2021 Styrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 Styrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Michelin Grand Prix of Styria) was the tenth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 8 August 2021.

Styria  2021 Styrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the
2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 August 2021
Official nameMichelin Grand Prix of Styria
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 1:22.994
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Joan Mir Suzuki
Time 1:24.209 on lap 7
Podium
First Spain Jorge Martín Ducati
Second Spain Joan Mir Suzuki
Third France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Australia Remy Gardner Kalex
Time 1:28.668
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Ai Ogura Kalex
Time 1:28.922 on lap 25
Podium
First Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Second Spain Arón Canet Boscoscuro
Third Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM
Time 1:36.453
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Darryn Binder Honda
Time 1:40.659 on lap 22
Podium
First Spain Pedro Acosta KTM
Second Spain Sergio García Gas Gas
Third Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna

Background

On 14 May 2021, Dorna announced the cancellation of the Finnish Grand Prix (originally scheduled as the tenth round of the championship on 11 July) for a second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 situation in the country. On the same day Dorna announced that a second race at the Red Bull Ring, named the Styrian Grand Prix, which was originally scheduled to be a one-off race in 2020, would replace it on the calendar on 8 August, one week before the Austrian Grand Prix.[1]

Qualifying

MotoGP
Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid		 Row
Q1[2] Q2[3]
1 89 Spain Jorge Martín Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:22.994 1 1
2 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:23.038 2
3 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:23.075 3
4 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:23.300 4 2
5 36 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki Qualified in Q2 1:23.322 5
6 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:23.376 6
7 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Qualified in Q2 1:23.448 7 3
8 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda Qualified in Q2 1:23.489 8
9 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:23.508 9
10 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda Qualified in Q2 1:23.536 10 4
11 73 Spain Álex Márquez Honda 1:23.547 1:23.841 11
12 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 1:23.552 1:23.944 12
13 42 Spain Álex Rins Suzuki 1:23.585 N/A 13 5
14 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa KTM 1:23.730 N/A 14
15 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Honda 1:23.971 N/A 15
16 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1:24.050 N/A 16 6
17 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1:24.097 N/A 17
18 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1:24.115 N/A 18
19 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 1:24.141 N/A 19 7
20 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:24.245 N/A 20
21 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:24.405 N/A 21
22 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci KTM 1:24.465 N/A 22 8
23 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 1:24.513 N/A 23
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

The race, scheduled to be run for 28 laps, was red-flagged on lap 3 due to an accident involving Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo Savadori. The race was later restarted over 27 laps with the original starting grid. Savadori wasn't able to join the restart.[4]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 89 Spain Jorge Martín Pramac Racing Ducati 27 38:07.879 1 25
2 36 Spain Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +1.548 5 20
3 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +9.632 3 16
4 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +12.771 16 13
5 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +12.923 10 11
6 5 France Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +13.031 6 10
7 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +14.839 13 9
8 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +17.953 8 8
9 73 Spain Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 27 +19.059 11 7
10 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +19.389 14 6
11 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 +21.667[lower-alpha 1] 2 5
12 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 27 +25.267 20 4
13 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 +26.282 17 3
14 10 Italy Luca Marini Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati 27 +27.492 18 2
15 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +31.076 19 1
16 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +31.150 15
17 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 +40.408 23
18 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +48.114 22
NC 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +1:03.149[lower-alpha 2] 9
Ret 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 18 Accident Damage 4
Ret 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 14 Tyre 12
Ret 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 4 Mechanical 7
DNS 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia Did not restart 21
Fastest lap: Spain Joan Mir (Suzuki) – 1:24.209 (lap 7)
Sources:[5][6][7]
  • Maverick Viñales started from pit lane as he stalled his bike at the start of the formation lap.

