MOTOGP 2020 IN REVIEW
Feature
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Alex Rins (139), with Dovi and Espargaro equal at
135 points but Dovi gaining fourth in the title on
account of his Austrian race win, Espargaro fifth.
Vinales and Miller were tied at 132 for sixth and
seventh with Vinales getting the nod after winning
at Misano. And after crashing at Valencia 2 and
finishing 14th at Portimao, Quartararo dropped
right down to eighth in the championship at 127.
Rounding out the top 10 were Oliveira (125) and
Nakagami (116).
Next year, we should see Marc Marquez back
in action on the Repsol Honda, but it remains to
be seen how a full year off racing will affect the
man from Cevera.
Mir's title is the first for a Suzuki rider since
Kenny Roberts Jr. in 2000, and he becomes
the fifth rider to win the world's most presti-
gious road racing title for Suzuki in the com-
pany's history.
We had it all in 2020, and with Mir, Oliveira,
Binder, Morbidelli, Quartararo, Bagnaia, Miller, Na-
kagami and Alex Marquez all now running up front,
we have seen a generational shift in MotoGP racing.
Moto2
The intermediate class once again provided
some thrilling racing and distilled into a four-way
fight for the title between winner Enea Bastianini,
Luca Marini, Sam Lowes and fourth-placed Marco
Bezzecchi. At one point or another during the
season, each rider could have potentially bro-
ken away for a clear title lead, but mistakes and
crashes often blighted each rider's charge.
Bezzecchi's crash from the lead at Aragon 2
saw the young Italian go from potential champion
elect to an eventual championship fourth place,
while Luca Marini's charge ran out of steam in the
final rounds of the year.
Sam Lowes was on course to take the title as
the season wound down, but a crash due to a me-
American Garrett Gerloff
subbed for Rossi on
Friday at Valencia 1, and
impressed everyone in
the MotoGP paddock with
his speed and approach
to the weekend. He's in
the shop window for a
2022 ride.
Joe Roberts came of age
in 2020. His third year in
Moto2, the Californian
was a regular front
runner, taking three
poles and a podium. He
joins world champions
Italtrans for 2021.
Enea Bastianini (33) leads
title rivals Luca Marini (10),
Sam Lowes (22) and Marco
Bezzecchi (at rear). It went
right to the wire in Portugal,
but the 33 held on.
