LIVE MotoGP, Czech Republic GP 2020 updates: Binder wins the race, Morbidelli gets the podium!

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14. 51 Championship standings:

1 Fabio QUARTARARO Yamaha FRA 59
2 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha SPA 42
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 31
3 Franco MORBIDELLI Yamaha ITA 31
5 Brad BINDER KTM RSA 28
5 Johann ZARCO Ducati FRA 28
7 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 27
7 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda JPN 27

14.46 Unbelievable race, hard to imagine it before! Morbidelli starts incredibly fast and takes the lead comfortably. But Binder had it more and had an incredible come back. A bad day for Quartararo who gets P7; he remains in the lead for the Championships race. Valentino Rossi gets into P5, penalised by the bad starting grid position. Zarco got on the podium, he started in pole position but he finished in the top three.

BRAD BINDER wins the race! First South African ever to win in MotoGP. Incredible race! First success also for KTM. Morbidelli gets his first podium in MotoGP. A historical race today.

LAST LAP  Zarco defends his position and finishes in P3. What a risk in those last few turns. Rins has to settle for P4. ROssi P5, Olivera P6 followed by, in order Quartararo, Nakagami, Miller, A. Espargaro, Dovizioso, Petrucci and Viñales.

LAST LAP Morbidelli takes his first podium!

LAST LAP BINDER WINS THE CZECH REPUBLIC GP 2020!

LAST LAP Rins and Zarco fighting for P3. Rins trying to gain the podium but Zarco is defending it well.

-01 LAST LAP. Morbidelli’s tyres are done. Binder is closing to victory.

-02 Rins is 0.3 behind Zarco and could attack him. Zarco could be out of the podium after starting in pole position.

-02 Binder has almost 4 seconds advantage on P2. He is going to get the victory today!

-03 Oliveira closing the gap on Rossi. UNBELIEVABLE KTM today!

-04 Binder flying for victory. He has 2″7 advantage on Morbidelli. Incredible race for him.

-04 ZARCO is going slower. Rins and Rossi could take advantage of it. Not many laps left though.

-04 QUARTARO IN CRISIS. The French lost his position to Olivera too and takes P7.

-05 Disappointing race so far for Quartararo who started in P2 and he is now in P6.

-05 ROSSI TAKES QUARTARARO! The Italian on the inside overtakes the French and takes P5.

-05 Morbidelli seems ok with P2, the Italian has never been on a MotoGp podium before.

-05 Rins overtakes Quartararo.

-06 VALENTINO ROSSI is so fast is closing on Quartararo and Rins.

-06 Binder keeps gaining on every lap. KTM projected for an incredible win!

-07 Brad Binder is flying with his KTM and has 1″1 advantage on Morbidelli and 3″8 on Zarco in P3.

-08 Zarco takes the long penalty lap and comes back in P3. Bu now Quartararo is closing on him.

-08 Binder unbelievably fast. KTM is so fast that the rider already takes 0.8 advantage on Morbidelli.

-08 LONG PENALTY LAP FOR ZARCO after the collision with P. Espargaro.

-09 BINDER on the inside takes the lead! Incredible overtake, Morbidelli can’t do anything about this.

-09 Binder takes on Morbidelli, the two now are close.

-10 Very bad race for Viñales. He is in P10 and doesn’t seem he has enough to do better.

-10 At the moment, Binder and Rossi are the FASTEST riders. Bad news for Morbidelli who need to defend the position from the South African rider.

-11 ROSSI overtakes A. Espargaro and now is chasing Rins.

-11 ZARCO overtakes Quartararo! Crisis for the French who is now out of the podium.

-12 Binder is on trying to close the gap on the lead. He is still 1″4 behind Morbidelli.

-12 The incident between Zarco and P. Espargaro is under investigation.

-12 UNBELIEVABLE! In the battle between Zarco and P. Espargaro, the Spanish got the worse and falls, finishing his race!

-13 INCREDIBLE KTM! Binder attacks Quartararo on the inside and takes P2.

-13 Another tenth gained on Quartararo. MORBIDELLI wants to win!

-14 MORBIDELLI is increasing the lead! He has 1″3 advantage on Quartararo who is under pressure from KTM that are coming strong.

-15 Pol Espargaro is trying to close the gap from the top three. He is 0.7 behind.

-15 Rossi is fast but he is penalised from the bad qualifying from yesterday. Viñales is over 1 second behind Rossi.

-15 Morbidelli, Quartaro and Binder are all driving in 1’58″1. What a race! So uncertain until the last turn!

