2021 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

2021 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the; 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 March 2021
Official name	Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit; Lusail, Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.380 km (3.343 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia
Time	1:52.772
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales
Time	1:54.624 on lap 4
Podium
First	Maverick Viñales
Second	Johann Zarco
Third	Francesco Bagnaia
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes
Time	1:58.726
Fastest lap
Rider	Remy Gardner
Time	1:59.491 on lap 13
Podium
First	Sam Lowes
Second	Remy Gardner
Third	Fabio Di Giannantonio
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Darryn Binder
Time	2:04.075
Fastest lap
Rider	Xavier Artigas
Time	2:06.557 on lap 2
Podium
First	Jaume Masiá
Second	Pedro Acosta
Third	Darryn Binder

The 2021 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Barwa Grand Prix of Qatar) was the first round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail on 28 March 2021.

Background

MotoGP Entrants

Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez for the start of the season, as Márquez prolonged his recovery from his 2020 season-ending injury.

Free practice

MotoGP

In the first session, Franco Morbidelli was the fastest ahead of Aleix Espargaró and Jack Miller.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Q1^[1]	Q2^[2]	Final grid	Row
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:52.772	1	1
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:53.038	2
3	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:53.088	3
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:53.114	4	2
5	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:53.215	5
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:53.286	6
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:53.313	7	3
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:53.315	8
9	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:53.490	9
10	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:53.728	1:53.682	10	4
11	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:53.577	1:53.721	11
12	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:53.930	12
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:53.733	N/A	13	5
14	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:53.840	N/A	14
15	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:53.915	N/A	15
16	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:53.958	N/A	16	6
17	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:53.995	N/A	17
18	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:54.122	N/A	18
19	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:54.240	N/A	19	7
20	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:54.443	N/A	20
21	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:54.627	N/A	21
22	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:55.183	N/A	22	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	42:28.663	3	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+1.092	6	20
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	22	+1.129	1	16
4	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+1.222	10	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+3.030	2	11
6	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+3.357	9	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	22	+5.934	8	9
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+5.990	12	8
9	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	22	+7.058	5	7
10	23	Enea Bastianini	Esponsorama Racing	Ducati	22	+9.288	13	6
11	6	Stefan Bradl	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+10.299	17	5
12	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	22	+10.742	4	4
13	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+11.457	15	3
14	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+14.100	19	2
15	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+16.422	14	1
16	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Esponsorama	Ducati	22	+20.916	18
17	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	22	+21.026	21
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	22	+23.892	7
19	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	22	+46.346	22
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	13	Accident	16
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	6	Accident	11
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0	Accident	20
Fastest lap: Maverick Viñales (Yamaha) – 1:54.624 (lap 4)
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	20	40:03.123	1	25
2	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	20	+2.260	6	20
3	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	20	+5.228	7	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	20	+5.241	4	13
5	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	20	+6.145	2	11
6	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	20	+6.786	5	10
7	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	20	+8.721	10	9
8	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	20	+10.911	13	8
9	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	20	+12.493	3	7
10	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	20	+16.800	8	6
11	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	20	+17.147	22	5
12	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	20	+17.289	9	4
13	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	20	+17.527	12	3
14	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	20	+17.540	21	2
15	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	20	+17.816	17	1
16	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	20	+18.211	18
17	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	20	+19.143	19
18	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	20	+19.220	14
19	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	20	+25.806	24
20	5	Yari Montella	Boscoscuro	20	+30.664	27
21	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	20	+30.708	23
22	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	20	+32.764	11
Ret	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	19	Accident	16
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	14	Accident	15
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	9	Accident	25
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	9	Engine	28
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	6	Accident	26
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	0	Rider In Pain	20
DNS	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta		Did not start
DNS	70	Barry Baltus	NTS		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Simone Corsi suffered a fractured wrist in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.
Barry Baltus suffered a fractured wrist in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	18	38:29.620	5	25
2	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	18	+0.042	11	20
3	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	18	+0.094	1	16
4	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	18	+0.435	8	13
5	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	18	+0.880	7	11
6	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	18	+0.899	10	10
7	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	18	+0.965	2	9
8	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	18	+2.214	28	8
9^[a]	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	18	+1.950	6	7
10	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	18	+2.219	12	6
11	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	18	+2.316	18	5
12^[a]	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	18	+2.298	14	4
13	12	Filip Salač	Honda	18	+2.345	23	3
14	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	18	+2.434	21	2
15	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	18	+14.768	16	1
16	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	18	+14.834	20
17	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	18	+22.187	22
18	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	18	+22.277	25
19	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	18	+28.282	27
20	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	18	+41.283	19
21	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	18	+44.976	26
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	17	Accident	15
Ret	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	7	Collision Damage	24
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	2	Collision	3
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	2	Collision Damage	17
Ret	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	2	Collision Damage	4
Ret	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	1	Accident	9
Ret	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	0	Collision	13
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[6]^[7]^[8]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Maverick Viñales	25
2	Johann Zarco	20
3	Francesco Bagnaia	16
4	Joan Mir	13
5	Fabio Quartararo	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	25
2	Ducati	20
3	Suzuki	13
4	Aprilia	9
5	Honda	8

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	36
2	Ducati Lenovo Team	23
3	Team Suzuki Ecstar	23
4	Pramac Racing	21
5	Repsol Honda Team	13

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Sam Lowes	25
2	Remy Gardner	20
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	16
4	Marco Bezzecchi	13
5	Raúl Fernández	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Kalex	25
2	Boscoscuro	6

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	31
2	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	27
3	Sky Racing Team VR46	17
4	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	16
5	Italtrans Racing Team	10

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jaume Masiá	25
2	Pedro Acosta	20
3	Darryn Binder	16
4	Sergio García	13
5	Gabriel Rodrigo	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	KTM	25
2	Honda	16
3	Gas Gas	13
3	Husqvarna	5

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	45
2	GasGas Gaviota Aspar	22
3	Petronas Sprinta Racing	16
4	Avintia Esponsorama Moto3	14
5	Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3	11

Notes

^ ^a ^b 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

References

^ "BARWA GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "BARWA GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "2021 Qatar MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
^ S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2021 QAT MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com.
^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF).
^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 21 March 2021.
"2021 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes". Retrieved 22 April 2021.
"Losail International Circuit". Retrieved 22 April 2021.

Previous race: 2020 Portuguese Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2021 season	Next race: 2021 Doha Grand Prix
Previous race: 2020 Qatar Grand Prix	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 2022 Qatar Grand Prix

[1p-6] 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[1] "BARWA GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[2] "BARWA GRAND PRIX OF QATAR MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[3] "2021 Qatar MotoGP | Motorsport Database".

[4] S.L, Dorna. "motogp.com · GP RESULTS - 2021 QAT MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com.

[5] "OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT" (PDF).

[7] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[8] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[9] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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