The Frenchman capitalised on a Lap 5 mistake from race leader Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) as he suffered a run off, and Quartararo didn’t look back – pulling the pin to stamp some authority on Round 1 for the premier class. A scary, scary moment that could have ended more than just Arbolino’s race, but thankfully it was a lucky escape. Fabio Quartararo took an historic first MotoGP win in a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, while Marc Marquez suffered a huge accident in the closing stages. But honestly, this race was for them, for all the people affected by coronavirus and for my family, my brother always supporting me, my parents…. With eight laps remaining it really was anyone’s to win, with the top 12 joined at the hip in a classic Moto3™ encounter, but Red Bull KTM Tech3 duo Ayumu Sasaki and Deniz Öncü seemed to be closing in on the leading group – as was Romano Fenati (Sterilgarda Max Racing Team), joining them in reeling in the freight train. This race was amazing, really hard, because of the heat and the tyre, the rear soft was so slippery at the end but I knew I had a good feeling when the tyre came down and I could stay fast in the corners despite the spin. Crutchlow put himself out of the race with a hard crash in today’s warm-up. MotoGP™ is the premier motorcycle racing World Championship; an eighteen-race series visiting fourteen countries, four continents and with pan-global television coverage. Was this the break? Coming across the line with four laps remaining, Marquez was plotting his move into P2. Luca Marini, who has MotoGP written all over him, fended off a brave challenge from journeyman (and series leader) Tetsuga Nagashima, while Moto2 sophomore Jorge Martin scored his third career Moto2 podium, holding Sam Lowes at bay for the last few laps. Petrucci and Takaa Nakagami closed out the top ten. Vietti was the man who held the lightweight class baton for a number of laps, with Arbolino and Arenas looking feisty behind the number 13 sophomore as the positions inside the top 10 continued to change corner by corner. He’d got the better of Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and a struggling Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) to move up into P8, and a podium finish seemed well within his grasp. Raul Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) was a protagonist in the lead group for the entirety as the Spaniard collected P6 after finishing P10 in Qatar, with Suzuki and SIC58 teammate Niccolo Antonelli finishing 8th and 9th despite coming across the line less than a second behind the winner – that’s how close it was again in Moto3. Which of the young guns will make great strides and approach Alien status? Both Pramac Ducatis and, looking slightly deranged, Crutchlow formed Row 2. Arbolino struck for the lead as disaster struck for Binder, who slid out so close to the end. I need to improve a bit in qualifying, but the second row was quite good for the race. Yamaha took three of the top five spots, despite Valentino Rossi’s retirement on Lap 19; Ducati claimed the other two. Viñales was able to grind out a P2 despite struggling with his front tyre from “lap seven or eight”, and the battle for the final podium spot went down to the final lap. Arenas then got past McPhee at Turn 9, and finally Jorge Lorenzo corner – the last corner – awaited. I haven’t realised it yet. Nagashima was on the podium once more after his Qatar GP win, joined this time by teammate Jorge Martin (Red Bull KTM Ajo). A mistake at Pedrosa corner was then followed by another one heading into Lorenzo corner on Lap 9 after the pace had slowed into the 1:39s, and as Viñales went wide, Quartararo and Miller were through. Coming out of Turn 3, Marquez was launched off his RC213V in a vicious way. The schedule for Spanish MotoGP at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto, race information, times and results. Today’s crash looked bad. According to the announcers, the heat was worse than Sepang, worse than Buriram. With four to go, McPhee made his move. The Italian was in the slipstream and went to the inside, caught the grass and the bike spat him out the seat. Q2, featured strong performances from the eventual front row of Quartararo, Maverick Viñales and Marc Marquez. The 2020 MotoGP season got off with a bang, as the brutally hot conditions in southern Spain took a toll on all three classes. Viñales took P2 from Dovizioso, with Miller leading Morbidelli and Espargaro over the line. The battle for the podium was getting closer than ever though, with Martin coming under all sorts of pressure from Lowes, with the Brit cutting the gap down to less than a second in the fight for the final podium place. So it was difficult to understand the track, but the most important thing is that we had our first victory today.”. Off the line, polesitter Tatsuki Suzuki (SIC58 Squadra Corse) got the perfect launch, as did second-place Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46), but it wasn’t the same story for McPhee as the Petronas Sprinta Racing rider got swamped and ended up in P8 on the opening lap from the front row of the grid. Scot John McPhee, who came from back in the pack to challenge for the win, crashed out of the lead late shortly after Darryn Binder, another young rider with big ambitions. In the early stages though eyes were on Sergio Garcia (Estrella Galicia 0,0) as the Spaniard proved a man on a mission – going from the back of the grid to P10 on the opening three laps. A three-tenth gap would soon get swallowed up by the classic Moto3 freight train though. Support for this video player will be discontinued soon. Bagnaia, Binder and Mir. Marc Márquez looking forward to win the 5th title in a row. Will KTM show any discernible improvements over 2019? MotoGP. With the top 17 riders split by two seconds – Moto3 was well and truly back. There were only 15 finishers in a brutal MotoGP race in Jerez. ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team’s Remy Gardner took seventh ahead of Lorenzo Baldassarri (FlexBox HP40), with the Italian unable to make it three consecutive Moto2 victories in Jerez after success in 2018 and 2019. Plenty of action lower in the order; too much to keep up with here. Johann Zarco (Reale Avintia Racing), Alex Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) – who recovered from an incident in the opening stages to sometimes sit as the fastest man on track – Tito Rabat (Reale Avintia Racing) and Aprilia Racing Team Gresini’s Bradley Smith completing the points. Sky Racing Team VR46’s Luca Marini clinched an impressive victory at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España after holding off a charging Tetsuta Nagashima (Red Bull KTM Ajo) in the final half of the race, the Italian taking the chequered flag for a fourth career Moto2 win and his third in seven races. So he was out for Sunday’s race and his entire 2020 season has likely been trashed. