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.

  2021 Styrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 August 2021
Official name	Michelin Grand Prix of Styria
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 1:22.994 Fastest lap Rider Joan Mir Suzuki Time 1:24.209 on lap 7 Podium First Jorge Martín Ducati Second Joan Mir Suzuki Third Fabio Quartararo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Remy Gardner Kalex Time 1:28.668 Fastest lap Rider Ai Ogura Kalex Time 1:28.922 on lap 25 Podium First Marco Bezzecchi Kalex Second Arón Canet Boscoscuro Third Augusto Fernández Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Deniz Öncü KTM Time 1:36.453 Fastest lap Rider Darryn Binder Honda Time 1:40.659 on lap 22 Podium First Pedro Acosta KTM Second Sergio García Gas Gas Third 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	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:22.994	1	1
2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:23.038	2
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:23.075	3
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:23.300	4	2
5	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:23.322	5
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:23.376	6
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:23.448	7	3
8	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:23.489	8
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:23.508	9
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:23.536	10	4
11	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:23.547	1:23.841	11
12	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:23.552	1:23.944	12
13	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:23.585	N/A	13	5
14	26	Dani Pedrosa	KTM	1:23.730	N/A	14
15	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	1:23.971	N/A	15
16	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:24.050	N/A	16	6
17	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:24.097	N/A	17
18	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:24.115	N/A	18
19	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:24.141	N/A	19	7
20	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:24.245	N/A	20
21	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:24.405	N/A	21
22	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:24.465	N/A	22	8
23	35	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	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	38:07.879	1	25
2	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+1.548	5	20
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+9.632	3	16
4	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+12.771	16	13
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	27	+12.923	10	11
6	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+13.031	6	10
7	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+14.839	13	9
8	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+17.953	8	8
9	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	27	+19.059	11	7
10	26	Dani Pedrosa	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+19.389	14	6
11	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	27	+21.667[a]	2	5
12	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	27	+25.267	20	4
13	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+26.282	17	3
14	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	27	+27.492	18	2
15	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+31.076	19	1
16	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+31.150	15
17	35	Cal Crutchlow	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+40.408	23
18	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+48.114	22
NC	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+1:03.149[b]	9
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	18	Accident Damage	4
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	14	Tyre	12
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	4	Mechanical	7
DNS	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia		Did not restart	21
Fastest lap: 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	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	25	37:29.460	3	25
2	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	25	+1.171	5	20
3	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	25	+3.260	6	16
4	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	25	+3.856	1	13
5	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	25	+6.922[a]	2	11
6	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	25	+9.390	19	10
7	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	25	+9.590	4	9
8	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	25	+12.217	9	8
9	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	25	+12.747	11	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+12.874	10	6
11	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	25	+13.532	21	5
12	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	25	+14.071	8	4
13	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	25	+14.197	12	3
14	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	25	+14.536	7	2
15	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	25	+18.616	15	1
16	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+19.378	13
17	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	25	+19.660	18
18	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	25	+22.467	17
19	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	25	+22.762	16
20	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	25	+25.267	25
21	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	25	+30.121	26
22	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	25	+37.544	23
23	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	25	+38.095	22
24	5	Yari Montella	Boscoscuro	25	+39.007	30
25	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	23	+2 laps[a]	28
Ret	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	19	Accident	24
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	17	Accident	14
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	9	Accident	27
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	9	Accident Damage	20
Ret	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	1	Accident	29
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	23	39:45.869	4	25
2	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	23	+14.431	2	20
3	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+15.410	3	16
4	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	23	+15.510	7	13
5	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	23	+18.847	14	11
6	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	23	+20.534	8	10
7	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	23	+30.080	19	9
8	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	23	+30.174	20	8
9	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	23	+30.245	22	7
10	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	23	+36.355	25	6
11	12	Filip Salač	KTM	23	+36.437	17	5
12	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+36.659	23	4
13	17	John McPhee	Honda	23	+36.665	11	3
14	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	23	+37.514	5	2
15	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	23	+37.918	13	1
16	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	23	+47.645	21
17	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	23	+52.877	15
18	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+53.006	9
19	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+55.944	16
20	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	23	+1:06.540	10
21	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	+1:12.291	1
22	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	+1:22.638	6
23	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	23	+1:31.488	12
Ret	38	David Salvador	Honda	14	Accident Damage	24
Ret	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	12	Accident	26
DNS	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM		Did not start	18
DNS	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM		Did not start
DNS	43	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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 172 2 Johann Zarco 132 1 3 Joan Mir 121 1 4 Francesco Bagnaia 114 5 Jack Miller 100

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 200 2 Ducati 192 3 KTM 127 4 Suzuki 125 5 Honda 97

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 267 2 Ducati Lenovo Team 214 3 Pramac Racing 184 1 4 Team Suzuki Ecstar 163 1 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 158

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 197 2 Raúl Fernández 162 3 Marco Bezzecchi 153 4 Sam Lowes 101 5 Fabio Di Giannantonio 76

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 250 2 Boscoscuro 101 3 MV Agusta 10 4 NTS 10

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 359 2 Sky Racing Team VR46 185 3 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 167 4 Liqui Moly Intact GP 102 1 5 Aspar Team Moto2 98

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 183 2 Sergio García 130 1 3 Romano Fenati 96 1 4 Dennis Foggia 86 5 Jaume Masiá 85

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 215 2 Honda 188 3 Gas Gas 142 4 Husqvarna 100

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 268 2 Santander Consumer GasGas 168 2 3 Petronas Sprinta Racing 119 1 4 Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 117 1 5 Leopard Racing 116

Notes

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