2021 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

Portugal  2021 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the
2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date18 April 2021
Official nameGrande Prémio 888 de Portugal
LocationAlgarve International Circuit
Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.592 km (2.853 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:38.862
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álex Rins Suzuki
Time 1:39.450 on lap 18
Podium
First France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Second Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati
Third Spain Joan Mir Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 1:42.901
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex
Time 1:42.864 on lap 21
Podium
First Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex
Second Spain Arón Canet Boscoscuro
Third Australia Remy Gardner Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Migno Honda
Time 1:47.423
Fastest lap
Rider Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda
Time 1:47.610 on lap 13
Podium
First Spain Pedro Acosta KTM
Second Italy Dennis Foggia Honda
Third Italy Andrea Migno Honda

The 2021 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal) was the third round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 18 April 2021.

Background

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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See also: 2021 MotoGP World Championship § Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

On 22 January 2021 Dorna announced a significant update of the provisional calendar following the postponement of the Argentine and American Grands Prix, originally scheduled as the second and third rounds of the championship (on 11 and 18 April respectively) due to the COVID-19 situation in both countries, with potential rescheduling for the last quarter of 2021. The Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve was entered as a reserve Grand Prix, along with the Indonesian Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix (later removed from the list). On the same day Dorna announced an agreement with the organizers of the Portuguese Grand Prix to hold the race on the Algarve circuit as the third stage of the 2021 championship (the first of the season in Europe) on 18 April. Portugal had returned to the championship as a substitute race the previous year, when the last round of the 2020 championship was held.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

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After the Doha Grand Prix, Johann Zarco is the new leader of the rider standings at 40 points, followed by the Monster Energy Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales, winners of the first two races of the season, four points behind; followed by Francesco Bagnaia and Álex Rins, respectively fourteen and seventeen points behind Zarco.

In the constructors' classification, Yamaha leads with 50 points, 10 more than Ducati. Suzuki is third at 26 points, with Aprilia fourth at 15 points; KTM and Honda close at 11 points.

In the team championship standings, Monster Energy Yamaha is first with 72 points. Pramac Racing is second at 57 points, with Team Suzuki Ecstar and Ducati Lenovo Team following at 45 and 40 points respectively. Repsol Honda Team is fifth with 18 points.

Moto2 Championship riders' standings before the race

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Sam Lowes leads the intermediate class with 50 points, followed by Remy Gardner at 40 points. Raúl Fernández is third with 26 points, one more than Marco Bezzecchi and five more than Fabio Di Giannantonio.

Moto3 Championship riders' standings before the race

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After his victory in the Doha Grand Prix, Pedro Acosta moved up to the top of the standings with 45 points, followed by Darryn Binder on 36 points and Jaume Masiá on 32 points. Fourth and fifth Niccolò Antonelli and Izan Guevara respectively at 26 and 19 points.

MotoGP participants

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Marc Márquez returns as Honda's starter rider after the incident in the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, which is valid as the first race of the 2020 championship.

Moto2 participants

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Moto3 participants

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The riders and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in riders for the race.

Free practice

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MotoGP

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Maverick Viñales was fastest in the first session, followed by Álex Rins and Marc Márquez. In the second session, Francesco Bagnaia preceded Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir. In the third session, Quartararo finished at the top of the standings ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Bagnaia.

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

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The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Fastest session lap

The fastest personal time of the riders are written in bold type.

Pos. No. Rider Constructor Free practice times
FP1[1] FP2[2] FP3[3]
1 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1:42.528 1:40.206 1:39.044
2 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1:43.243 1:41.216 1:39.095
3 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:42.464 1:39.866 1'39.117
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

