This Week's Silverstone Virtual MotoGP Grand Prix Without Marquez And Rossi's Presence

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JAKARTA - The virtual MotoGP Grand Prix will hold its fifth series this weekend. The riders will again compete their skills in controlling their motorbikes through the MotoGP 20 video game on one of the most challenging tracks, Silverstone, England.

Launching the official MotoGP page, the virtual British Grand Prix will be broadcast live, Sunday 31 May on a number of social media channels and the official motogp.com website starting at 20:00 WIB.

The MotoGP class will kick off a series of virtual races that day, followed by the Moto2 and Moto3 series.

Eight riders will compete in the MotoGP class, including five times world champion Jorge Lorenzo who will be the wildcard for the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team.

The premier class will cover 10 laps or half the race distance at Silverstone, while the medium and light classes will only have six laps each.

The previous four virtual racing series were quite competitive with three different champions; Alex Marquez has won twice, while Maverick Vinales and Francesco Bagnaia have one title each.

Get set for Silverstone, this Sunday the 31st of May at 15:00 GMT + 2! 🎮Pack the sunblock and a rain coat, you never know what the weather will do, even in the virtual world! 🇬🇧 # VirtualBritishGP 🏁 https://t.co/NJ4VXe7m4m

- MotoGP ™ 🏡🏁 (MotoGP) May 26, 2020

However, the Marquez brothers will be absent at the weekend, as will Valentino Rossi, who last week had his first podium at Misano.

Last year's champion at Silverstone, Alex Rins, will also be absent, while Suzuki will only be joined by Joan Mir.

The following is the line-up of the riders from each class:

MotoGP:

Ducati Team: Michele Pirro

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo

Team Suzuki Ecstar: Joan Mir

Petronas Yamaha SRT: Fabio Quartararo

Pramac Racing: Francesco Bagnaia

LCR Honda Idemitsu: Takaaki Nakagami

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini: Lorenzo Savadori

Reale Avintia Racing: Tito Rabat

The @MotoGP #VirtualBritishGP is coming to Silverstone this weekend 🙌 🇬🇧Get ready as MotoGP ™, Moto2 ™ and Moto3 ™ classes gear up to take on the Michelin® Virtual British Grand Prix. 💪⏰Sunday 31st May @ 15:00 (GMT +2) https://t.co/JSfUAN3wQV pic.twitter.com/QumNnICgEY

- Silverstone (SilverstoneUK) May 26, 2020

Moto2:

Red Bull KTM Ajo: Tetsuta Nagashima

Flexbox HP 40: Hector Garzo

Liqui Moly Intact GP: Marcel Schrötter

ONEXOX TKKR SAG Team: Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin

Petronas Sprinta Racing: Xavi Vierge

NTS RW Racing GP: Bo Bendsneyder

Sky Racing Team VR46: Marco Bezzecchi

MV Agusta Forward Racing: Stefano Manzi

Federal Oil Gresini Moto2: Nicolo Bulega

EG 0.0 Marc VDS: Augusto Fernandez

Moto3:

Aspar Team Gaviota: Stefano Nepa

Petronas Sprinta Racing: John McPhee

Leopard Racing: Jaume Masia

Kömmerling Gresini Moto3: Jeremy Alcoba

Honda Team Asia: Yuki Kunii

Red Bull KTM Ajo: Kaito Toba

Red Bull KTM Tech 3: Ayumu Sasaki

Reale Avintia Racing: Carlos Tatay

CIP Green Power: Maximilian Kofler

CarXpert Prüstel GP: Barry Baltus