P4 for Pol Espargaro isn’t the podium or victory that he would have wanted in his KTM swansong, but another great rider sees the number 44 finish 5th in the World Championship. An amazing achievement from Pol, KTM and the whole team in 2020 as the Spaniard now says his goodbyes and heads for Honda. Nakagami bounces back from two crashes this weekend to finish the season on a high with his fourth top five, a strong campaign for the Japanese rider.

Dovizioso had a sterling final half of the race to earn P6 in his final race for Ducati. The Italian ends 2020 P4 in the standings before his 2021 sabbatical, it’s not the podium he’ll have been hoping for but a positive way to end his Bologna career. Bradl’s weekend in Portimao was insanely good, a crash in Warm Up was the only mistake he made across the three days. P7 for the HRC test rider beats his Le Mans P8 from this year as Marc Marquez’ replacement does the eight-time World Champion proud in the season finale.

Aleix Espargaro was another who had awesome late-race pace, the Aprilia man secures his third top 10 of the year with a great effort on the Algarve coast. Alex Marquez’ impressive rookie year ends with a P9 in Portimao, not quite enough to beat Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) to the Rookie of the Year crown but nevertheless, the number 73 has announced himself as a proper MotoGP™ contender in 2020. Zarco crossed the line in P10 ahead of his switch from Esponsorama Ducati to Pramac Ducati, the Frenchman finishes ahead of factory Yamaha duo Viñales and Rossi.

Unfortunately for the Iwata factory, 2020 wasn’t the year they’d have hoped for after their Jerez success. Viñales finishes sixth in the standings, with Rossi’s final factory Yamaha race ending with a P12 in Portimao. The pair edged out Crutchlow as the British rider bows out of full-time racing with a 13th place, a fantastic career comes to an end for the number 35 who gets ready for a Yamaha test rider role in 2021.

Quartararo was icing his arm at the end of another difficult race, the Frenchman finishing P14 in Portimao and that’s a result that sees El Diablo settle for P8 in the overall standings. Rins slipped right back in the latter stages and takes the final point of 2020, a disappointing end to a great season for the Spaniard who takes the 2020 bronze medal.

Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) waves goodbye to Ducati with a P16, Mika Kallio (Red Bull KTM Tech3) and Tito Rabat (Esponsorama Racing) were the two other finishers in Portimao as Rabat also – potentially – wraps up his MotoGP™ career. Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) and Rookie of the Year Binder crashed out, Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Racing) was forced to retire on Lap 1 after suffering what looks like a shoulder injury. Contact with Mir at Turn 3 saw the Italian in considerable pain back in the garage.

And so, the curtains are drawn on an incredible 2020 MotoGP™ World Championship season. Congratulations to Joan Mir on becoming 2020 World Champion, it’s time now to get some well-earned rest and reflect on a challenging year off track, made better by the wonderful spectacle on it.

Top 10:
1. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech3)
2. Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) + 3.193
3. Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) + 3.298
4. Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 12.626
5. Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) + 13.318
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) + 15.578
7. Stefan Bradl (Repsol Honda Team) + 15.738
8. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 16.034
9. Alex Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) + 18.325
10. Johann Zarco (Esponsorama Racing) + 18.596.

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MotoGP Race Classification 2020.

MotoGP World Standing 2020.