2020 Moto3 season

• Tech3 joined the Moto3 class after KTM's withdrawal from Moto2.
• Husqvarna returned to Moto3 after a four-year absence with Sterilgarda Max Racing Team.[18][19]
• WorldwideRace Team shut down after twenty-two seasons.
• Sterilgarda Max Racing Team and Red Bull KTM Ajo both expanded to two riders.
• Angel Nieto Team reverted to their former name of Aspar.[20]

• Leopard Racing ran 2 different riders from the previous season – Jaume Masiá, who joins from the WorldwideRace team, and Dennis Foggia, who joins from Sky Racing Team VR46. They replaced Lorenzo Dalla Porta and Marcos Ramírez, who moved up to Moto2 with Italtrans Racing Team and American Racing respectively.
• Arón Canet moved up to Moto2 with Gaviota Ángel Nieto Team. He was replaced at Sterilgarda Max Racing Team by Alonso López, who joins from Estrella Galicia 0,0.
• Filip Salač left PrüstelGP to join VNE Snipers, replacing Romano Fenati, who joins Sterilgarda Max Racing Team.
• Jakub Kornfeil was originally intended to leave PrüstelGP to join BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race. However, in January 2020, Kornfeil announced his retirement from professional racing. His seat was taken by Davide Pizzoli, who made his full season debut in Moto3.
• Jason Dupasquier and Barry Baltus made their debut with PrüstelGP.
• Andrea Migno returned to Sky Racing Team VR46 after two seasons.
• Maximilian Kofler made his full season debut in Moto3, joining CIP Green Power. He became the first Austrian rider to compete as a regular rider since Michael Ranseder in the 2009 season.
• 2019 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup winner Carlos Tatay made his full season debut with Reale Avintia Racing.
• Khairul Idham Pawi returned to Moto3 by joining Petronas Sprinta Racing. He replaced Ayumu Sasaki, who joins Red Bull KTM Tech 3.
• Yuki Kunii signed for Honda Team Asia to replace Kaito Toba who joined Red Bull KTM Ajo next season.
• Raúl Fernández joined Red Bull KTM Ajo to replace Can Öncü who moved to the Supersport World Championship.
• Deniz Öncü made his full season debut with Red Bull KTM Tech 3.
• Riccardo Rossi left Gresini Team to join BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race, replacing Makar Yurchenko whose contract was terminated.

• Dirk Geiger replaced Barry Baltus for the first race due to age restriction.

• The Thailand Grand Prix was moved from being the 15th round of 2019 to the 2nd round of 2020.
• The Argentine Grand Prix and Grand Prix of the Americas swapped places in the calendar order.
• The German Grand Prix and Dutch TT also swapped places, with Germany moving to 21 June, while the Assen round remained in its traditional position on the final weekend of June.
• The Finnish Grand Prix was reintroduced to the calendar after a 38-year absence. The venue hosting the round will be the new Kymi Ring, instead of the Tampere Circuit used in 1962 and 1963 or the Imatra Circuit which hosted the round until 1982.
• The Aragon Grand Prix was moved from the last week of September to the first week of October. It was later returned to its original schedule to allow for the rescheduled Thailand Grand Prix.

The season calendar has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the cancellation or postponement of many races.

• The Qatar Grand Prix, originally scheduled to be the first round, was cancelled after Qatari quarantine measures were put in place. However, the Moto2 and Moto3 races proceeded as planned, as the teams were already in Qatar for their final pre-season test before the quarantine measures were implemented.[42]
• The Thailand Grand Prix was postponed on 2 March due to COVID-19 concerns.[43] It was later confirmed to take place on 4 October, shifting the Aragon Grand Prix forward by a week.[44]
• The Grand Prix of the Americas was postponed from 5 April to 15 November after the City of Austin implemented a state of emergency. The Valencian Grand Prix was subsequently shifted back by one week to 22 November to accommodate the Austin rescheduling.[45]
• The Argentine Grand Prix was postponed to 22 November, further shifting the finale in Valencia to 29 November.[46]
• The Spanish Grand Prix was postponed on 26 March.[47]
• The French Grand Prix was postponed on 2 April.[48]
• The Italian and Catalan Grands Prix were postponed on 7 April.[49]
• The German Grand Prix was postponed on 17 April after the German government announced a ban of all large gatherings until at least 31 August.[50]
• The Dutch TT was postponed on 23 April after the Dutch government announced a ban on all mass events until at least 1 September.[51]
• The Finnish Grand Prix was postponed on 24 April.[52]
• The German, Dutch and Finnish rounds were officially cancelled on 29 April.[53] For the first time in the championship's history, the Dutch TT was absent from the calendar.
• The British and Australian rounds were cancelled on 29 May.[54]
• The Japanese round was cancelled on 1 June.[55]
• The Italian round was officially cancelled on 10 June.[56]
• The European Grand Prix will return to the calendar for the first time since 1995, held at Ricardo Tormo Circuit.[22]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Bike QAT SPA ALU CZE AUT STY SMR ERM CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL THA MAL AME ARG Pts 1 Albert Arenas KTM 1 25 2 John McPhee Honda 2 20 3 Ai Ogura Honda 3 16 4 Jaume Masiá Honda 4 13 5 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 5 11 6 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 6 10 7 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 7 9 8 Filip Salač Honda 8 8 9 Dennis Foggia Honda 9 7 10 Raúl Fernández KTM 10 6 11 Sergio García Honda 11 5 12 Deniz Öncü KTM 12 4 13 Alonso López Husqvarna 13 3 14 Kaito Toba KTM 14 2 15 Tony Arbolino Honda 15 1 Andrea Migno KTM 16 0 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 17 0 Yuki Kunii Honda 18 0 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 19 0 Ryusei Yamanaka Honda 20 0 Carlos Tatay KTM 21 0 Stefano Nepa KTM 22 0 Davide Pizzoli KTM 23 0 Riccardo Rossi KTM 24 0 Jason Dupasquier KTM 25 0 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 26 0 Maximilian Kofler KTM 27 0 Celestino Vietti KTM 28 0 Dirk Geiger KTM 29 0 Darryn Binder KTM Ret 0 José Julián García Honda Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT SPA ALU CZE AUT STY SMR ERM CAT FRA ARA TER EUR VAL THA MAL AME ARG Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie