Grand Prix of Styria (motorcycle)

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Route graphic of the Red Bull Ring

The Styrian Grand Prix for motorcycles is a motorcycle race for the motorcycle world championship .

It took place on August 23, 2020 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg , Austria .

history

Due to the rampant COVID-19 pandemic , various races of the 2020 Motorcycle World Championship have been canceled or postponed. At the beginning of June 2020, Dorna Sports , the organizer of the world championship, published a revised racing calendar u. a. with two races within a week in Spielberg.

After the classes Moto2 and Moto3 at the Grand Prix of Qatar already on March 8 had extended their first World Championship race, the July 19 by-19 COVID shortened season started with the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito de Jerez . The Austrian Grand Prix is planned for August 16, 2020 at the Red Bull Ring and the Styrian Grand Prix is ​​to take place at the same location on the following weekend.

Statistics of the Grand Prix of Styria

year route class winner Second Third Pole position Nice Race lap
2020 Spielberg Moto3 ItalyItaly Celestino Vietti ( KTM ) ItalyItaly Tony Arbolino ( Honda ) JapanJapan Ai Ogura ( Honda ) ArgentinaArgentina Gabriel Rodrigo ( Honda ) JapanJapan Ayumu Sasaki ( KTM )
Moto2 ItalyItaly Marco Bezzecchi ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Jorge Martín ( Kalex ) AustraliaAustralia Remy Gardner ( Kalex ) SpainSpain Arón Canet ( Speed ​​Up ) ItalyItaly Marco Bezzecchi ( Kalex )
MotoGP PortugalPortugal Miguel Oliveira ( KTM ) AustraliaAustralia Jack Miller ( Ducati ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( KTM ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( KTM ) SpainSpain Pol Espargaró ( KTM )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Gerald Dirnbeck: MotoGP Calendar 2020: Dates and routes published. www.motorsport-total.com, June 11, 2020, accessed on August 16, 2020 .