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In addition to the usual suspects, the lambs included Jack Miller and Joan Mir, both looking dangerous, Cal Crutchlow lame-ducking the LCR Honda, suddenly quick SRT TechTrois Yamaha heartthrob Franco Morbidelli and young Pecco Bagnaia, who, having crawled in 2019, appears to be walking on the Pramac Ducati in 2020. With Marquez showing a zero, MotoGP 2020 may provide fans with some real drama for the first time in five years. A new and improved rear tyre construction offered far more grip, and it actually proved too much traction for the likes of Ducati, who spent the whole year trying (and failing) to understand how to use it. This newest version of Rossi has had dips before, so you’d certainly back him to return to a more respectable level of competitiveness. Get the latest MotoGP, Moto2 & Moto3 race results and check out the upcoming race calendar at BT Sport, the home of live motorsport. Oliveira turned in a solid performance with his P8 finish. If you had predicted at the start of the year that MotoGP’s inline four-powered bikes would dominate the year by taking 10 out of 14 wins and the championship, you’d have been laughed at. Marc Marquez nearly crashed early in the race but managed to hang on. The series has been dominated by the V4s of Honda and Ducati of late, and the question has been asked time and again if the inline engines had seen their day. His pre-COVID form was a hat-trick of three crashes, but his post-COVID form was more worrying, harking back to his late-2019 lack of pace. Not too much there for me. The RC16 has turned from a bike only Espargaro seemed to be able to get much out of to one that two riders with around 20 combined races of previous MotoGP experience could take to the top step of the podium. MotoGP’s rules have been finely honed over the years to create racing that’s closer than just about any other world-class motorsport series, and with 2020 out to shake up the norm in every walk of life it’s made for a year that will live forever. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LtREyeLbTP5bxAOqYbgifw',sig:'LYH9WuXe3rNSo6kXZ0-jVhfETPR_Zk-K1Y3zPzfSpoc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1227689224',caption: false ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); One must concede that Marquez, despite being faster than everyone else out there, was a bit rusty. OK. Like, how many top tens will Alex Marquez see this year? Team Suzuki, with Rins out hurt and Mir crashing, had a train wreck of a day, but all six Ducatis finished today’s race. After two rounds, Arenas leads Ogura 50-36, with a host of riders sitting with between 16 and 20 points. By far the highlight of an otherwise tumultuous year, it’s made a statement about his speed. Q2, featured strong performances from the eventual front row of Quartararo, Maverick Viñales and Marc Marquez. You did not have to be a cynic to see this as a budgetary move, of a manufacturer that was content to remain the underdog and wasn’t willing to spend what was needed to return to the summit of MotoGP. Jack Miller and Franco Morbidelli completed the top five. – SP. Will the virus allow the completion of even this bastardized schedule? – SP. For years (or decades, depending on who you talk to), Honda’s incredible grand prix success has always come with a caveat. This entry was posted on October 18, 2020 at 11:57 am and is filed under 2020 MotoGP Championship, Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing, Joan Mir, Moto, Moto2, Moto3, MotoGP, motogp 2020, MotoGP Aragon, MotoGP Results, Motorcycle Racing, Racing News. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. Moto3, with its 12-man lead groups, offers simply the best racing on the planet. Tuesday’s test at Misano offered factories the chance to test new parts ahead of the exhaustive run to the end of the year that sees riders race eight times in ten weekends. The 2020 MotoGP season got off with a bang, as the brutally hot conditions in southern Spain took a toll on all three classes. Boasting top ten finishes tonight are KTM’s Pol Espargaro (6th), Pramac Ducati youngster Bagnaia (7th) and KTM’s Oliveira (8th). By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of data and cookies. And though just in his third MotoGP season, he was already pushing 30. After winning in Qatar, Tetsuta Nagashima finished second to lead the Moto2 championship by 17 points ahead of Lorenzo Baldassarri and 20 ahead of Jerez winner Luca Marini. Rossi making it straight to Q2 