2020 MotoGP World Championship

Joan Mir (pictured in 2021) was the 2020 World Riders' Champion
Franco Morbidelli (pictured in 2019) finished runner-up
Álex Rins (pictured in 2023) finished third
Brad Binder (pictured in 2023), the 2020 MotoGP Rookie of the Year

The 2020 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

The season was notably characterized by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the absence of perennial title favourite and defending champion Marc Márquez due to a serious arm injury, the high number of wins from different riders, teams and constructors, and the Yamaha engine controversy.

Joan Mir secured his maiden MotoGP title and Team Suzuki Ecstar secured their first and only team championship at the penultimate round. Mir's championship was the first for a Suzuki rider since 2000. Mir won the title by 13 points ahead of Franco Morbidelli. Ducati won the constructors' championship following a 50-point deduction for Yamaha, despite having no riders in the championship's top three.

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