2021 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2021 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 August 2021
Official name	Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318 km (2.683 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Ducati Time 1:22.643 Fastest lap Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:24.451 on lap 12 Podium First Brad Binder KTM Second Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Third Jorge Martín Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 1:28.659 Fastest lap Rider Somkiat Chantra Kalex Time 1:29.193 on lap 5 Podium First Raúl Fernández Kalex Second Ai Ogura Kalex Third Augusto Fernández Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Romano Fenati Husqvarna Time 1:35.850 Fastest lap Rider Izan Guevara Gas Gas Time 1:36.058 on lap 19 Podium First Sergio García Gas Gas Second Deniz Öncü KTM Third Dennis Foggia Honda
MotoE
Pole position Rider Fermín Aldeguer Energica Time 1:35.306 Fastest lap Rider Eric Granado Energica Time 1:35.161 on lap 4 Podium First Lukas Tulovic Energica Second Eric Granado Energica Third 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

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

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

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

Race

MotoGP

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

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	25	37:19.890	2	25
2	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	25	+0.845	3	20
3	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+2.747	4	16
4	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	25	+4.412	1	13
5	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	25	+8.850	7	11
6[b]	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	25	+8.782	8	10
7	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	25	+13.657	5	9
8	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	25	+16.499	6	8
9	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+17.108	10	7
10	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	25	+19.588	16	6
11	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	25	+21.283	13	5
12	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	25	+21.703	15	4
13	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	25	+21.866	23	3
14	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	25	+27.146	20	2
15	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	25	+29.128	22	1
16	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	25	+33.058	21
17	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	25	+38.235	26
18	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	25	+38.357	24
19	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	25	+38.643	27
20	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	25	+44.344	25
21	29	Taiga Hada	Kalex	25	+46.490	30
22	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	25	+47.560[c]	18
23	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+1:05.584	11
24	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	25	+1:09.436	17
Ret	5	Yari Montella	Boscoscuro	15	Accident	28
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	13	Accident	12
Ret	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	10	Accident	29
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	5	Accident	9
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	1	Master Cylinder	19
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	0	Collision	14
DNS	7	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

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	23	37:10.345	13	25
2	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	+0.027	5	20
3	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	+0.346	8	16
4	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	23	+0.394	7	13
5	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+0.462	1	11
6	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	23	+0.794	4	10
7	17	John McPhee	Honda	23	+1.331	14	9
8	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	23	+1.440	10	8
9	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	23	+2.399	17	7
10	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+6.135	12	6
11	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	23	+6.602	2	5
12	12	Filip Salač	KTM	23	+14.716	16	4
13	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+14.920	9	3
14	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+21.668	3	2
15	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	23	+21.976	24	1
16	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	23	+22.147	15
17	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	23	+22.161	22
18	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	23	+22.198	19
19	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	23	+22.363	11
20	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	23	+24.454	26[d]
21	38	David Salvador	Honda	23	+24.706	18
22	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	23	+25.129[e]	23
23	22	Elia Bartolini	KTM	23	+34.520	25
Ret	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	11	Engine	21
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	5	Collision	6
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	0	Accident	20
DNS	6	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

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

• All bikes manufactured by Energica.

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 181 2 2 Francesco Bagnaia 134 3 Joan Mir 134 2 4 Johann Zarco 132 5 Jack Miller 105

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 1 Ducati 212 1 2 Yamaha 209 3 KTM 152 4 Suzuki 138 5 Honda 104

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 276 2 Ducati Lenovo Team 239 3 Pramac Racing 200 1 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 183 1 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 178

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 206 2 Raúl Fernández 187 3 Marco Bezzecchi 159 4 Sam Lowes 114 1 5 Arón Canet 83

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 275 2 Boscoscuro 109 3 MV Agusta 10 4 NTS 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 393 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 201 3 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 196 3 4 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 115 5 Aspar Team Moto2 106

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 196 2 Sergio García 155 3 Romano Fenati 107 4 Dennis Foggia 102 5 Jaume Masiá 95

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 235 2 Honda 204 3 Gas Gas 167 4 Husqvarna 111

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 291 2 Santander Consumer GasGas 201 3 Petronas Sprinta Racing 135 1 4 Leopard Racing 132 1 5 Sterilgarda Max Racing Team 123

MotoE

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

Notes

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. 3-second penalty for exceeding track limits.

References

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

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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