2021 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 11 of 18 races in the
2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date15 August 2021
Official nameBitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich
LocationRed Bull Ring
Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Ducati
Time 1:22.643
Fastest lap
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:24.451 on lap 12
Podium
First South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Second Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Third Spain Jorge Martín Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:28.659
Fastest lap
Rider Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex
Time 1:29.193 on lap 5
Podium
First Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex
Second Japan Ai Ogura Kalex
Third Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna
Time 1:35.850
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Izan Guevara Gas Gas
Time 1:36.058 on lap 19
Podium
First Spain Sergio García Gas Gas
Second Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM
Third Italy Dennis Foggia Honda
MotoE
Pole position
Rider Spain Fermín Aldeguer Energica
Time 1:35.306
Fastest lap
Rider Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Time 1:35.161 on lap 4
Podium
First Germany Lukas Tulovic Energica
Second Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Third Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Energica

The 2021 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich) was the eleventh round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fifth round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 15 August 2021.

Background[edit]

Yamaha suspended and withdrew Maverick Viñales from the entry list of the Grand Prix prior to the weekend for an “unexplained irregular operation of the motorcycle” after Round 10 in Styria.[1]

Qualifying[edit]

MotoGP[edit]

Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid 		Row
Q1[2] Q2[3]
1 89 Spain Jorge Martín Ducati 1:23.197 1:22.643 1 1
2 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:22.677 2
3 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:23.063 3
4 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:23.120 4 2
5 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda Qualified in Q2 1:23.227 5
6 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:23.320 6
7 36 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki Qualified in Q2 1:23.378 7 3
8 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:23.423 8
9 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 1:23.365 1:23.499 9
10 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM Qualified in Q2 1:23.568 10 4
11 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Honda Qualified in Q2 1:23.738 11
12 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda Qualified in Q2 1:23.990 12
13 42 Spain Álex Rins Suzuki 1:23.470 N/A 13 5
14 73 Spain Álex Márquez Honda 1:23.535 N/A 14
15 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:23.790 N/A 15
16 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 1:23.825 N/A 16 6
17 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1:23.834 N/A 17
18 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:23.939 N/A 18
19 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci KTM 1:24.405 N/A 19 7
20 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 1:24.509 N/A 20
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race[edit]

MotoGP[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 40:43.928[a] 10 25
2 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 28 +12.991 3 20
3 89 Spain Jorge Martín Pramac Racing Ducati 28 +14.570 1 16
4 36 Spain Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +15.623 7 13
5 10 Italy Luca Marini Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati 28 +17.831 17 11
6 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 +17.952 16 10
7 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +19.650 2 9
8 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 28 +20.150 18 8
9 73 Spain Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 28 +20.692 14 7
10 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +21.270 8 6
11 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 28 +28.144 6 5
12 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 +28.193 19 4
13 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 28 +28.603 12 3
14 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +33.642 13 2
15 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +38.459 5 1
16 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +43.384 11
17 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 28 +55.950 20
Ret 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 22 Accident 9
Ret 5 France Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 18 Accident Damage 4
Ret 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 6 Lost Fairing 15
Fastest lap: France Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:24.451 (lap 12)
Sources:[4][5][6]

Moto2[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex 25 37:19.890 2 25
2 79 Japan Ai Ogura Kalex 25 +0.845 3 20
3 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 25 +2.747 4 16
4 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 25 +4.412 1 13
5 35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex 25 +8.850 7 11
6[b] 13 Italy Celestino Vietti Kalex 25 +8.782 8 10
7 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 25 +13.657 5 9
8 44 Spain Arón Canet Boscoscuro 25 +16.499 6 8
9 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 +17.108 10 7
10 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 25 +19.588 16 6
11 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 25 +21.283 13 5
12 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex 25 +21.703 15 4
13 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Kalex 25 +21.866 23 3
14 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 25 +27.146 20 2
15 40 Spain Héctor Garzó Kalex 25 +29.128 22 1
16 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 25 +33.058 21
17 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 25 +38.235 26
18 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin NTS 25 +38.357 24
19 24 Italy Simone Corsi MV Agusta 25 +38.643 27
20 6 United States Cameron Beaubier Kalex 25 +44.344 25
21 29 Japan Taiga Hada Kalex 25 +46.490 30
22 11 Italy Nicolò Bulega Kalex 25 +47.560[c] 18
23 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +1:05.584 11
24 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Kalex 25 +1:09.436 17
Ret 5 Italy Yari Montella Boscoscuro 15 Accident 28
Ret 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 13 Accident 12
Ret 70 Belgium Barry Baltus NTS 10 Accident 29
Ret 19 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 5 Accident 9
Ret 75 Spain Albert Arenas Boscoscuro 1 Master Cylinder 19
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Boscoscuro 0 Collision 14
DNS 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri MV Agusta Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT
  • Lorenzo Baldassarri was declared unfit to compete due to effects of a hand injury suffered at the German GP.

