2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix

France  2021 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the
2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 May 2021
Official nameShark Grand Prix de France
LocationBugatti Circuit
Le Mans, France
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:32.600
Fastest lap
Rider France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Time 1:33.048 on lap 2
Podium
First Australia Jack Miller Ducati
Second France Johann Zarco Ducati
Third France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex
Time 1:50.135
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Remy Gardner Kalex
Time 1:36.893 on lap 18
Podium
First Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex
Second Australia Remy Gardner Kalex
Third Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Migno Honda
Time 1:47.407
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM
Time 1:50.822 on lap 22
Podium
First Spain Sergio García Gas Gas
Second Czech Republic Filip Salač Honda
Third Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM
MotoE
Pole position
Rider Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Time 2:00.315
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Matteo Ferrari Energica
Time 1:43.951 on lap 7
Podium
First Brazil Eric Granado Energica
Second Italy Mattia Casadei Energica
Third Italy Alessandro Zaccone Energica

The 2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Grand Prix de France) was the fifth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the second round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 16 May 2021.

Qualifying

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MotoGP

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Fastest session lap
Pos. No. Biker Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid 		Row
Q1[1] Q2[2]
1 20 France Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:32.600 1 1
2 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:32.681 2
3 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:32.704 3
4 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:32.766 4 2
5 5 France Johann Zarco Ducati Qualified in Q2 1:32.877 5
6 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda Qualified in Q2 1:33.037 6
7 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Honda Qualified in Q2 1:33.120 7 3
8 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Honda Qualified in Q2 1:33.150 8
9 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Qualified in Q2 1:33.391 9
10 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM Qualified in Q2 1:33.867 10 4
11 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 1:42.550 1:34.258 11
12 10 Italy Luca Marini Ducati 1:43.352 1:34.265 12
13 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 1:43.418 N/A 13 5
14 36 Spain Joan Mir Suzuki 1:43.422 N/A 14
15 42 Spain Álex Rins Suzuki 1:43.523 N/A 15
16 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1:43.530 N/A 16 6
17 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci KTM 1:43.857 N/A 17
18 27 Spain Iker Lecuona KTM 1:44.324 N/A 18
19 73 Spain Álex Márquez Honda 1:45.146 N/A 19 7
20 53 Spain Tito Rabat Ducati 1:45.590 N/A 20
21 33 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 1:45.911 N/A 21
22 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Ducati 1:46.123 N/A 22 8
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 43 Australia Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 47:25.473 3 25
2 5 France Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +3.970 5 20
3 20 France Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +14.468 1 16
4 63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 +16.172 16 13
5 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +21.430 17 11
6 73 Spain Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 27 +23.509 19 10
7 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +30.164 7 9
8 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +35.221 8 8
9 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +40.432 18 7
10 12 Spain Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +40.577 2 6
11 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 +42.198 9 5
12 10 Italy Luca Marini Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati 27 +52.408 12 4
13 33 South Africa Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +59.377 21 3
14 23 Italy Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 27 +1:02.224 22 2
15 53 Spain Tito Rabat Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +1:09.651 20 1
16 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 +4 laps 4
Ret 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 17 Accident 6
Ret 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 15 Engine 13
Ret 88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 Accident 10
Ret 42 Spain Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 Accident 15
Ret 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 11 Engine 11
Ret 36 Spain Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 4 Accident 14
Fastest lap: France Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:33.048 (lap 2)
Sources:[3][4][5]

