Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins continued his MotoGP™ heroics as he topped Q1 at the Monster Energy Czech Republic Grand Prix, despite still suffering from a fracture-dislocation of his right shoulder sustained at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Spaniard will be joined in the fight for pole position by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Brad Binder, after the rookie benefitted from Takaaki Nakagami’s (LCR Honda Idemitsu) fastest flying lap being cancelled for exceeding track limits.

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A 1:56.959 sees Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha SRT) lead the way in FP4 at the Monster Energy Czech Republic Grand Prix, with Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) a slender 0.008 off the Yamaha man in P2. Free Practice pacesetter Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) crashed in FP4 but finished P3.

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The 15-minute Q2 session ended in bizarre circumstances when everybody waited and waited in pitlane before only two minutes were left in the session. It meant any chance of putting in a final flying lap had disappeared, solely because of the lightweight class field were all waiting for a tow, and what is usually a frantic ending to Moto3™ qualifying instead petered out. Afterwards, Red Bull KTM Ajo boss Aki Ajo shared his frustration at the tactics deployed by the field whilst speaking with MotoGP™ pitlane reporter Simon Crafar, despite his own rider taking top spot.

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Roberts, having finished second on Friday, joined Lowes in slipping down the order as neither improved early in FP3. The American soon did find some pace to get himself back up to P2, 0.2 off Marini. The action settled somewhat as the clocked ticked down to the 20-minute mark, with Lowes yet to find time. However, the number 22 was about to move the goalposts. Lowes joined Marini in the 2:01s and topped the Italian’s time by 0.083, with Augusto Fernandez getting a helping hand from teammate Lowes to propel himself into P8.

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It was all going to change inside the top 10 though. After finishing P3 on Friday, Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech3) was pushing for his fastest time of the Grand Prix after slipping outside the top 10, but the Portuguese rider was down at Turn 13 after tucking the front. Meanwhile, Dovizioso had got himself into the automatic Q2 places but only just, with Petrucci slotting into P7. Nakagami then went up to P9 to push Dovizioso out, and then Crutchlow found some pace on his final flying lap to go P6. Then, after impressing on Friday, Zarco was setting the red sectors. The Frenchman was flying on his last lap and sure enough, it was good enough for the top 10 – and more. Zarco went P2 to split the Petronas Yamaha SRT duo at the top as the chequered flags came out.

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Along the path, Niki also worked for more than a year as a correspondent for SpílerTV, the Hungarian MotoGP™ broadcaster, learning to communicate also with television, an activity that has always fascinated her. Also, in this case, it was a useful experience to give life to a new project. Speaking an uncommon language in the paddock has its limits: “I am Hungarian, very few colleagues can read and evaluate the work I do”, for this reason, Niki has studied other languages ​​such as English, Italian and Spanish since she was very young, once again, in order to combine her passions: motorcycles and TV. In fact, arriving in Qatar a few days before the 2020 Grand Prix, she found herself one of the few correspondents there: “Fewer journalists were there than usual due to the pandemic, so I thought about making videos in English and I posted on YouTube.” The break forced by the coronavirus allowed her to study how to edit videos and, in a few months, her channel exceeded eight thousand unique users. “MotoGP™ is also beautiful because every year you have the opportunity to learn and invent something new.”

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Gaviota Aspar Team’s Albert Arenas and Stefano Nepa completed the top five ahead of Kömmerling Gresini Moto3’s Gabriel Rodrigo, with the Argentinian and Leopard Racing’s Dennis Foggia the only two men inside the top 14 who didn’t improve on their best lap time from Friday. Seventh on the combined timesheets was Kaito Toba (Red Bull KTM Ajo), with the final places inside the top ten going the way of John McPhee (Petronas Sprinta Racing), Jeremy Alcoba (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3) and Suzuki, despite his Turn 9 crash.

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