A minimum of 13 more events will take place starting on July 19th at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto in this new 2020 MotoGP calendar
MotoGP is back. That’s right, the 2020 MotoGP calendar is out with a minimum of 13 – 14 for Moto2 and Moto3 – more races taking place between July and November, with possibly four more races outside of Europe taking place up to December the 13th. Check out the brand-new 2020 calendar below:
The MotoGP season will start at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto in Spain with the Gran Premio Red Bull de España on July 19th and the Gran Premio Red Bull de Andalucía on July 26th. Following a weekend off, we’ll head to the Czech Republic for the Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky at Brno, before the myWorld Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich and the Grand Prix von Styria at the Red Bull Ring in Austria all in the space of three weeks.
Three weeks later, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will host the Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini and the Gran Premio di Emilia Romagna e della Riviera di Rimini, rounds six and seven of the MotoGP World Championship, on consecutive weekends, with the rescheduled Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya just one week later.
On October 11th, MotoGP will head to France with the rescheduled SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France taking place at Le Mans. Just one week later, the fourth double-header of the season will take place in Aragon – the Gran Premio Michelin de Aragón and the Gran Premio de Teruel. Then, two weeks later, the final two European rounds will take place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, with the European Grand Prix taking place on November 8th and the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana taking place on November 15th.
However, we could see a maximum of 17 rounds taking place with four races potentially on the cards outside of Europe between November 22nd and December 13th. The Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas, Grano Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina, OR Thailand Grand Prix and Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix will all be confirmed before July 31st.
All dates, events and the eventual attendance of spectators are subject to the evolution of the pandemic and the approval of the corresponding Governments and authorities.
First premier class win next on the agenda of Osborne
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Up-trending conclusion to the season in Utah has been impressive.
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After placing fifth, third, fourth and second in Salt Lake City so far, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Zach Osborne now has a breakout 450SX victory in sight.
While he’s still maintaining a race-by-race approach in the closing stages of Monster Energy Supercross, Osborne’s form has been a major talking point this month.
“For sure, of course that’s the goal,” Osborne said. “I’ve got everything in the top five but a win so far since we’ve been here.
“But, like I said the other day, you have to walk before you can run and this season’s been really challenging for me up until the first race of this little swing we’re doing. For me, it’s been really positive this whole trip and I can’t be too disappointed.
“My main goal was to come here and kind of turn the momentum of the season that I had going, which was trending down, and get trending up – I think I’ve done that.
“It takes a lot of pressure off me just to hang some results and be up in the mix. I think that the win will come soon enough. I mean, I’m in a good position as far as my body goes and I feel like I can do it before we leave here.”
Two-time 250SX East champion Osborne has been both quick and consistent since the series arrived in Utah for its final seven rounds and, with three to go, the fast-starting 30-year-old has proven a podium regular in recent races.
“I think the biggest thing for me right now is that I’m in a really good headspace,” Osborne said. “I feel fresh when I get to the races and I’ve just been really enjoying the time here in Salt Lake with my family. It’s honestly been a huge refresher for me.
“My bike’s changed a little bit from the beginning of the year and I’m doing a little bit better at adapting the bike throughout the day, but the biggest thing is that I’m enjoying riding right now and going to the races. This whole thing’s been really good for my psyche and where I’m at in life.”
After missing Atlanta and Daytona due to a practice crash, Osborne has climbed from 14th in the championship standings and has climbed from 14th to eighth in points, now within 13 points of MotoConcepts’ Malcolm Stewart in P6.
Supercross championship leader salvages third at round 14.
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Eliminating poor starts continues to be a priority of Monster Energy Supercross leader Eli Tomac after labelling his start ‘unacceptable’ at SLC4 on Wednesday.
The Monster Energy Kawasaki rider was able to slice his way through the pack from outside of the top 10 to third, but it could have been far worse.
Tomac has admitted that it was genuinely stressful to see title rivals Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM) – winner of the main event – and Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) battling for P1 while he was well down the order during the opening half of the race.
“The start was unacceptable,” Tomac said afterwards. “I mean, yeah, we start looking long-term, but the start was unacceptable. I was like third guy in line there, going into the first turn and was buried.
