2021 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 German motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland) was the eighth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernstthal on 20 June 2021.

  2021 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 June 2021
Official name	Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Location	Sachsenring Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Johann Zarco Ducati Time 1:20.236 Fastest lap Rider Miguel Oliveira KTM Time 1:21.701 on lap 15 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Miguel Oliveira KTM Third Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Raúl Fernández Kalex Time 1:23.397 Fastest lap Rider Remy Gardner Kalex Time 1:23.767 on lap 3 Podium First Remy Gardner Kalex Second Arón Canet Boscoscuro Third Marco Bezzecchi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Filip Salač Honda Time 1:26.913 Fastest lap Rider Jaume Masiá KTM Time 1:27.033 on lap 3 Podium First Pedro Acosta KTM Second Kaito Toba KTM Third Dennis Foggia Honda

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[1]	Q2[2]
1	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:20.236	1	1
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:20.247	2
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:20.447	3
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:20.508	4	2
5	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:20.567	5
6	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:20.589	6
7	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:20.617	7	3
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	1:20.700	1:20.659	8
9	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:20.810	9
10	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:20.811	10	4
11	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:20.644	1:20.949	11
12	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:21.135	12
13	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:20.736	N/A	13	5
14	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:20.864	N/A	14
15	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:20.953	N/A	181	6
16	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:20.972	N/A	15	5
17	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:21.014	N/A	16	6
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:21.091	N/A	17
19	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:21.137	N/A	19	7
20	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:21.154	N/A	20
21	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1:21.165	N/A	21
22	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:21.411	N/A	22	8
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Notes

• ^1 – Enea Bastianini was given a three-place grid penalty for irresponsible riding during Q1.^[3]

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	41:07.243	5	25
2	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	30	+1.610	6	20
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	30	+6.772	2	16
4	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	30	+7.922	13	13
5	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	30	+8.591	10	11
6	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	30	+9.086	4	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	30	+9.371	3	9
8	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	30	+11.439	1	8
9	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	30	+11.625	16	7
10	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+14.769	8	6
11	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	30	+16.803	11	5
12	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	30	+16.915	7	4
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	30	+19.217	9	3
14	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	30	+22.300	15	2
15	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	30	+23.615	14	1
16	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	30	+23.738	18[a]
17	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	30	+23.946	20
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	30	+24.414	17
19	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	30	+24.715	21
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	5	Accident	22
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	4	Collision	19
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	4	Collision	12
Fastest lap: Miguel Oliveira (KTM) – 1:21.701 (lap 15)
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	28	39:39.191	3	25
2	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	28	+6.158	10	20
3	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	28	+7.030	4	16
4	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	28	+8.145	2	13
5	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	28	+9.888	7	11
6	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	28	+10.000	17	10
7	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	28	+16.039	6	9
8	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	28	+19.394	18	8
9	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	28	+21.718	16	7
10	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	28	+26.393	25	6
11	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	28	+26.732	11	5
12	2	Alonso López	Kalex	28	+26.835	22	4
13	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	28	+28.034	9	3
14	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	28	+28.984	30	2
15	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	28	+31.414	21	1
16	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	28	+33.176	20
17	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	28	+33.425	26
18	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	28	+39.638	13
19	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	28	+39.682	28
20	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	28	+44.613	27
21	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	28	+47.416	15
Ret	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	27	Accident	8
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	27	Accident	5
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	27	Accident	12
Ret	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	14	Chain	19
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	6	Collision	14
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	6	Accident	24
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	4	Accident	1
Ret	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	3	Accident	23
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	0	Accident	29
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	27	39:38.791	13	25
2	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	27	+0.130	5	20
3	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	27	+0.259	2	16
4[b]	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	27	+0.206	20	13
5	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	27	+0.459	10	11
6	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	27	+0.728	7	10
7[c]	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	27	+0.537	14	9
8[c]	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	27	+0.647	3	8
9	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	27	+0.864	15	7
10	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	27	+6.557	12	6
11	17	John McPhee	Honda	27	+7.512	4	5
12	22	Elia Bartolini	KTM	27	+7.576	25	4
13	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	27	+20.902	8	3
14	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	27	+37.855	18	2
15	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	27	+38.297	26	1
16	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	27	+54.714	11
17	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	27	+58.423	24
18	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	27	+1:27.070	21
Ret	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	15	Collision Damage	9
Ret	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	14	Collision	17
Ret	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	14	Accident	22
Ret	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	12	Collision	6
Ret	12	Filip Salač	Honda	12	Mechanical	1
Ret	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	10	Accident	19
Ret	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	7	Accident Damage	23
Ret	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	3	Collision	16
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 131 2 Johann Zarco 109 3 Jack Miller 100 4 Francesco Bagnaia 99 5 Joan Mir 85

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 159 2 Ducati 154 3 KTM 103 4 Suzuki 89 5 Honda 77

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 206 2 Ducati Lenovo Team 199 3 Pramac Racing 136 1 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 130 1 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 113

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 164 2 Raúl Fernández 128 3 Marco Bezzecchi 117 4 Sam Lowes 86 5 Fabio Di Giannantonio 73

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 200 2 Boscoscuro 72 3 MV Agusta 10 4 NTS 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 292 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 133 3 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 120 4 Liqui Moly Intact GP 89 5 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 83

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 145 2 Sergio García 90 3 Jaume Masiá 72 1 4 Niccolò Antonelli 65 1 5 Romano Fenati 64

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 177 2 Honda 153 3 Gas Gas 102 4 Husqvarna 68

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 217 2 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 122 3 Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 103 4 Rivacold Snipers Team 93 1 5 Petronas Sprinta Racing 87

Notes

1. 3-place grid penalty.
2. 1-position penalty for gaining a position while exceeding track limits.
3. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.