Andalucia

Aleix Espargaro's high hopes for the new 2020 Aprilia turned to bitter disappointment as he crashed out of both season-opening races at Jerez.

It wasn't Cal Crutchlow's fractured left wrist that prompted him to make a pit stop with 10 laps to go in Sunday's Andalucia MotoGP.

There were some raised eyebrows when Takaaki Nakagami revealed his jump in form during practice for the second Jerez MotoGP weekend was down to radically altering his riding style after combing through Marc Marquez's data.

Having struggled with unpredictable corner entry slides for much of the season-opening Jerez MotoGP weekends, Danilo Petrucci said Ducati engineers were able to find a last-minute improvement for the

After the high of matching KTM's best dry MotoGP finish of sixth and being just one-second from the podium in the season opener, Pol Espargaro's chances of repeating the feat were dealt a severe blow when he fell during qualifying for the second Jerez event.

Jerez has never been a happy hunting ground for Ducati and Andrea Dovizioso, so on paper leaving the pair of season-openers with 3-6 finishes and third in the world championship is a decent result.

Suzuki's Joan Mir spent almost the entire Andalucia MotoGP 'looking' at the podium. A debut rostrum remained just out of reach, but having crashed out one week earlier, Mir was happy to put points on the board and equal his career-best finish of fifth place.

What changed during MotoGP's first-ever back-to-back races at the same (Jerez) circuit?

A loss of feeling in his hand stalled Jack Miller's podium attack in the Jerez season-opener, but a loss of front grip would have even greater consequences in Sunday's Andalucia race.

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has posted 'before and after' x-rays showing the fracture to his right arm, then 12 pins and a plate used to stabilise the injury.

Alex Rins defied the pain from last weekend's dislocated and fractured right shoulder, plus melting 63-degree track temperatures, to salvage tenth place in Sunday's Andalucia MotoGP.

He may not have a trophy to show for it, but the season-opening Jerez MotoGP races have proven to Franco Morbidelli that he has 'stepped up his game' and is now a 'much faster' and 'more consistent' rider.

Celebrations for Yamaha's first MotoGP 1-2-3 finish since Australia 2014 at Jerez on Sunday were tinged with concern at having already 'lost' three engines.

Francesco Bagnaia looked set to turn a debut MotoGP front row into a first podium, only to be cruelly denied by an engine failure late in the Andalucia Grand Prix.

Andalucia: MotoGP Championship standings Pos   Rider Nat Team Points Diff. 1 =

Quartararo dominates the Andalucia MotoGP to take back-to-back victories at Jerez. Bagnaia was on course for a safe second place and first MotoGP podium until a late engine failure on his Pramac Ducati.

Enea Bastianini claimed his maiden Moto2 win in style as he lead from the front in the Andalucian Grand Prix at Jerez.

With MotoGP champion Marc Marquez injured, and forced to abandon Saturday's early comeback, the Andalucia MotoGP could see a victory rematch between Yamaha stars Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Vinales, first and second last weekend and starting in those same

Race results from the 2020 Andalucia Moto2 Grand Prix at Jerez.

Tatsuki Suzuki dominated the latter stages of the Moto3 Andalucia Grand Prix on his way to victory in Jerez

Race results from the 2020 Andalucia Moto3 Grand Prix at Jerez.

Warm-up results from the 2020 Andalucia Moto2 Grand Prix at Jerez.

Quartararo quickest during morning warm-up for the Andalucia MotoGP at Jerez.

Injured MotoGP champion Marc Marquez's hopes of pulling off a miraculous early comeback came to a sudden end during Saturday's final practice for the Andalucia Grand Prix.