“So, the outcome was fine, but to be honest, I was pretty stressed out the first lap when I saw Coop and Kenny up front. I’m like, ‘oh no, this might be a 10-point night’, so I just kept digging there, got to third and that was acceptable, but I can’t keep doing those starts like that again.”
With the 450SX championship on the line and just three rounds remaining, Tomac faced true adversity in yesterday’s race in a bid to minimize damage.
A late pass on Blake Baggett (Rocky Mountain KTM WPS) elevated him onto the podium, but he says there isn’t any specific reason why he’s managed to remain calm in those situations during 2020.
“I wish I could say there is, but no,” he added. “I haven’t been making those bad starts or whatever, like minimizing the damage. I had a bad race in Atlanta, went down and got back to fourth.
“Tonight, totally buried in 12th or 16th or something and got back to third. Those are the nights that have changed for me versus the past. I don’t know, the more racing, the more experience you get, I guess.”
All-European schedule released as 2020 gets set to commence.
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A revised 2020 MotoGP World Championship calendar features 13 premier class rounds, scheduled to commence at Jerez in July and it could expand further with flyaways.
Multiple double-header rounds at the same venue over consecutive weekends are scheduled in the series that has been overhauled following the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The possibility of holding events outside Europe will be assessed and confirmed before the 31st of July,” the announcement read. “However, the 2020 season will not finish later than the 13th of December and will comprise a maximum of 17 events (including the Grand Prix of Qatar).”
According to organisers, all dates and events – as well as the eventual attendance of spectators – are subject to the evolution of the pandemic and the approval of corresponding governments and authorities.
If races outside of Europe do in fact go ahead later in the season, those to be included will potentially be the Americas, Argentina, Thailand and Malaysia. Each of the other regular locations have already been cancelled.
2020 MotoGP World Championship calendar (revised): Rd1 – 8 March – Losail International Circuit, Qatar (Moto2/Moto3 only) Rd2 – 19 July – Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, Spain Rd3 – 26 July – Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, Spain Rd4 – 9 August – Brno, Czech Republic Rd5 – 16 August – Red Bull Ring, Austria Rd6 – 23 August Red Bull Ring, Austria Rd7 – 13 September – Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, San Marino Rd8 – 20 September – Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, San Marino Rd9 – 27 September – Barcelona, Catalunya Rd10 – 11 October – Le Mans, France Rd11 – 18 October – MotorLand Aragon, Aragon Rd12 – 25 October – MotorLand Aragon, Aragon Rd13 – 8 November – Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia Rd14 – 15 November – Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Valencia
The Energica Ego Corsa riders will be at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto, alongside the MotoGP™ paddock, for the opening race on the 19th of July. Having got their cup campaign up and running at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España, the MotoE™ riders will be back on track for Round 2 at the Gran Premio Red Bull de Andalucia a week later on the 26th of July.
Finally the 2020 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season has wings and a 12 race season. With the ongoing support of Dorna as part of the Road to MotoGP structure, the fourteenth Cup season will begin with four races over back-to-back weekends at the Red Bull Ring following a three day preseason test at the same venue in the first week of August.
Alongside the other Grand Prix classes the double weekend theme continues with four races at Motorland Aragón in October and the remaining quartet in November at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia.
The twenty-six Rookies come from across the globe, including one young Aussie called Billy Van Eerde, are desperate to get on their KTM RC 250 Rs having shared the motorsport world’s frustration following the cancellation of the original test in Jerez in April and the delayed start to the season.
