Rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com
Below we have provided the 2020 pre-season rider trajectory rankings for Efficiency Index.
The Efficiency Index identifies a rider’s ability to make forward progress throughout a race. This (new) index takes into account each rider’s performance in both free practice and qualifying as the starting grid position is used to weight/handicap the overall efficiency.
This index rewards riders for 4 complimentary performance factors:
1. A strong starting grid position
2. A positive net movement meaning they finished the race ahead of their starting position
3. A large net movement value which suggests they overtook a significant amount of their opponents
4. A lower volatility signifying productive movement
The trajectories track each rider’s rate of improvement from 2015 – 2019. A negative number resembles a quicker improvement rate over time as a smaller value identifies a more consistent, superior performance.
Riders with less than two season in the Moto3 series are not included as they do not have an appropriate amount of data to calculate a trajectory.
Efficiency Index Trajectory Ranking:
| Rank | Index | Rider |
| 1 | – 0.1094 | Jaume Masia |
| 2 | – 0.0930 | Albert Arenas |
| 3 | – 0.0847 | Kaito Toba |
| 4 | – 0.0714 | Alonso Lopez |
| 5 | – 0.0528 | Tony Arbolino |
| 6 | – 0.0503 | Gabriel Rodrigo |
| 7 | – 0.0439 | Stefano Nepa |
| 8 | – 0.0369 | Darryn Binder |
| 9 | – 0.0344 | Dennis Foggia |
| 10 | – 0.0223 | Andrea Migno |
| 11 | – 0.0107 | Ayumu Sasaki |
| 12 | – 0.0051 | Tatsuki Suzuki |
| 13 | + 0.0126 | John McPhee |
| 14 | + 0.0506 | Raul Fernandez |
| 15 | + 0.0778 | Romano Fenati |
| 16 | + 0.1508 | Celestino Vietti |