-16 A. Espargaro, Rins and Rossi are going at the same speed and fighting for P6.

-16 The top 8 riders are close to each other, none of them can be ruled out of the battle for the podium.

-17 Collision between Mir and Leucona! Both are out of the race!

-17 Binder is driving close to Quartararo who is closing the gap on Morbidelli.

-18 Morbidelli comfortable in the lead. Rossi overtakes Viñales and tries to come back.

-19 Rossi is closing the gap on his teammate Viñales.

-19 Zarco overtakes A. Espargaro and now sits in P4. A bad start from the French.

-19 Fastest lap for Morbidelli 1’57″620

-20 Binder (P4) closing the gap on A. Espargaro. Morbidelli showing an incredible pace at the beginning of the race.

-21 Morbidelli increasing the gap, Rossi starting coming back he is now in P9.

-21 MORBIDELLI! Great start of the Italian and takes the lead in front of Quartararo and A. Espargaro. A bad start from Rossi, he’s in P12.

-21 Laps to go

14.00 LIGHTS OUT! THE RACE IS ON!

13.58 WARM UP LAP. THE WAIT IS OVER!

13.55 The race is 21 laps long, on an imperfect track in Brno that could give us surprises.

13.53 KTM can dream a podium too after the incredible performance during the warm-up of this morning.

13.52 Valentino Rossi has also shown an incredible pace during the weekend. The big question will be whether or not the tyres will be performant until the end of the race with the warm weather.

13.51 Franco Morbidelli has been the best on the pace during the weekend, he can dream a podium and even the victory in this race.

13.50 10 minutes left to the beginning of the race.

13.47 Starting order:

1. Johann Zarco (Ducati)
2. Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha)
3. Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha)
4. Aleix Espargarò (Aprilia)
5. Maverick Vinales (Yamaha)
6. Pol Espargarò (KTM)
7. Brad Binder (KTM)
8. Danilo Petrucci (Ducati)
9. Joan Mir (Suzuki)
10. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)
11. Alex Rins (Suzuki)
12. Cal Crutchlow (Honda)
13. Miguel Oliveira (KTM)
14. Jack Miller (Ducati)
15. Tito Rabat (Ducati)
16. Iker Lecuona (KTM)
17. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)
18. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)
19. Bradley Smith (Aprilia)
20. Stefan Bradl (Honda)
21. Alex Marquez (Honda)

13.46 The temperature in Brno is 30° C, and it is sunny.

13.45 Czech Republic GP –  TOP CLASS VICTORIES
5 – ROSSI Valentino [ITA] (2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009)
4 – AGOSTINI Giacomo [ITA] (1968, 1969, 1972, 1973)
3 – HAILWOOD Mike [GBR] (1965, 1966, 1967)
3 – RAINEY Wayne [USA] (1990, 1991, 1993)
3 – BIAGGI Max [ITA] (1998, 2000, 2002)
3 – MARQUEZ Marc [ESP] (2013, 2017, 2019)
2 – READ Phil [GBR] (1974, 1975)
2 – GARDNER Wayne [AUS] (1987, 1988)
2 – DOOHAN Michael [AUS] (1994, 1997)
2 – STONER Casey [AUS] (2007, 2011)
2 – PEDROSA Daniel [ESP] (2012, 2014)
2 – LORENZO Jorge [ESP] (2010, 2015)

13.43 Starting grid:

ALLEZ ALLEZ! ??@JohannZarco1 pips @FabioQ20 for pole position in a French 1-2 ahead of @FrankyMorbido12! ⏱️@MonsterEnergy | #CzechGP ?? pic.twitter.com/JOgF87FUL8

— MotoGP™? (@MotoGP) August 8, 2020

Good afternoon and welcome to the LIVE updates of the Czech Republic GP 2020, the third round of MotoGP here in Brno. The battle for the win today will be between the two French riders: Johann Zarco (Ducati), who got the pole position in the qualifying session, and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha Petronas), who will start from P2. Quartararo, who won the first two races, is looking for the third success in a row and to create a huge gap between himself and the opponents for the World Championships standings.

It would be inappropriate to exclude Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha Petronas) from the race. He will start from P3 and can try to attack the two riders in front to gain positions. It will be interesting to see also the race of Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), a legend in this sport, who is chasing his 200th podium in MotoGP. Although he is starting from P10, he showed a good pace during the weekend, leaving open his possibility for a comeback during the race.

OA Sport is offering you the LIVE updates of the Czech Republic GP 2020, the third race of Moto GP 2020, in Brno: real-time updates, minute by minute, not to miss anything. The race starts at 14.00. Enjoy!

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