2020 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix

Styria  2020 Styrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the
2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 August 2020
Official nameBMW M Grand Prix of Styria[1][2]
LocationRed Bull Ring
Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Pol Espargaró KTM
Time 1:23.580
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Pol Espargaró KTM
Time 1:23.877 on lap 4
Podium
First Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Second Australia Jack Miller Ducati
Third Spain Pol Espargaró KTM
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Arón Canet Speed Up
Time 1:28.787
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Time 1:28.687 on lap 4
Podium
First Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Second Spain Jorge Martín Kalex
Third Australia Remy Gardner Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda
Time 1:36.470
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Ayumu Sasaki KTM
Time 1:36.103 on lap 7
Podium
First Italy Celestino Vietti KTM
Second Italy Tony Arbolino Honda
Third Japan Ai Ogura Honda

The 2020 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria) was a Grand Prix motorcycle racing race held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 23 August 2020. It was the sixth round of the 2020 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fifth round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship. It was the first running of the Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix, and was held exactly one week after the 2020 Austrian Grand Prix on the same track, due to the rescheduling of the season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was also the 900th premier class race.

In a dramatic race, Miguel Oliveira of Red Bull KTM Tech3 won from Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) and Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) at the final corner, on the final lap to win his and his team's first MotoGP race. Oliveira is also the first Portuguese rider to win a Grand Prix race in the premier class. Oliveira's victory meant that ending the winning streaks for Ducati on Red Bull Ring - which is Ducati has won there 5 times.

For the first time since the 2016 Dutch TT, all classes were won by a first time winner in that class.

  1. ^ "2020 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  2. ^ "Red Bull Ring | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.