2020 Moto2 World Championship
The 2020 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season calendar was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with numerous races postponed or cancelled.
Enea Bastianini won the Moto2 championship with seven podiums and three wins, finishing nine points ahead of championship runner up Luca Marini.
Teams and riders
All teams used series-specified Dunlop tyres and Triumph 765cc 3-cylinder engines.Team changes
- KTM withdrew from Moto2 to focus on their MotoGP and Moto3 programmes, resulting in the following:
- * American Racing and Ajo Motorsport switched to using Kalex bikes.
- * Ángel Nieto Team switched to Speed Up machines.
- * Tech3 switched to a Moto3 programme.
- Sport organizer Dorna Sports have moved to prohibit single-entry teams, resulting in the following:
- * Both Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 and Petronas Sprinta Racing expanded to two bikes for the first time since the 2014 season.
- * Kiefer Racing and Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 withdrew from Moto2.
- Ángel Nieto Team reverted to their former name of Aspar.
Rider changes
- Sam Lowes moved from Gresini Racing to EG 0,0 Marc VDS, replacing Xavi Vierge, who moved to Petronas Sprinta Racing.
- Arón Canet moved up to Moto2, joining Aspar Team.
- Lorenzo Dalla Porta moved up to Moto2 with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing Andrea Locatelli, who moved to the Supersport World Championship.
- Jesko Raffin returned to Moto2 with NTS RW Racing GP, where he'd already ridden at the first three events and the last four races before Valencia in 2019 as a replacement rider for Steven Odendaal, whom he will also now replace permanently.
- Marco Bezzecchi moved to Sky Racing Team VR46, replacing Nicolò Bulega, who moved to Federal Oil Gresini Racing.
- Jake Dixon moved to Petronas Sprinta Racing, replacing Khairul Idham Pawi, who returned to Moto3.
- Marcos Ramírez moved up to Moto2, joining American Racing Team to replace Iker Lecuona, who moved up to MotoGP.
- Hafizh Syahrin returned to Moto2 after two seasons with Tech3 in MotoGP, joining Aspar Team.
- Andi Farid Izdihar replaced Dimas Ekky Pratama at Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.
- Edgar Pons returned to Moto2 full-time, joining Federal Oil Gresini Racing.
- Simone Corsi returned to MV Agusta Forward Racing, replacing Dominique Aegerter who moved to MotoE. Previously Corsi had raced for Forward Racing between 2013 and 2015.
- Kasma Daniel made his debut in Moto2, joining Onexox TKKR SAG Team from FIM CEV Moto2.
- Augusto Fernández moved from Pons Racing to fill the empty seat at Marc VDS after Alex Márquez's promotion to MotoGP with Repsol Honda. His seat at Pons Racing was filled by Héctor Garzó.
Mid-season changes
- Dominique Aegerter replaced Jesko Raffin at NTS RW Racing GP for three races while Raffin recovered from fatigue.
- Alejandro Medina replaced Hafizh Syahrin at Aspar Team Moto2 for the Styrian Grand Prix after Syahrin sustained injuries in a crash at the previous round.
- Jorge Martín missed both Misano rounds due to him testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced by Mattia Pasini for the second round.
- Xavier Cardelús replaced Arón Canet at Aspar Team Moto2 for the Aragón and Teruel Grands Prix after Canet sustained injuries in a crash at the French round.
Calendar
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 8 March | ![]() Cancelled Grands PrixThe following rounds were included on the original calendar, but were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
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