The five-time World Champion was announced as the Iwata factory’s test rider at the beginning of 2020 and completed two-days of testing at the Sepang shakedown and Official Tests in February. After successful runs, both parties have taken the decision for the number 99 to be back on a YZR-M1 during a race weekend – the Spaniard’s home race in Barcelona on the 5-7 June.
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Almost all options are pre-set for the Online Challenge, and only the fastest lap will be recorded, no matter how many times the ‘Time Attack’ session is completed over the course of the Challenge period. Ideal trajectory and rewind will be unavailable during time-trials in the premier-class – meaning pure gaming skill is what’s required to beat the fastest in the world. The machine and rider are also pre-selected and designed specifically for each Challenge period.
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Fittingly, the first on-site event of the MotoGP™ eSport Championship then takes place at the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley at Mugello, putting eSport and Oakley centre stage as the Global Series begins. The first of the four Global Series Rounds of this season will also be played around the Italian venue on Friday the 29th May, with Oakley taking top billing on screen and as title sponsor. The event is named Round 1 presented by Oakley.
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Why? Well, there’s plenty of reasons. One of them being the number of Grand Prix race winners we have on the grid in 2020. There are 11 winners in total and Romano Fenati (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team) boasts the most with 11 GP victories in the lightweight class, with Niccolo Antonelli (SIC58 Squadra Corse) his closest challenger with four wins. Aspar Team’s Albert Arenas has three to his name, with three riders chalking up two GP top step trophies: John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing), Tony Arbolino (Rivacold Snipers Team) and Khairul Idham Pawi (Petronas Sprinta Racing). Elsewhere, Andrea Migno (SKY Racing Team VR46), Jaume Masia (Leopard Racing), Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse), Kaito Toba (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0) have one apiece.
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However, this year, the table has been removed for the Thursday and in its place will be stools for the riders to sit on, with a more TV-friendly, dynamic and visually attractive Press Conference at the centre of the changes. The hope is that the shackles will come off and riders will be allowed to express their personalities a little bit more.
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However, this year, the table has been removed for the Thursday and in its place will be stools for the riders to sit on, with a more TV-friendly, dynamic and visually attractive Press Conference at the centre of the changes. The hope is that the shackles will come off and riders will be allowed to express their personalities a little bit more.
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But that’s not all. Lorezno Dalla Porta (Italtrans Racing) has also won the 2016 FIM CEV Junior Moto3™ World Championship, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2’s Nicolo Bulega and Edgar Pons have an impressive three FIM CEV European Moto2™ titles between them, whilst Jesko Raffin has claimed the same crown. Then, three riders have a Rookies Cup title to their name: Jorge Martin, Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP40) and Bo Bendsneyder (NTS RW Racing GP). Plus, EG 0,0 Marc VDS’ Sam Lowes is a former World Supersport Champion from back in 2013.
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The weather allowed the field to get both dry and wet running, with overnight rain leaving the track damp during each morning – something that, given the British weather once the BTC return to home shores soon to race, may well prove key. The riders therefore made the most of all the available track time, and although it’s O’Gorman who comes out on top by a margin, it was tightening up through the test – with many not having prior experience on a Moto3™ machine.
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