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Calendar 2020
August 2-4: Preseason Test in Spielberg, Austria
August 15-16: Race 1 & Race 2 in Spielberg, Austria
August 22-23: Race 3 & Race 4 in Spielberg, Austria
October 17-18: Race 5 & 6 in Aragón, Spain
October 24-25: Race 7 & 8 in Aragón, Spain
November 7-8: Race 9 & 10 in Valencia, Spain
November 14-15: Race 11 & 12 in Valencia, Spain
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Provisional Entry List
5 Tatchakorn Buasri (Thailand)
6 Phillip Tonn (Germany)
7 Daniel Muñoz (Spain)
11 Alex Escrig (Spain)
13 Sho Nishimura (Japan)
19 Scott Odgen (Great Britian)
23 Alex Millan (Spain)
24 Iván Ortolá (Spain)
28 Matteo Bertelle (Italy)
29 Billy van Eerde (Australia)
33 Izan Guevara (Spain)
34 Mario Aji (Indonesia)
37 Pedro Acosta (Spain)
38 David Salvador (Spain)
39 Bartholomé Perrin (France)
48 Gabin Planques (France)
55 Noah Dettwiler (Switzerland)
58 Luca Lunetta (Italy)
64 David Muñoz (Spain)
80 David Alonso (Colombia)
84 Zonta van den Goorbergh (Netherlands)
88 Artem Maraev (Russia)
89 Marcos Uriarte (Spain)
95 Collin Veijer (Netherlands)
96 Daniel Holgado (Spain)
97 Rocco Landers (United States)
Billy van Eerde beat Haruki Noguchi and Alex Escrig to the line at Aragon last September Source: MCNews.com.au
The possibility of holding events outside Europe will be assessed and confirmed before the 31st of July. However, the 2020 season will not finish later than the 13th of December and will comprise a maximum of 17 events (including the Grand Prix of Qatar).
All dates and events, as well as the eventual attendance of spectators, are subject to the evolution of the pandemic and the approval of corresponding governments and authorities.
2020 MotoGP Calendar As of June 11
July 19 – Jerez
July 26 – Jerez
August 9 – Brno
August 16 – Spielberg
August 23 – Spielberg
September 13 – Misano
September 20 – Misano
September 27 – Catalunya
October 11 – Le Mans
October 18 – Aragon
October 25 – Aragon
November 8 – Valencia
November 15 – Valencia COTA – To be confirmed before the 31st of July Argentina – To be confirmed before the 31st of July Thailand – To be confirmed before the 31st of July Malaysia – To be confirmed before the 31st of July
On October 11th, MotoGP™ will head to France with the rescheduled SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France taking place at Le Mans. Just one week later, the fourth double-header of the season will take place in Aragon – the Gran Premio Michelin® de Aragón and the Gran Premio de Teruel. Then, two weeks later, the final two European rounds will take place at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, with the European Grand Prix taking place on November 8th and the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana taking place on November 15th.
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Directly after the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) season opener, the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team with riders, Tom Sykes (GBR) and Eugene Laverty (IRL), BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director Marc Bongers and Team Principal Shaun Muir got their own impressions of the damages and met with residents and firefighters affected by the crisis.
One day after the first race weekend of the season at Phillip Island (AUS), the members of the BMW Motorrad World SBK Team assembled again at the circuit. This time, however, they did not mount the BMW S 1000 RR, but BMW GS motorcycles. This is because they were setting off on a rather special off-road tour, starting out from Phillip Island Circuit that led them through the areas affected by the recent bush fires for three days.
BMW charity off-road tour
The tour was organised by BMW Group Australia as part of its extensive bushfire relief efforts. For months, Australia was afflicted by devastating bushfires, as a result of which countless people lost their homes, while the fauna and flora suffered massive damage. The initiatives by BMW Group Australia included the donation of $600,000 to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery appeal – which supports evacuation centres and recovery hubs – and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the most influential independent conservation organisation in the world.
As the opening round of WorldSBK traditionally takes place in Australia, the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team had decided to team up with BMW Group Australia and do its bit. They did so by swapping the RR for GS motorcycles, gaining a picture of the situation, and meeting the people affected and firefighters on site, who fought for months to prevent the catastrophe.
1,200 kilometres from Phillip Island to Canberra.
The tour started from Phillip Island and led the riders 1,200 kilometres through the southeast of Australia to the capital Canberra. Significantly, the route incorporated sections of the iconic GS Safari, in which BMW Group Australia has played a key role for several years with both a charity focus and provision of heightened experiences for BMW customers.
On the Monday morning after the WorldSBK season-opener, the time had come to get going. Sykes, Laverty, Bongers and Muir assembled at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, where they met up with fellow riders who would be joining them on the tour. They included BMW Group Australia instructors, like Glenn Allerton (AUS), who rides an RR in the Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK). “It was important for us to do this tour,” says Bongers. “The images of the bush fires were all over the media. However, you can only truly grasp the size and the impact when you are actually there.”