Moto2
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 25 37:29.460 3 25
2 44 Spain Arón Canet Boscoscuro 25 +1.171 5 20
3 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 25 +3.260 6 16
4 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 25 +3.856 1 13
5 79 Japan Ai Ogura Kalex 25 +6.922[lower-alpha 1] 2 11
6 13 Italy Celestino Vietti Kalex 25 +9.390 19 10
7 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex 25 +9.590 4 9
8 35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex 25 +12.217 9 8
9 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 25 +12.747 11 7
10 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +12.874 10 6
11 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 25 +13.532 21 5
12 19 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 25 +14.071 8 4
13 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex 25 +14.197 12 3
14 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 25 +14.536 7 2
15 75 Spain Albert Arenas Boscoscuro 25 +18.616 15 1
16 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 +19.378 13
17 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Kalex 25 +19.660 18
18 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Kalex 25 +22.467 17
19 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 25 +22.762 16
20 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Boscoscuro 25 +25.267 25
21 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri MV Agusta 25 +30.121 26
22 11 Italy Nicolò Bulega Kalex 25 +37.544 23
23 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 25 +38.095 22
24 5 Italy Yari Montella Boscoscuro 25 +39.007 30
25 24 Italy Simone Corsi MV Agusta 23 +2 laps[lower-alpha 1] 28
Ret 6 United States Cameron Beaubier Kalex 19 Accident 24
Ret 40 Spain Héctor Garzó Kalex 17 Accident 14
Ret 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin NTS 9 Accident 27
Ret 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 9 Accident Damage 20
Ret 70 Belgium Barry Baltus NTS 1 Accident 29
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 37 Spain Pedro Acosta KTM 23 39:45.869 4 25
2 11 Spain Sergio García Gas Gas 23 +14.431 2 20
3 55 Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna 23 +15.410 3 16
4 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 23 +15.510 7 13
5 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki KTM 23 +18.847 14 11
6 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Honda 23 +20.534 8 10
7 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 23 +30.080 19 9
8 92 Japan Yuki Kunii Honda 23 +30.174 20 8
9 73 Austria Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 +30.245 22 7
10 31 Spain Adrián Fernández Husqvarna 23 +36.355 25 6
11 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač KTM 23 +36.437 17 5
12 27 Japan Kaito Toba KTM 23 +36.659 23 4
13 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 23 +36.665 11 3
14 28 Spain Izan Guevara Gas Gas 23 +37.514 5 2
15 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 23 +37.918 13 1
16 20 France Lorenzo Fellon Honda 23 +47.645 21
17 16 Italy Andrea Migno Honda 23 +52.877 15
18 52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba Honda 23 +53.006 9
19 82 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 23 +55.944 16
20 2 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 23 +1:06.540 10
21 53 Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM 23 +1:12.291 1
22 7 Italy Dennis Foggia Honda 23 +1:22.638 6
23 54 Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM 23 +1:31.488 12
Ret 38 Spain David Salvador Honda 14 Accident Damage 24
Ret 19 Indonesia Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 12 Accident 26
DNS 99 Spain Carlos Tatay KTM Did not start 18
DNS 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli KTM Did not start
DNS 43 Spain Xavier Artigas Honda Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
  • Deniz Öncü started at the back of the grid as his mechanics were still working on his bike at the three minute board. His place of the grid was left vacant.
  • Carlos Tatay was declared unfit to compete after Sunday warm-up session due to effects of the crash at the Italian Grand Prix. His place of the grid was left vacant.
  • Niccolò Antonelli suffered a broken hand in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.
  • Xavier Artigas tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday morning and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Notes
  1. 3-second penalty for not completing a long lap penalty.
  2. Not classified due to finishing the race through pits.

References
  1. "Styrian GP added to 2021 calendar as Finnish GP is cancelled". MotoGP.com. Dorna. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. "MICHELIN® GRAND PRIX OF STYRIA MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  3. "MICHELIN® GRAND PRIX OF STYRIA MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  4. "Styria MotoGP: Relentless Martin claims maiden win in red flag affected race". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. "2021 Styrian MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  6. "Michelin® Grand Prix of Styria". MotoGP. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
  8. "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  10. "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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