Moto2

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Yari Montella was replaced by Alonso López after the Friday practice sessions due to injury.[6]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Raúl Fernández Kalex 25 40:46.101 1 25
2 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 25 +1.490 7 20
3 72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 25 +4.599 2 16
4 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Kalex 25 +7.503 19 13
5 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 25 +11.887 6 11
6 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +27.829 14 10
7 79 Japan Ai Ogura Kalex 25 +27.975 16 9
8 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex 25 +28.112 15 8
9 24 Italy Simone Corsi MV Agusta 25 +28.204 17 7
10 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Boscoscuro 25 +28.432 18 6
11 11 Italy Nicolò Bulega Kalex 25 +29.316 11 5
12[a] 35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra Kalex 25 +28.749 26[b] 4
13 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Kalex 25 +31.605 21 3
14 75 Spain Albert Arenas Boscoscuro 25 +32.080 24 2
15 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin NTS 25 +32.571 27 1
16 70 Belgium Barry Baltus NTS 25 +33.309 29
17 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri MV Agusta 25 +39.036 13
18 96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon Kalex 25 +41.069 25
19 13 Italy Celestino Vietti Kalex 25 +45.599 28
20 10 Italy Tommaso Marcon MV Agusta 25 +1:19.160 30
Ret 6 United States Cameron Beaubier Kalex 20 Accident 23
Ret 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 14 Accident 22
Ret 40 Spain Héctor Garzó Kalex 6 Accident 8
Ret 16 United States Joe Roberts Kalex 4 Accident 3
Ret 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Kalex 3 Collision 12
Ret 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 3 Collision 10
Ret 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Kalex 2 Accident 9
Ret 2 Spain Alonso López Boscoscuro 2 Accident 31
Ret 37 Spain Augusto Fernández Kalex 1 Accident 5
Ret 44 Spain Arón Canet Boscoscuro 0 Accident 4
DSQ 19 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 25 (+28.989)[c] 20
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Spain Sergio García Gas Gas 22 42:21.172 8 25
2 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač Honda 22 +2.349 7 20
3 54 Italy Riccardo Rossi KTM 22 +5.589 2 16
4 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 22 +7.158 4 13
5 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki KTM 22 +14.882 15 11
6 31 Spain Adrián Fernández Husqvarna 22 +27.279 26 10
7 43 Spain Xavier Artigas Honda 22 +27.408 27 9
8 37 Spain Pedro Acosta KTM 22 +29.880 21 8
9 53 Turkey Deniz Öncü KTM 22 +35.098 13 7
10 55 Italy Romano Fenati Husqvarna 22 +36.616 10 6
11 16 Italy Andrea Migno Honda 22 +42.347 1 5
12 6 Japan Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 22 +42.739 12 4
13 50 Switzerland Jason Dupasquier KTM 22 +42.756 14 3
14 28 Spain Izan Guevara Gas Gas 22 +50.891 24 2
15 19 Indonesia Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 22 +52.753 28[b] 1
16 73 Austria Maximilian Kofler KTM 22 +53.054 22
17 82 Italy Stefano Nepa KTM 22 +53.568 11
18 7 Italy Dennis Foggia Honda 22 +1:18.995 18
19 20 France Lorenzo Fellon Honda 22 +1:19.103 25
20 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Honda 22 +1:54.124 16
21 27 Japan Kaito Toba KTM 21 +1 lap 19
22 52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba Honda 18 +4 laps 17
Ret 99 Spain Carlos Tatay KTM 14 Steering Damper 20
Ret 32 Japan Takuma Matsuyama Honda 3 Accident 23
Ret 2 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 2 Accident 5
Ret 5 Spain Jaume Masiá KTM 1 Accident 3
Ret 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 1 Accident 9
Ret 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli KTM 1 Accident Damage 6
DNS 92 Japan Yuki Kunii Honda Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT
  • Yuki Kunii suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.

MotoE

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Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 51 Brazil Eric Granado 7 12:23.012 1 25
2 27 Italy Mattia Casadei 7 +0.306 15 20
3[a] 61 Italy Alessandro Zaccone 7 +0.253 5 16
4 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 7 +0.532 6 13
5 40 Spain Jordi Torres 7 +0.640 11 11
6 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 7 +0.900 9 10
7 3 Germany Lukas Tulovic 7 +1.045 12 9
8 11 Italy Matteo Ferrari 7 +1.751 3 8
9 19 France Corentin Perolari 7 +4.727 16[d] 7
10 6 Spain María Herrera 7 +4.999 18 6
11 21 Italy Kevin Zannoni 7 +15.509 17 5
12 14 Portugal André Pires 7 +29.350 14 4
13 18 Andorra Xavi Cardelús 7 +29.485 4 3
14 80 Netherlands Jasper Iwema 7 +37.419 13 2
15 54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer 7 +1:06.915 8 1
Ret 78 Japan Hikari Okubo 2 Collision 10
DNS 71 Spain Miquel Pons 0 Did not start 2
DNS 9 Italy Andrea Mantovani 0 Did not start 7
OFFICIAL MOTOE 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.[8][9][10][11]

MotoGP

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Moto2

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Moto3

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MotoE

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Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Alessandro Zaccone 41
2 2 Italy Mattia Casadei 33
1 3 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 33
9 4 Brazil Eric Granado 28
2 5 Spain Jordi Torres 27

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
  2. ^ a b 6-place grid penalty.
  3. ^ Disqualified for a technical infringement.[7]
  4. ^ 3-place grid penalty.

References

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  1. ^ "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  2. ^ "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
  3. ^ "2021 French MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  4. ^ "2021 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  5. ^ OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
  6. ^ "Moto2 France: perfect timing brings Fernandez first pole". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ^ GPone (16 May 2021). "Moto2, LAST HOUR – Dalla Porta disqualified for being one kilo underweight". GPone.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16.
  8. ^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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