7	4
13	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed Up	20	+12.701	11	3
14	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	20	+12.717	20	2
15	62	Stefano Manzi	MV Agusta	20	+16.208	21	1
16	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	20	+16.256	17
17	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	20	+16.869	23
18	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	20	+16.932	15
19	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Speed Up	20	+19.639	25
20	88	Jorge Martín	Kalex	20	+20.662	8
21	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	20	+27.291	28
22	27	Andi Farid Izdihar	Kalex	20	+34.514	26
23	2	Jesko Raffin	NTS	20	+34.664	22
24	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	20	+45.850	27
25	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	19	+1 lap	19
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	19	Accident	2
Ret	99	Kasma Daniel	Kalex	8	Accident	29
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	2	Accident	12
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	1	Accident Damage	24
DNS	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Sam Lowes withdrew from the event after Friday practice due to a shoulder injury.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	18	38:08.941	3	25
2	17	John McPhee	Honda	18	+0.053	9	20
3	79	Ai Ogura	Honda	18	+0.344	5	16
4[N 1]	5	Jaume Masiá	Honda	18	+0.247	6	13
5	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	18	+0.789	1	11
6[N 1]	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	18	+0.426	13	10
7[N 1]	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	18	+0.559	11	9
8	12	Filip Salač	Honda	18	+0.823	20	8
9	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	18	+0.964	19	7
10[N 1]	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	18	+0.834	2	6
11	11	Sergio García	Honda	18	+1.261	14	5
12	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	18	+1.485	8	4
13	21	Alonso López	Husqvarna	18	+1.602	25	3
14	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	18	+2.790	12	2
15[N 1]	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	18	+2.575	10	1
16	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	+3.180	7
17	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	18	+5.802	18
18	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	18	+5.829	15
19	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	18	+6.109	21
20	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Honda	18	+8.457	27
21	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	18	+8.480	17
22	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	18	+16.240	22
23	9	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	18	+21.450	24
24	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	18	+26.209	23
25	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	18	+26.412	29
26	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	18	+28.189	31
27	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	18	+28.517	26
28	13	Celestino Vietti	KTM	18	+32.106	16
29	60	Dirk Geiger	KTM	18	+41.931	28
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	17	Accident	4
Ret	20	José Julián García	Honda	13	Accident	30
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[2][3]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Tetsuta Nagashima 25 2 Lorenzo Baldassarri 20 3 Enea Bastianini 16 4 Joe Roberts 13 5 Remy Gardner 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 25 2 Speed Up 10 3 NTS 5 4 MV Agusta 1

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 25 2 Flexbox HP40 20 3 Italtrans Racing Team 16 4 Liqui Moly Intact GP 15 5 American Racing 13

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Albert Arenas 25 2 John McPhee 20 3 Ai Ogura 16 4 Jaume Masiá 13 5 Tatsuki Suzuki 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 25 2 Honda 20 3 Husqvarna 3

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Gaviota Aspar Team Moto3 25 2 Petronas Sprinta Racing 20 3 Leopard Racing 20 4 Kömmerling Gresini Moto3 19 5 Honda Team Asia 16

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved17 July 2020.

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• Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
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