is a relief for him and his team. His first season with Yamaha in 2019 was perfectly serviceable, but was completely overshadowed by Fabio Quartararo’s whirlwind debut, and though his premier-class future was secured even before racing began in 2020, his case for a longer-term MotoGP career in top machinery still needed building. Plucked from the Moto2 mid-pack and placed into LCR Honda because HRC wanted a Japanese rider in the premier class, he was seen as a consistent but steady journeyman who would never set the world on fire. A new champion, nine different race winners and 15 different podium finishers. The Race is stopped. Twenty riders would start Round One in 2020; 15 would finish. 2020 Rimini MotoGP Results—Friday News. According to the announcers, the heat was worse than Sepang, worse than Buriram. And in doing so, these sides combined to save his premier-class career. – VK. On Saturday FP3 ended with Andrea Dovizioso on the inside looking out from P10 at the likes of Pol Espargaro, Alex Rins, Danilo Petrucci, Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira and, not for the last time, Alex Marquez. The good news is, at least Espargaro is keeping faith, relative to how dejected he seemed at times in 2019. So imagine his surprise when he suddenly found himself in the midst of the 2020 title fight! He was less fortunate later. – SP. Maverick Viñales and Jack Miller both had a strong opening weekend. Oww. 2020 Valencia MotoGP Saturday News Details of Iannone’s defense emerge. But for all of them, the opportunity was there to do much more. Why can’t Marc Marquez make it five in a row and seven for eight? Browse through 2020 MotoGP results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. And it wasn’t about internal strife, or glaring errors, or obvious unrealised potential. Further details of Andrea Iannone’s case against the FIM International Disciplinary Court and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have emerged in which the Italian’s defense appeared frightfully underprepared. In addition to Fabio’s first career MotoGP win, Viñales made it a factory Yamaha 1-2, with Dovi putting his Ducati on the podium late in the game. 2020 motogp aragon gp alex rins suzuki ecstar alex marquez repsol honda joan mir Rins sweeps victory as Alex Marquez takes 2nd MotoGP podium 2020 MotoGP: Eight winners, nine races. Suzuki instead opted for a rider straight out of Moto3, who hadn’t won by then in his sole Moto2 campaign and wouldn’t do so by the time it wrapped up. It just didn’t feel the same with the stands empty of fans. Calls for more clarity from riders, teams, media and fans have been largely stonewalled, while riders have been punished severely for minor infractions. Aug 23, 2020: Race results from the Styrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, round 5 of the revised 2020 season. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'e37arjr9SOBXimRXdpSNDQ',sig:'s8Rak9cB2czgl4gC3DROjUHWeuHNdY0Wf5ii9BDf6pU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1182896364',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Rins reminds us that although the championship cannot be won at Round One, it can be lost. But that grading’s way too harsh – no Ducati rider save for Jack Miller really found reliable form, and Zarco, on a 2019 version of a fairly complicated bike that he had much less experience of than his peers, was nevertheless sometimes the bright spot. Join us to celebrate the 9 different #MotoGP winners during the 2020 season with a special photo opportunity ahead of the #PortugueseGP! The winner of the opening two races of the year at Jerez in incredible style, he looked set to pick up where he left off at the end of his rookie season and ride off to title success in the absence of Marquez. Browse through 2020 MotoGP results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. Next week we’ll try this again, likely missing a few premier class riders. – SP/VK. 5 Comments. Five winners in six: the 2020 title race is wide open Morbidelli’s win, Bagnaia’s first podium, Quartararo’s DNF and everything else that happened at Misano sees 2020 … Portimão has been MotoGP's reserve track since 2017. (This may be a duplicate of the previous question.). The fall from stratospheric high to subterranean low was experienced by Fabio Quartararo in 2020. I distinctly remember having thoughts to that effect in 2018, but hindsight has made any take like that look patently absurd. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'RczKI4omSJtUpD5k13fucw',sig:'WYVAU-MhBA06wETNDNwtHA3ER7KJ_ZoPPCTKmJjJHLc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1227676496',caption: false ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Q1 on Saturday afternoon was, if you’re willing to call what these guys do in the last two minutes “routine,” kind of routine. ... 2020 to Sep 20, 2020 . He was very much the number two to superstar Quartararo in 2019, but it took no time at all for the other side of the garage to have racked up an equal number of wins and a much better championship place, just as Quartararo prepares to join Maverick Vinales in the factory team for next year. Aug 16, 2020: Race results from the Austrian MotoGP at the Red Bull Ring, round 4 of the revised 2020 season. But not having fans in the stands made it feel like testing. This article originally appeared on Late-Braking MotoGP. The impression is that they’re universally derided by the entire grid, who view their actions are simultaneously inconsistent to the point of exasperation and unexplained to the point of frustration. Jack Miller scored his first MotoGP win since 2016 in the Spanish Grand Prix as a dominant-looking race for Fabio... Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro was "very angry" with the Jerez circuit following qualifying for tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix, after a series of high-speed crashes highlighted the significant lack of run-off at a number of the track’s corners, Marc Marquez experienced his first big crash since returning to MotoGP at last week’s Portuguese Grand Prix, and he admitted that he didn't "exactly remember" his high-speed fall during FP3 at Jerez, Petronas Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli wants MotoGP to impose a time limit on lap deletions, arguing that the stewards’ late decision to strip him of a key practice lap created a “safety issue". But, hey, all that means it’s as good a time as possible for the change of scenery that the Petronas 2021 move will bring about. – VK. 2020 European MotoGP Results Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) is now a MotoGP race winner. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'KRfYIM7aTJZmoWvhv519_g',sig:'5G6w5wkz8A7HXp8rM3t-KcxrjGUy4bztDAaLMJps_hs=',w:'594px',h:'372px',items:'1227635386',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); I keep arguing with myself about the utility of Fridays at Round Ones, about trying to glean anything from the timesheets. Even taking away the pandemic-influenced compressed schedule with the added novelty of double-headers at the same tracks, the 2020 MotoGP season will live long in memory. Zarco hasn’t been very consistent, which is reflected in his 13th place in the standings. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) didn’t put a foot wrong on Sunday afternoon to claim his second victory of 2020 at the Gran Premio Liqui Moly de Teruel. Which of the young guns will make great strides and approach Alien status? Go figure. Tech3 KTM’s Miguel Oliveira is yet another first-time MotoGP winner in 2020. Today’s crash looked bad. For most of his MotoGP career, Taka Nakagami has been something of a background figure. 5⃣ of them first-time winners!. Tranche I: Marc Marquez*, Fabio Quartararo Tranche II: Maverick Viñales, Jack Miller, Andrea Dovizioso, Pol Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins* Tranche III: Pecco Bagnaia, Cal Crutchlow*, Valentino Rossi, Joan Mir, Brad Binder, Danilo Petrucci, Miguel Oliveira Tranche IV: Takaa Nakagami, Aleix Espargaro, Iker Lecuona Tranche V: Tito Rabat, Johann Zarco, Alex Marquez, Bradley Smith. The Race started in February 2020 as a digital-only motorsport channel. The winners and losers of the 2020 MotoGP season. On his day, Vinales is an obvious championship-calibre rider. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'TKDP9k5pR6NnCixHleiR_Q',sig:'aqwPozmIGxDqRKg-2sHLFPXD7IHR4rbjK81Gz-_911g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1257057839',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Albert Arenas, having won in Qatar sometime back around the spring equinox, won again today in a hotly (!) Victorious in Qatar and again at Jerez, Albert Arenas can honestly boast about being undefeated in over four months. It is why he gave his season a 5.5 mark out of 10 when asked at Portimao. Both Pramac Ducatis and, looking slightly deranged, Crutchlow formed Row 2. Rushing back to action only a week later with hubris typical of both Marquez and Honda only made things worse, and the