Tom Sykes, Glenn Allerton and Shaun Muir
They headed cross-country through the state of Victoria to Bright and to the small community of Swifts Creek, both of which were heavily impacted by bushfires. The route then led them through the Alpine National Park, to the state of New South Wales and on to their final destination in Canberra. “We started at the racetrack, but our thoughts were soon turned on their head after just a few metres,” says Sykes. “I left the racing behind me. Obviously riding the BMW R 1250 GS Adventure was incredible fun and a great way to relax after a race weekend, but what we saw next was really quite unbelievable.” For example, the effects of the impact on nature: “The contrasts were clear to see. In the unaffected areas, you could see how it used to be: mile after mile of beautiful countryside with a unique flora and so many animals, from kangaroos, emus, koalas and deer to snakes. Australia is such a biodiverse country and it was awful to see how this had been destroyed by the fires. On the other hand you also then get a feeling of hope when you come to areas, in which new plants, like eucalyptus trees, are rising out of the burnt ashes.”
Meeting the firefighters of Swifts Creek.
The visit to the firefighters in the small community of Swifts Creek, with a population of just 250, was particularly emotional. The firefighters demonstrated their equipment, including how a fire engine’s protective mechanism works when surrounded by an inferno. Laverty and Sykes tried on the jackets and helmets, which the firefighters had worn whilst battling the bush fires in the previous months. The firefighters and residents discussed at length how they experienced the catastrophe – and why, despite the sheer adversity, they refuse to give up and always move forward.
“We had some comprehensive chats and could feel how sincerely happy the people of Swifts Creek were that we made the effort to visit them after the race weekend, to show and express our appreciation. At the same time, talking to the people who overcame this catastrophe were inspirational for us,” says Bongers. Muir adds: “We were overwhelmed by the welcome we received in Swifts Creek. Those people had been through so much in the previous months. We visited them to acknowledge them and show them our respect. They were very grateful – and we were also able to take a lot from our time there.”
Meeting the firefighters of Swifts Creek.
In Swifts Creek, the four riders found themselves in the midst of a remarkable story. One of the volunteer firefighters there is Charles Leggett, a huge motorsport fan who himself used to race. Once the bush fires had died down, he was able to watch the opening round of WorldSBK live on Phillip Island, as he does every year. “I have just come from a campsite on Phillip Island, where I followed how Eugene, Tom and the rest of the team got on in the opening races,” said Leggett. “And how fantastic is this? First I watched the races on the weekend, and now I am meeting everyone in person here in our little fire station! Tom Sykes is wearing my firefighter jacket, in which I battled against the bushfires. I am incredibly proud. I would like to thank the whole team for visiting – it has been a special day for us all, and especially for me.”
Meeting the firefighters of Swifts Creek.
The charity tour reached its destination in Canberra on Wednesday evening. After 1,200 kilometres of cross-country riding, everyone was rather exhausted but deeply moved by what they had seen and experienced. “The whole trip was inspiring but, above all, meeting the people was particularly moving,” says Laverty, speaking on behalf of everyone. “The people were genuinely pleased that we had visited them. And it was a pleasure for us to be able to give them that joy. The Australians’ spirit, which you could feel in all our meetings with the residents, was particularly inspirational: Never give up, fight to the last, and always look forward. That is something we have all taken from this experience.”
Vikram Pawah, CEO of BMW Group Australia, said the visit of international BMW Motorrad Motorsport identities to bushfire-affected regions was a fillip and that it perfectly complemented local efforts to provide aid to those in need. “We were heartened to see the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team literally go the extra mile straight after the first races of the season to immerse themselves in the impacted areas and provide a very welcome boost to those who battled so hard through that dreadful situation during the fires,” Pawah said. “The fact that Tom, Eugene, Marc and Shaun did not hesitate for a second when deciding to do this tour shows that they share our spirit and sincere desire to be part of the extensive relief efforts.”
BMW charity off-road tour
BMW Group Australia has plans in place to continue raising funds for bushfire victims including the auctioning of the BMW GS helmets worn by Sykes and Laverty during the tour for charity.
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