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Timetables and challenges of the MotoGP 2020 Spanish Grand Prix

Spanish GP - Timetables and challenges of the MotoGP 2020 Spanish Grand Prix -

The motorcycle Grand Prix world championship finally resumes this weekend on the Angel Nieto circuit in Jerez (Spain), the scene of the very first MotoGP 2020 race after four months of interruption due to the Covid-19. Presentation, timetables and statements.

This time it’s the right one: the MotoGP riders are preparing to attack their 2020 season in Jerez after having cheated their brakes since mid-March due to the international health crisis. Recall that only the Moto2 and Moto3 categories were able to compete in the Qatar GP, canceled for the premier category because of the Covid-19.

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Johann Zarco will finally be able to discover his new Ducati Avintia in race conditions, while Fabio Quartararo will try to win his second pole in a row in Andalusia on his Yamaha Petronas-SRT which he is preparing to exchange with Valentino Rossi to succeed him in the official team in 2021 !

On the side of the favorites, Andrea Dovizioso arrives in Jerez with a freshly operated shoulder following his bad crash in motocross. Declared fit to run by the medical profession yesterday Tuesday, the Italian has spared no effort during the past three weeks: "DesmoDovi" has multiplied the rehabilitation sessions with his trainer, photos on the inevitable social networks in support.

Cracks and slaps…

Will this voluntary attitude convince Ducati to accede to the requests of n ° 4 to extend his contract? Hopefully: negotiations between the Italian manufacturer and the 34-year-old rider have stalled for several weeks, making Ducati the only brand to date not to have completed its 2021 casting for its official structure !

An astonishing situation even though "Dovi" has three "titles" of vice-world champion against Marquez and his involvement in Desmosedici has been total since 2013. To make matters worse for these seemingly tense negotiations, the shadow of Jorge Lorenzo is rumored to return to Ducati again ! 

Marc Marquez also arrives quite worried at Jerez de la Frontera: the reigning champion – winner last year at Jerez – was not convinced by his RC213V during the offseason and must also gauge his operated shoulder this winter. On this point, stopping all activities for four months benefited him: honest, Marquez recognizes that the first races would have been complicated to manage from a physical point of view..

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The n ° 93 will also have to manage this weekend the annoyance related to the announcement of … The HRC has indeed formalized the arrival of the KTM defector at his side in 2021, as well as the demotion of Alex Marquez in the private Honda-LCR team. The reigning Moto2 champion will enjoy semi-official rider status, like Cal Crutchlow, whom he replaces.

Espargaro hired by HRC to beat Marc Marquez !

This "slap" is all the more resounding as it is accompanied for Marc Marquez by a new potentially explosive collaboration: Pol Espargaro and he are not on the best terms since their games in Moto2 (to the advantage of Marquez for the title in 2012), while his future box neighbor is already proclaiming loud and clear that "my role at Honda is to beat Marc" !

Spanish GP - Timetables and challenges of the MotoGP 2020 Spanish Grand Prix -

"Honda is not recruiting a number two, but a driver fighting for the title," said Pol Espargaro. "They don’t recruit me by telling me that I’m here to be second: Alberto Puig (HRC team manager, Editor’s note) wants a fighter who can face anyone. The biggest challenge is to beat the best , and that’s what I’ll try to do ".

“Currently, no one can beat Marc,” continues the ambitious new recruit Honda. "We have seen teammates who, with the same bike, are not even able to approach it (special dedication to Jorge Lorenzo, Editor’s note!). I am making this bet to see what makes Marc different from the others, how he pilot, and what I can achieve with the same tools as him ".

As for the fact that his arrival leads to the departure of Alex Marquez, disembarked without having participated in a single race, Pol Espargaro assures him: "It is not my fight, nor my decision: it is Honda’s decision and I did not ask a question ". And why would he have done it? It’s high level competition, not the world of care bears! Honda hands him a golden handlebar after years of hardship on the KTM: how to refuse such an offer at 29 years old ?!

Warm-up Wednesday 

The riders of the three categories (Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP) resume their marks this Wednesday as part of a day of testing on the Jerez circuit, where they will compete in two races in a row: the Spanish Grand Prix this week -end, followed by the Andalusian Grand Prix next week. Continental Circus will then head to Brno for the Czech Republic GP scheduled for August 9.

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This return to the saddle in Andalusia will also allow MotoGP riders to familiarize themselves with the new rear tire introduced by Michelin: "The new rear slick tire has been designed to work for all riders and machines", assures Piero Taramasso, manager of the two-wheeler division of Michelin Motorsport. "After the last tests in Qatar – where we saw fast lap times – we are convinced that all manufacturers will have found the best setting to make their respective bikes work optimally".

Spanish GP - Timetables and challenges of the MotoGP 2020 Spanish Grand Prix -

Timetable of the MotoGP 2020 Spanish Grand Prix

Friday July 17, 2020

  • Free practice 1 Moto3: from 9 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
  • MotoGP free practice 1: from 9:55 am to 10:40 am
  • Free practice 1 Moto2: from 10:55 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.
  • Free practice 1 MotoE: from 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
  • Moto3 free practice 2: from 1:15 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
  • MotoGP Free Practice 2: 2:10 p.m. to 2:55 p.m.
  • Moto2 Free Practice 2: 3.10 p.m. to 3.50 p.m.
  • MotoE Free Practice 2: 4:05 p.m.

Saturday July 18, 2020

  • Moto3 free practice 3: from 9 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
  • MotoGP Free Practice 3: from 9:55 am to 10:40 am
  • Moto2 free practice 3: from 10:55 am to 11:35 am
  • Free practice 3 MotoE: from 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.
  • Moto3 QP1 Qualifying: from 12:35 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.
  • Moto3 QP2 Qualifying: 1:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.
  • MotoGP Free Practice 4: 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  • MotoGP Q1 Qualifying: 2:10 p.m. to 2:25 p.m.
  • MotoGP Qualifying Q2: from 2:35 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
  • Moto2 QP1 Qualifying: 3:10 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
  • Moto2 QP2 Qualifying: 3:35 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.
  • MotoE Qualifying (E-Pole): 4:05 p.m. 

Sunday July 18, 2020

  • Moto3 warm-up: 8:20 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.
  • Moto2 warm-up: 8:50 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
  • MotoGP warm-up: from 9:20 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
  • Start of race 2 MotoE: 10:05 am
  • Moto3 race start: 11h00
  • Moto2 race start: 12:20 p.m.
  • MotoGP race start: 2:00 p.m.

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