Moto3[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Spain Sergio García Gas Gas 23 37:10.345 13 25
2 53 Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM 23 +0.027 5 20
3 7 Italy Dennis Foggia Honda 23 +0.346 8 16
4 37 Spain Pedro Acosta KTM 23 +0.394 7 13
5 55 Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna 23 +0.462 1 11
6 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 23 +0.794 4 10
7 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 23 +1.331 14 9
8 28 Spain Izan Guevara Gas Gas 23 +1.440 10 8
9 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Honda 23 +2.399 17 7
10 27 Japan Kaito Toba KTM 23 +6.135 12 6
11 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 23 +6.602 2 5
12 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač KTM 23 +14.716 16 4
13 82 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 23 +14.920 9 3
14 52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba Honda 23 +21.668 3 2
15 19 Indonesia Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 23 +21.976 24 1
16 99 Spain Carlos Tatay KTM 23 +22.147 15
17 20 France Lorenzo Fellon Honda 23 +22.161 22
18 92 Japan Yuki Kunii Honda 23 +22.198 19
19 54 Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM 23 +22.363 11
20 2 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 23 +24.454 26[d]
21 38 Spain David Salvador Honda 23 +24.706 18
22 73 Austria Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 +25.129[e] 23
23 22 Italy Elia Bartolini KTM 23 +34.520 25
Ret 31 Spain Adrián Fernández Husqvarna 11 Engine 21
Ret 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki KTM 5 Collision 6
Ret 16 Italy Andrea Migno Honda 0 Accident 20
DNS 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka KTM Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
  • Ryusei Yamanaka suffered a broken humerus in a collision with Gabriel Rodrigo during practice and withdrew from the event.

MotoE[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Germany Lukas Tulovic 5 8:06.619 2 25
2 51 Brazil Eric Granado 5 +0.839 13 20
3 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 5 +1.145 8 16
4 54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer 5 +1.163 1 13
5 78 Japan Hikari Okubo 5 +1.892 4 11
6 61 Italy Alessandro Zaccone 5 +2.371 5 10
7 40 Spain Jordi Torres 5 +2.424 7 9
8 11 Italy Matteo Ferrari 5 +4.805 3 8
9 21 Italy Kevin Zannoni 5 +5.199 11 7
10 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 5 +5.510 9 6
11 9 Italy Andrea Mantovani 5 +7.068 15 5
12 71 Spain Miquel Pons 5 +8.296[e] 10 4
13 19 France Corentin Perolari 5 +11.430 12 3
14 80 Netherlands Jasper Iwema 5 +12.233 16 2
15 43 Italy Stefano Valtulini 5 +14.950 17 1
16 14 Portugal André Pires 5 +15.561 18
17 6 Spain María Herrera 5 +20.214 14
18 18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús 5 +1:24.945 6
OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race[edit]

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[7][8][9][10]

MotoGP[edit]

Moto2[edit]

Moto3[edit]

MotoE[edit]

Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Alessandro Zaccone 80
1 2 Brazil Eric Granado 73
1 3 Spain Jordi Torres 72
4 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 69
4 5 Germany Lukas Tulovic 53

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Initially given a 3-second penalty for exceeding track limits, but was subsequently reversed.
  2. ^ 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
  3. ^ 6-second penalty for not completing a double long lap penalty.
  4. ^ Pit lane start penalty.
  5. ^ a b 3-second penalty for exceeding track limits.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sports, Dorna. "Yamaha suspends and withdraws Viñales from Austrian GP". www.motogp.com.
  2. ^ "BITCI MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  3. ^ "BITCI MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX VON ÖSTERREICH MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  4. ^ "2021 Austrian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich". MotoGP. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. ^ OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
  7. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  10. ^ "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

External links[edit]


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2021 British Grand Prix
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2020 Austrian Grand Prix 		Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2022 Austrian Grand Prix
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