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) put in an impressive performance to bank 20 points and take second in the wake of the drama, with Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) completing the podium after a late lunge on Jack Miller (Pramac Racing). When the smoke cleared, Alex Rins’ Suzuki and Pol Espargaro’s KTM had made it into Q2 after an unusually strong performance by KTM rookie Brad Binder, a worker bee who bears watching. Tumbling heavily through the gravel, the reigning Champion was taken to the medical centre – and has a broken right humerus for which he will undergo surgery on Tuesday in Barcelona. It wasn’t to be though, and Marini kept cool under the pressure to take his first win of the year; Nagashima forced to settle for second. Jerez MotoGP Friday Round Up: Heat, Wind, And Tires. Catch up with all the latest from the final test before the winter break ... Quartararo and Mir dazzle in their second year in MotoGP ™ and are rewarded again in Catalunya by taking the podium alongside Rins. FlashScore.com offers Jerez MotoGP live results, final race result, practice, warm-up and qualifying times. Tranche I: Marc Marquez*, Fabio Quartararo Tranche II: Maverick Viñales, Jack Miller, Andrea Dovizioso, Pol Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli, Alex Rins* Tranche III: Pecco Bagnaia, Cal Crutchlow*, Valentino Rossi, Joan Mir, Brad Binder, Danilo Petrucci, Miguel Oliveira Tranche IV: Takaa Nakagami, Aleix Espargaro, Iker Lecuona Tranche V: Tito Rabat, Johann Zarco, Alex Marquez, Bradley Smith. After winning in Qatar, Tetsuta Nagashima finished second to lead the Moto2 championship by 17 points ahead of Lorenzo Baldassarri and 20 ahead of Jerez winner Luca Marini. Teammate Bezzecchi went down out of third place just moments after squeezing in front of Martin at Turn 8, too, before Schrötter crashed out one lap later, this time out fifth place at Turn 11. Marquez mounted a stunning comeback after his mistake, with the reigning World Champion unleashing unbelievable pace mid-race – but he then suffered a huge crash at Turn 4 with four laps remaining, breaking his right humerus which sees the young Spaniard heading to Barcelona for surgery. Then I saw Marc’s mistakes and then it was difficult to catch Maverick. Now in the lead, Marini seemed to decide it was time to pull the pin and see if anyone could match his pace, immediately pulling out a half a second advantage in just one lap as the lead group began to stretch. It feels so strange without the fans, I would love them to be here to cheer with them. We use cookies to improve your experience on this website and so that ads you see online can be tailored to your online browsing interests. 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1’37.350 18 21 291.8 2 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1’37.374 20 21 0.024 0.024 286.4 3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR … The most dramatic event today was Marc Marquez crashing heavily toward the end of the premier class race, after recovering from a costly early moment to challenge for the win. Maverick Viñales and Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP teammate Valentino Rossi had a memorable fight for the rostrum in which the number 12 came out on top for second – but nevertheless it … Jerez Test Rewind. Still plenty of racing left to go. We refined that and… incredible. Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has admitted his attempt to return to action at Jerez just days after surgery on a broken right arm was "a mistake". What happened at the Jerez Test? The Spanish MotoGP is the opening European race of the 2021 MotoGP season. Vinales on track at Jerez. But not having fans in the stands made it feel like testing. A man on a mission, Marquez was straight back up the inside at Turn 2 and made the move stick. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZNG1lpfoSVx3vRyx9P4_IQ',sig:'2o1UyrmJH2TlyutSmjZYU8kFoCRPO7HZwu-BYFSovtA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1257056443',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); What were the big questions heading into MotoGP 2020? Be careful what you wish for. The heat is really affecting us, and it’s nothing like the test but we keep improving but we had a plan to try to solve it for the race. With 12 to go, Arbolino led for the first time but soon, reigning Junior World Champion Jeremy Alcoba (Kömmerling Gresini Moto3) and Championship leader Arenas were at the front, with CIP Green Power’s Darryn Binder now second from 21st on the grid – something we’re very used to seeing from the South African as he made some incredible trademark progress. Welcome to the 2021 GRAN PREMIO bwin DE ESPAÑA | The Spanish MotoGP at the Jerez de la Frontera Circuit is one of the most popular races, venues and one the main test tracks used by the MotoGP teams throughout the year. Photos by: Getty Images; lead photo by Yamaha, It doesn’t have to be big to be an Adventure. The last lap I said ok the podium is a good result, but I knew that if I did the right things at the right moment the victory was possible. Martin took the final place on the podium, with Lowes in fourth and Canet ending up in fifth in only his second intermediate class race. The MotoGP world, turned on its ear by qualifying on Saturday, was put back in its proper order today in Jerez by the incandescent Marc Marquez, who led wire-to-wire.The Petronas Yamaha SRT team, which spent Saturday night in the penthouse, ended Sunday in the outhouse. I really struggled with the bike. Somehow, the number 93 picked his HRC machine up from an almost certain crash and managed to keep it upright through the gravel, coming back on the track in 16th. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'e37arjr9SOBXimRXdpSNDQ',sig:'s8Rak9cB2czgl4gC3DROjUHWeuHNdY0Wf5ii9BDf6pU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1182896364',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Rins reminds us that although the championship cannot be won at Round One, it can be lost. Victorious in Qatar and again at Jerez, Albert Arenas can honestly boast about being undefeated in over four months. ... 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