Valentino Rossi, Joan Mir join Portimao test line-up

The final line-up for this week's Portimao test shows that Valentino Rossi and Joan Mir have now been added to the list of MotoGP riders taking part in track familiarisation laps, with street bikes, on Wednesday.

Valentino Rossi, Catalunya MotoGP race. 27 September 2020
Valentino Rossi, Catalunya MotoGP race. 27 September 2020
© Gold and Goose

The final line-up for this week's Portimao test shows that Valentino Rossi and Joan Mir have now been added to the list of MotoGP riders taking part in track familiarisation laps, with street bikes, on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Cal Crutchlow and Iker Lecuona, included on the provisional test entry list, will no longer attend, meaning 15 of the current MotoGP race riders will be on track in Portugal (including home star Miguel Oliveira).

Test riders from all six manufacturers will be present, gathering track data on MotoGP machines.

Among the test riders will be triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo, completing his first Yamaha laps since Sepang, plus Aprilia's Bradley Smith (currently racing as a replacement for Andrea Iannone) and Honda's Stefan Bradl (currently replacing Marc Marquez).

While the full-time MotoGP competitors will only be present for the opening day before heading straight to this weekend's French Grand Prix at Le Mans, the test riders have both Wednesday and Thursday available.

Smith will only take part in day one before handing over to Lorenzo Savadori, but Bradl is set to ride a MotoGP bike on Wednesday (Portimao), Thursday (Portimao), Friday (Le Mans), Saturday (Le Mans) and Sunday (Le Mans)!

The inaugural MotoGP round at Portimao will be the 2020 season-finale from November 20-22.

Factories Test Riders (MotoGP machines)

Aprilia: Bradley Smith (Wed 7th), Lorenzo Savadori (Thu 8th)

Ducati: Michele Pirro

Honda: Stefan Bradl

KTM: Dani Pedrosa

Suzuki: Sylvain Guintoli

Yamaha: Jorge Lorenzo

MotoGP Riders Track Familiarisation (Production machines)

Brad Binder (KTM)

Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati)

Pol Espargaro (KTM)

Alex Marquez (Honda)

Jack Miller (Ducati)

Joan Mir (Suzuki)

Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)

Miguel Oliveira (KTM)

Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)

Maverick Viñales (Yamaha)

Johann Zarco (Ducati)

Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia)

Revised 2020 MotoGP Calendar (including free weekends)

Round

Date

Race

Circuit

1

19 July

Spain

Jerez

2

26 July

Andalusia

Jerez

 

2 August

 

 

3

9 August

Czech Republic

Brno

4

16 August

Austria

Red Bull Ring

5

23 August

Styria

Red Bull Ring

 

30 August

  
 

6 September

  

6

13 September

San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini

Misano

7

20 September

Emilia Romagna e Della Riviera di Rimini

Misano

8

27 September

Catalunya

Barcelona

 

4 October

  

9

11 October

France

Le Mans

10

18 October

Aragon

Aragon

11

25 October

Teruel

Aragon

 

1 November

  

12

8 November

Europe

Ricardo Tormo

13

15 November

Comunitat Valenciana

Ricardo Tormo

14

22 November

Portugal

Portimao

MotoGP 2020: List of Cancelled events

1

8 March

Qatar (MotoGP class)

Losail

2

31 May

Italy

Mugello

3

21 June

Germany

Sachsenring

4

28 June

Netherlands

Assen

5

12 July

Finland

KymiRing

6

30 August

Great Britain

Silverstone

7

4 October

Thailand

Buriram

8

18 October

Japan

Motegi

9

25 October

Australia

Phillip Island

10

1 November

Malaysia

Sepang

11

15 November

Americas

COTA

12

22 November

Argentina

Termas de Rio Hondo

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