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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 8 March 2020. The MotoGP race was cancelled after Qatari quarantine measures were put in place as a response to the 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 |
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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]
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