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MotoGP

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Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid 		Row
Q1[4] Q2[5]
1 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:38.862 1 1
2 42 Spain Álex Rins Suzuki Qualified in Q2 1:38.951 2
3 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:38.991 3
4 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:39.061 4 2
5 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:39.103 5
6 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 1:39.253 1:39.121 6
7 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:39.169 7 3
8 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:39.386 8
9 36 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki 1:39.302 1:39.398 9
10 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM Qualified in Q2 1:39.445 10 4
11 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:39.482 11
12 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:39.807 12
13 73 Spain Álex Márquez Honda 1:39.530 N/A 13 5
14 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Honda 1:39.710 N/A 14
15 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1:39.776 N/A 15
16 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:39.855 N/A 16 6
17 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:39.943 N/A 17
18 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci KTM 1:40.202 N/A 18
19 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 1:40.408 N/A 19 7
20 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:40.444 N/A 20
21 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda N/A N/A 21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 41:46.412 1 25
2 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 25 +4.809 11 20
3 36 Spain Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +4.948 9 16
4 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 25 +5.127 5 13
5 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 25 +6.668 15 11
6 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +8.885 7 10
7 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +13.208 6 9
8 73 Spain Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 25 +17.992 13 8
9 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 25 +22.369 16 7
10 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 25 +23.676 21 6
11 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +23.761 12 5
12 10 Italy Luca Marini Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati 25 +29.660 8 4
13 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 25 +29.836 18 3
14 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +38.941 20 2
15 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 25 +50.642 19 1
16 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24 +1 lap 10
Ret 5 France Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 19 Accident 3
Ret 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 18 Accident 2
Ret 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 14 Accident 17
Ret 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 5 Accident 4
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 4 Rear Brakes 14
DNS 89 Spain Jorge Martín Pramac Racing Ducati Did not start
Fastest lap: Spain Álex Rins (Suzuki) – 1:39.450 (lap 18)
Sources:[6][7][8]
  • Jorge Martín suffered hand & foot fractures in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex 23 39:47.377 10 25
2 44 Spain Arón Canet Boscoscuro 23 +1.600 9 20
3 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 23 +1.968 2 16
4 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 23 +2.397 8 13
5 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 23 +5.622 6 11
6 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 23 +6.344 5 10
7 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 23 +7.360 3 9
8 40 Spain Héctor Garzó Kalex 23 +12.540 12 8
9 6 United States Cameron Beaubier Kalex 23 +14.989 13 7
10 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 23 +15.240 19 6
11 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex 23 +15.521 16 5
12 19 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 23 +15.667 21 4
13 75 Spain Albert Arenas Boscoscuro 23 +19.513 7 3
14 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri MV Agusta 23 +23.147 24 2
15 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 23 +23.494 17 1
16 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Kalex 23 +23.639 25
17 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 +27.470 22
18 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin NTS 23 +56.999 27
19 77 Spain Miquel Pons MV Agusta 23 +1:00.417 28
20 89 United Kingdom Fraser Rogers NTS 23 +1:21.966 29
21 35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex 23 +1:25.160 11
22 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Boscoscuro 20 +3 laps 30
Ret 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 14 Accident 14
Ret 13 Italy Celestino Vietti Kalex 11 Collision 23
Ret 11 Italy Nicolò Bulega Kalex 11 Collision 15
Ret 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 7 Accident 26
Ret 79 Japan Ai Ogura Kalex 4 Collision 4
Ret 5 Italy Yari Montella Boscoscuro 3 Accident 18
Ret 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Kalex 3 Collision 20
Ret 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 0 Accident 1
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 37 Spain Pedro Acosta KTM 21 38:01.773 8 25
2 7 Italy Dennis Foggia Honda 21 +0.051 2 20
3 16 Italy Andrea Migno Honda 21 +0.584 1 16
4 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki KTM 21 +0.615 6 13
5 2 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 21 +0.675 4 11
6 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli KTM 21 +0.729 13 10
7 55 Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna 21 +0.773 10 9
8 11 Spain Sergio García Gas Gas 21 +1.245 3 8
9 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 21 +12.487 7 7
10 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 21 +12.508 18 6
11 82 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 21 +12.541 21 5
12 50 Switzerland Jason Dupasquier KTM 21 +12.593 23 4
13 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač Honda 21 +12.833 14 3
14 52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba Honda 21 +13.743 26[a] 2
15 53 Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM 21 +13.788 27[a] 1
16 92 Japan Yuki Kunii Honda 21 +15.234 16
17 99 Spain Carlos Tatay KTM 21 +18.032 20
18 19 Indonesia Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 21 +20.284 15
19 54 Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM 21 +20.343 22
20 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Honda 21 +33.374 25[a]
21 73 Austria Maximilian Kofler KTM 21 +33.410 19
22 20 France Lorenzo Fellon Honda 21 +36.502[b] 24
23 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 21 +37.540 28[a]
24 28 Spain Izan Guevara Gas Gas 21 +1:08.552 11
NC 27 Japan Kaito Toba KTM 15 +6 laps[c] 17
Ret 31 Spain Adrián Fernández Husqvarna 16 Collision Damage 12
Ret 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 15 Accident 9
Ret 43 Spain Xavier Artigas Honda 4 Collision Damage 5
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.[9][10][11]

MotoGP

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Moto2

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Moto3

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Pit lane start penalty.
  2. ^ 3-second penalty for exceeding track limits.
  3. ^ Not classified due to not completing enough laps.

References

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  1. ^ "GRANDE PRÉMIO 888 DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  2. ^ "GRANDE PRÉMIO 888 DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  3. ^ "GRANDE PRÉMIO 888 DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  4. ^ "GRANDE PRÉMIO 888 DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "GRANDE PRÉMIO 888 DE PORTUGAL MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "2021 Portuguese MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  7. ^ S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2021 GRANDE PRÉMIO DE PORTUGAL MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  8. ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  9. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
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