eight-time world champion has spent the entire season watching from the sidelines. Can anybody break Quartararo’s Jerez strangehold? Will KTM show any discernible improvements over 2019? Browse through 2020 MotoGP results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. Aprilia, unfortunately, was still up to its old tricks, with a P15 and a DNF to show for its efforts to go along with the bubbly public relations campaign being waged by riders and team brass. But if the 2021-spec RS-GP doesn’t deliver on what the 2020 spec promised, there’s no doubt his patience will run out. Hopefully, the Grand Prix of Andalucía won’t be quite as hot as the Grand Prix of Spain. Despite that, though, no one expected him to set the world on fire in 2020, as he graduated to the premier class with lifelong backer KTM. By Valentin Khorounzhiy and Simon Patterson . The Portuguese was among the steadiest riders in race trim this year, and while there was a dash of good fortune about his maiden win in the Styrian Grand Prix, his victory on home soil at Portimao was a monumental display – the kind only truly elite MotoGP riders can produce. Yet it didn’t take long for everything he’d built to come crashing down around him. There was a lot of optimism surrounding the new RS-GP in the pre-season. Sunday MotoGP. It will mark the first Portuguese Grand Prix since 2012 when it was held at the Autódromo do Estoril. We await word of Marc Marquez’ status for next week, but as it currently stands, Alex Marquez leads his brother 4-0 after one round. Fighting for the championship until the penultimate round of the year despite a shoulder injury at the very beginning that looked to derail any hopes, he turned around a poor start into something very special indeed. We use data about you for a number of purposes explained in the links below. This entry was posted on September 27, 2020 at 11:54 am and is filed under Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing, Grand Prix of Aragon, Moto, Moto2, Moto3, MotoGP, motogp 2020, MotoGP Aragon, MotoGP Results, Motorcycle Racing. But he still firmly seems on average the fourth-fastest in Yamaha’s quartet of riders, and a 90th premier-class win looks as far away as ever since the 89th came in 2017 at Assen. Browse through 2020 MotoGP Portuguese GP results, statistics, rankings and championship … By Kevin Cameron. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'6Dmr0z6ZRF5KB6CZ5Ra5kw',sig:'fyuqa8m9bZ6-ty8YhbMs8L8HGJ8vKtI5C7tR4Hrmf50=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1257055485',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Today’s Spanish Grand Prix was bookended by two mishaps attributable to Marc Marquez. We use cookies to improve your experience on this website and so that ads you see online can be tailored to your online browsing interests. Sometimes it’s simpler than that – there was just no championship-calibre pace, at virtually any point (including even the one Red Bull Ring race win, which was hard-earned but fortuitous). Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into four classes since 2019; MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, and MotoE.Former classes that are now discontinued include 350cc, 50cc and sidecars. Making it even worse was the rise of team-mate Morbidelli. The premier class is MotoGP, which was formerly known as the 500cc class. And so is the Oliveira story. Follow your favorite team and driver's progress with daily updates. Out of the top six for the next four races as he too got to experience Yamaha’s dreaded consistency issues, he could do nothing but watch from the sidelines as his hopes slipped away. Sure, Honda creates dominant champions on incredible motorcycles – but it’s all too guilty of putting all its eggs in one basket and tailoring a bike to a single superstar. By Nate Ryan Sep 13, 2020, 10:30 AM EDT. There followed a remarkable display of riding, as Marquez sliced through the field all the way back to third place, with Viñales clearly in his sights and, in a perfect world, time to catch Quartararo. Even the title maybe could’ve been his – but the important thing is that he’s definitely made it look possible going forward. After coming close a few times last year, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo finally captured his first MotoGP victory. No. French GP Oct 9, 2020 to Oct 11, 2020 . Zero. But once the season commenced, for all of Yamaha’s inconsistencies, Morbidelli and Quartararo combined for a much more potent line-up than their works counterparts – more podiums, more poles, more wins. Bravo, Sylvain Guintoli and co, for making an amazing bike. – VK. Subscribe. All the riders, results, schedules, races and tracks from every Grand Prix. Mentor Valentino Rossi said Morbidelli had been the quickest MotoGP rider down the final stretch of the campaign, and it was very hard to argue with that. Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1997: 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP.Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar. Yes, it clearly helps that Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira are top talent, and that the 2020 season was particularly wacky – whether it was due to Marquez’s absence, the Michelin rear tyre, all of the above or something else entirely. Same with Moto2, which gave us a somewhat atypical procession today. But a special mention for Vinales. KTM must be pleased with Espargaro, for now, and rookie  Binder who, until leaving the premises briefly on Lap 7, had been running in the top eight. In fact, so severe have some penalties been this year for small transgressions, it’s perhaps a sign of how little respect there is for the panel that Jack Miller went completely unpunished this year for referring to them as c***s to the media… – SP, Pol Espargaro didn't hold back in his assessment of his feeling aboard Honda's RC213V, admitting that it's a "mess" everywhere but under braking, Fabio Quartararo says he feels “lost” and has no immediate solution in mind after an arm problem robbed him of a probable victory in MotoGP’s Jerez race. Certainly the growing spectre of discord didn’t help. MotoGP 2020 results and standings for top drivers and teams Photos by: Getty Images; lead photo by Yamaha, It doesn’t have to be big to be an Adventure. And yet he’d pulled the trigger on another early two-year renewal with the manufacturer well before the start of this season. Luca Marini, who has MotoGP written all over him, fended off a brave challenge from journeyman (and series leader) Tetsuga Nagashima, while Moto2 sophomore Jorge Martin scored his third career Moto2 podium, holding Sam Lowes at bay for the last few laps. #PortugueseGP Three. Test rider Dani Pedrosa will get a lot of credit for that, and understandably so given the timing of his arrival and the vocal praise for him from other participants in the project, but the other guys – the mechanics, the engineers, the Honda-bound long-time lead rider Espargaro and the ever-present Mika Kallio – have earned props as well. Add to that that he’s never been much of a Saturday rider, and it repeatedly meant he left himself with too much to do on race day. This is what happens when you schedule stuff outdoors in southern Spain in July. And that might be the case again next year, at least in the beginning, as Aprilia looks set to bet on a relatively unknown quantity in Joe Roberts – having failed to land either Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow or an established Moto2 frontrunner. By Valentin Khorounzhiy and Simon Patterson, Secrets of Mir’s shock run to the MotoGP title, How Honda unlocked its shock MotoGP star’s speed, Small change or big error? Scot John McPhee, who came from back in the pack to challenge for the win, crashed out of the lead late shortly after Darryn Binder, another young rider with big ambitions. Yamaha’s new parts of little use. ... Fabio Quartararo Wins First MotoGP Of 2020. Not that Iannone, based of 2019 form, would’ve improved Aprilia’s fortunes much, as this is still firmly a bike that only Espargaro seems to be able to get the best out of. – Simon Patterson. Riders debate impact of 2020 Yamaha, Twelve months that transformed MotoGP’s new winning team, Zarco interview: ‘I was scared I could taste the end’, Farewell Dovizioso – MotoGP’s ultimate underdog, Vinales feels stuck in Yamaha loop: ‘It’s impossible to win’, Scathing court report shows why Iannone’s appeal had no hope, Why Rossi + Morbidelli is a ‘no filters’ dream team, Rider dissent against MotoGP stewarding ‘mess’ grows louder. Our aim is to create the best motorsport coverage that appeals to die-hard fans as well as those who are new to the sport. A little extra love from Honda’s engineers in the absence of Marc Marquez proved to be the key to unlocking Nakagami’s potential. Pol Espargaro, a quiet Dovizioso and a jinxed Rins would have constituted Row 3, theoretically, had Rins not suffered a “fracture/dislocation” of his right shoulder with a minute left. Morbidelli needed this. Our answers to those questions, after one scrap, go like this: Big crash at Jerez I. Fabio, Maverick and Miller. Was Rossi’s season better than his final 15th place in the standings suggested? Maybe. The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 … Back in 2016, when he was lighting up the timing screens in his first Yamaha test, it wasn’t quite unthinkable that he wouldn’t be a champion soon – but it was unthinkable that he wouldn’t really even contend for a title. But that’s what happens when your hopes in the teams’ and constructors’ standings are sabotaged by a hefty penalty for a serious rule breach, and your hopes in the riders’ title race are sabotaged by the fact the M1 doesn’t consistently work for any of your four riders. And so was Avintia/Esponsorama. Maybe victories and podiums weren’t on the cards, but what also wasn’t in the cards, at all, was Aprilia putting up what in some regards is its worst season results-wise since before current lead rider Aleix Espargaro’s arrival in 2017. The first occurred on Lap 5, when, trying to get away from Viñales and the rest of the grid, he had a ‘moment,’ followed by an un-holy save – a career top-tenner – followed by a lengthy stroll through the gravel, followed by his re-entry into the fray in 16th position. When MotoGP bosses Dorna announced its plans for a 13-round MotoGP calendar back in May, many scoffed at the idea that it would be even possible in the middle of a global pandemic. After Honda’s first winless season in the premier class since 1981, the manufacturer ended the year fifth out of six, ahead only of Aprilia and well behind upstart (and bitter rival) KTM. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Fabio Quartararo set a new track record with a time of 1:36.705 during Q2. … In Marquez’s absence, 2020 looked his absolute best shot for now, but an average finish of 7.9 ensured that was never going to happen. To get UNLIMITED access, all you need to … The most dramatic event today was Marc Marquez crashing heavily toward the end of the premier class race, after recovering from a costly early moment to challenge for the win. Finally, how many of these questions are you comfortable answering after what is effectively Round One. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZNG1lpfoSVx3vRyx9P4_IQ',sig:'2o1UyrmJH2TlyutSmjZYU8kFoCRPO7HZwu-BYFSovtA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1257056443',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); What were the big questions heading into MotoGP 2020? Race results from the 2020 MotoGP of Portugal at Portimao, round 14 of 14. Franco Morbidelli becomes the fourth first-time winner in MotoGP this year. The MotoGP grid gathered to honor those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare professionals and other frontline workers fighting the disease. Dovizioso and Ducati were three time runners-up behind Marquez, and now that he basically missed a season they didn’t really come anywhere near capitalising. – SP. Aragon GP Oct 16, 2020 to Oct 18, 2020 . Yes. The same cannot be said about the results of the combined FP1-FP3 practices that separate the goats from the lambs re: having to slog through the frying pan of Q1 just to get thrust immediately into the fire of Q2. … Hoo boy. Oliveira takes a perfect home victory with lights-to-flag domination of the 2020 Portimao MotoGP season finale. A word for the ‘losers’ section though – several of the riders and teams in it didn’t actually have what you’d consider particularly bad seasons, and won’t be striking 2020’s achievements from their CVs any time soon. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Qr5SbQMxS_5hIlMJWeO1fw',sig:'uqvJZt6HaKy1kozoRG99u3LhFeePGhqOYTo5kRdyWnE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1227689347',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); With Rins, Crutchlow and, finally, Marquez out of the mix, a number of lesser riders had surprisingly good days. Who will emerge as the top challenger(s)? Without him, it’s been nothing short of complete disaster. Coming off an 8-month layoff, and with riders having little real practice time under their belts, this race was unlikely to be a work of art. Fabio set a new track record on Saturday morning. Below, we’ve named our winners and losers of the 2020 campaign. Results and standings For those of you still reading, Morbidelli and our old buddy Valentino Rossi joined a perplexing Joan Mir in Row 4. And there was no course correction throughout 2020. 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