2021 Emilia Romagna motorcycle Grand Prix

2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date	24 October 2021
Official name	Gran Premio Nolan del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna
Location	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Province of Rimini, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.226 km (2.626 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:33.045 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:32.171 on lap 16 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Pol Espargaró Honda Third Enea Bastianini Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 1:36.510 Fastest lap Rider Augusto Fernández Kalex Time 1:36.182 on lap 20 Podium First Sam Lowes Kalex Second Augusto Fernández Kalex Third Arón Canet Boscoscuro
Moto3
Pole position Rider Niccolò Antonelli KTM Time 1:48.563 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Migno Honda Time 1:42.284 on lap 8 Podium First Dennis Foggia Honda Second Jaume Masià KTM Third Pedro Acosta KTM

The 2021 Emilia Romagna motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Nolan del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna) was the sixteenth round of the

The VR46 team unveils a special livery that will be used by Marco Bezzecchi and Celestino Vietti in the Moto2 class, as well as Luca Marini in the MotoGP premier class. Sky Racing Team VR46, which usually wears black and blue livery, has now completely changed to yellow with Grazie Vale writing on the side of the bike. This was done as a form of respect for Valentino Rossi who decided to retire at the end of the 2021 season.^[1]

In the MotoGP class, Fabio Quartararo became the first French rider to win the MotoGP World Championship after main rival Francesco Bagnaia crashed out of the lead with five laps to go therefore clinching the championship with two grand prix remaining in the season.

In the Moto3 class, Red Bull KTM Ajo won their first Teams' Championship and third across all classes. It is their second championship for 2021 after having won the Moto2 Teams' Championship during the Aragon race.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[2]	Q2[3]
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:33.393	1:33.045	1	1
2	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:33.070	2
3	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:33.130	3
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:33.313	4	2
5	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:33.439	5
6	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:33.526	6
7	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:33.850	7	3
8	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:34.099	1:33.893	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:34.140	9
10	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:34.687	10	4
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:34.963	11
12	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:24.631	12
13	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:34.418	N/A	13	5
14	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:34.454	N/A	14
15	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:34.476	N/A	15
16	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:35.236	N/A	16	6
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:35.641	N/A	17
18	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:35.683	N/A	18
19	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:35.835	N/A	19	7
20	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:36.478	N/A	20
21	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:36.639	N/A	21
22	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	1:37.880	N/A	22	8
23	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:38.261	N/A	23
DNP	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

• Lorenzo Savadori suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during practice and was declared unfit to compete.

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	41:52.830	7	25
2	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+4.859	4	20
3	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	27	+12.013	16	16
4	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+12.775	15	13
5	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+16.458	10	11
6	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+17.669	13	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+18.468	11	9
8	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+18.607	19	8
9	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	27	+25.417	3	7
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+27.735	23	6
11	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+27.879	20	5
12	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	27	+28.137	22	4
13	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+41.413	21	3
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+42.830	6	2
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	27	+1:22.462	17	1
Ret	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	22	Accident	1
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	Accident	5
Ret	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	12	Accident	12
Ret	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	10	Accident	8
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	9	Electronics	14
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	3	Accident	2
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	2	Accident	9
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	2	Accident	18
DNS	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia		Did not start
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:32.171 (lap 16)
Sources:[4][5][6]

• Lorenzo Savadori suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during practice and was declared unfit to compete.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	25	40:25.180	1	25
2	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+1.233	3	20
3	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	25	+1.400	4	16
4	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	25	+2.554	5	13
5	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	25	+4.243	2	11
6	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	25	+5.198	7	10
7	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	25	+14.261	14	9
8	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	25	+15.868	20	8
9	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	25	+18.905	18	7
10	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	25	+19.069	6	6
11	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	25	+19.675	8	5
12	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	25	+24.309	12	4
13	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	25	+26.777	17	3
14	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+34.699	11	2
15	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+36.240	21	1
16	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	25	+37.590	13
17	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	25	+37.899	23
18	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	25	+37.966	29
19	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	25	+50.787	26
20	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	25	+1:02.974	22
Ret	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	22	Accident	24
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	16	Accident	16
Ret	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	16	Accident	27
Ret	27	Mattia Casadei	Kalex	15	Handling	28
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	14	Accident	9
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	12	Accident	15
Ret	10	Tommaso Marcon	NTS	9	Rider In Pain	25
Ret	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	8	Accident	19
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	6	Accident	10
DNS	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Joe Roberts suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	39:33.170	14	25
2	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	23	+0.292	6	20
3	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	23	+4.686	5	16
4	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	23	+4.797	16	13
5	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+4.853	8	11
6	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	23	+5.052	1	10
7	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+5.335	19	9
8	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	23	+6.642	10	8
9	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	23	+6.736	9	7
10	12	Filip Salač	KTM	23	+6.800	2	6
11	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	23	+10.535	20	5
12	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	23	+17.811	4	4
13	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	23	+18.050	11	3
14	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+18.260	26	2
15	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	23	+19.264	15	1
16	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	23	+20.217	7
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+24.704	27
18	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	23	+24.902	28
19	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	23	+24.976	17
20	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	23	+25.323	18
21	64	Mario Aji	Honda	23	+46.495	23
22	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	23	+1:25.207	25
Ret	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	20	Accident	13
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	12	Accident	22
Ret	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	12	Ankle Pain	21
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	10	Accident	24
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	8	Accident	12
Ret	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	5	Accident	3
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[7][8][9]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 267 2 Francesco Bagnaia 202 3 Joan Mir 175 1 4 Johann Zarco 152 1 5 Jack Miller 149

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 307 2 Yamaha 295 3 Suzuki 207 1 4 Honda 198 1 5 KTM 190

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 364 1 2 Ducati Lenovo Team 351 3 Team Suzuki Ecstar 266 2 4 Repsol Honda Team 239 1 5 Pramac Racing 238

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 280 2 Raúl Fernández 262 3 Marco Bezzecchi 206 4 Sam Lowes 165 5 Augusto Fernández 151

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 400 2 Boscoscuro 175 3 MV Agusta 19 4 NTS 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 542 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 316 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 272 1 4 Aspar Team Moto2 168 1 5 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 157

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 234 2 Dennis Foggia 213 3 Sergio García 168 1 4 Jaume Masiá 155 1 5 Romano Fenati 147

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 328 2 Honda 315 3 Gas Gas 235 4 Husqvarna 153

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 389 2 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 273 3 Leopard Racing 252 4 Petronas Sprinta Racing 211 5 Red Bull KTM Tech3 188

References

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.