2021 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the eighteenth and final round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 14 November 2021. It was also the final Grand Prix for Valentino Rossi who retired after the season.

  2021 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 November 2021
Official name	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo Cheste, Valencia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Martín Ducati Time 1:29.936 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:31.042 on lap 16 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Second Jorge Martín Ducati Third Jack Miller Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Simone Corsi MV Agusta Time 1:34.956 Fastest lap Rider Raúl Fernández Kalex Time 1:35.356 on lap 16 Podium First Raúl Fernández Kalex Second Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex Third Augusto Fernández Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Pedro Acosta KTM Time 1:38.668 Fastest lap Rider Xavier Artigas Honda Time 1:39.287 on lap 2 Podium First Xavier Artigas Honda Second Sergio García Gas Gas Third Jaume Masià KTM

In the MotoGP class, Ducati Lenovo Team secured the Teams' Championship, its first since 2007 by making possible the first podium lock-up for Ducati in the MotoGP history with Francesco Bagnaia winning the race ahead of fellow Ducati riders Jorge Martín, who later became Rookie of the Year, and Jack Miller.^[1]

In the Moto2 class, Remy Gardner won the Riders' Championship.^[2] Remy and his father Wayne became the second father-son World Champions after Kenny Roberts and Kenny Roberts Jr.^[3]

In the Moto3 class, KTM secured its fifth Constructors' Championship and its first since 2016.^[4]

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1[5]	Q2[6]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.936	1	1
2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:30.000	2
3	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:30.325	3
4	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:30.395	4	2
5	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:30.418	5
6	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:30.673	1:30.475	6
7	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:30.788	1:30.509	7	3
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:30.620	8
9	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:30.644	9
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:30.746	10	4
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:30.781	11
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:31.024	12
13	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:30.859	N/A	13	5
14	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:30.991	N/A	14
15	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:30.994	N/A	15
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:31.045	N/A	16	6
17	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:31.073	N/A	17
18	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:31.185	N/A	18
19	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:31.251	N/A	19	7
20	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:31.319	N/A	20
DNP	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

• Pol Espargaró was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	27	41:15.481	2	25
2	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+0.489	1	20
3	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	27	+0.823	3	16
4	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+5.214	4	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+5.439	8	11
6	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+6.993	5	10
7	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+8.437	7	9
8	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	27	+10.933	18	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+12.651	12	7
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+13.468	10	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+14.085	11	5
12	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+16.534	13	4
13	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	27	+17.059	19	3
14	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+18.221	20	2
15	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+19.233	15	1
16	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+19.815	14
17	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	27	+28.860	17
18	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+32.169	16
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	10	Accident	6
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	4	Accident	9
DNS	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Did not start
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:31.042 (lap 16)
Sources:[7][8][9]

• Pol Espargaró was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.

Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged due to a first-lap accident involving multiple riders and the resulting oil spill. The race was later restarted over 16 laps with the original starting grid.^[10]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	16	25:38.612	5	25
2	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	16	+0.517	4	20
3	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	16	+0.786	3	16
4	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	16	+2.393	2	13
5	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	16	+4.978	7	11
6	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	16	+5.091	12	10
7	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	16	+5.415	10	9
8	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	16	+5.808	9	8
9	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	16	+7.941	13	7
10	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	16	+9.112	8	6
11	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	16	+9.420	15	5
12	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	16	+10.355	6	4
13	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	16	+11.898	19	3
14	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	16	+12.088	16	2
15	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	16	+12.361	14	1
16	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	16	+13.982	22
17	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	16	+14.022	20
18	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	16	+14.145	29
19	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	16	+17.111	24
20	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	16	+19.273	11
21	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	16	+19.426	17
22	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	16	+19.608	25
23	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	16	+19.986	26
24	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	16	+23.805	23
25	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	16	+31.559	21
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	11	Accident	18
Ret	20	Dimas Ekky Pratama	Kalex	2	Accident	28
DNS	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	0	Did not restart	1
DNS	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	0	Did not restart	27
DNS	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

• Simone Corsi entered the pits at the end of the warm-up lap due to a mechanical problem.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	23	38:30.302	17	25
2	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	23	+0.043	10	20
3	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	23	+0.232	23	16
4	12	Filip Salač	KTM	23	+0.443	5	13
5	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	+0.540	13	11
6	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+1.156	14	10
7	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	23	+1.209	3	9
8	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	23	+2.109	11	8
9	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	23	+2.185	9	7
10	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	23	+2.322	26	6
11	17	John McPhee	Honda	23	+2.791	15	5
12[a]	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+2.461	8	4
13	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	+3.819[b]	7	3
14	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	23	+13.298	19	2
15	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+13.348	12	1
16	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	23	+13.369	27
17	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+17.249	24
18	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	23	+45.581	4
19	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	18	+5 laps	22
Ret	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	22	Accident	1
Ret	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	20	Accident	25
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	17	Accident	2
Ret	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	12	Accident Damage	20
Ret	66	Joel Kelso	KTM	4	Accident	18
Ret	95	José Antonio Rueda	Honda	4	Accident	21
Ret	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	0	Accident	6
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	0	Accident	16
DNS	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

• Andi Farid Izdihar was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[11][12][13]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 278 2 Francesco Bagnaia 252 3 Joan Mir 208 4 Jack Miller 181 5 Johann Zarco 173

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 357 2 Yamaha 309 3 Suzuki 240 4 Honda 214 5 KTM 205

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 433 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 380 3 Team Suzuki Ecstar 307 4 Pramac Racing 288 5 Repsol Honda Team 250

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 311 2 Raúl Fernández 307 3 Marco Bezzecchi 214 4 Sam Lowes 190 5 Augusto Fernández 174

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Kalex 450 2 Boscoscuro 199 3 MV Agusta 19 4 NTS 11

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 618 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 364 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 303 4 Inde Aspar Team 192 1 5 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 173

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 259 2 Dennis Foggia 216 3 Sergio García 188 1 4 Jaume Masiá 171 1 5 Romano Fenati 160

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 KTM 369 2 Honda 360 3 Gas Gas 266 4 Husqvarna 166

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 430 2 Valresa GasGas Aspar Team 313 3 Leopard Racing 288 1 4 Red Bull KTM Tech3 218 1 5 Petronas Sprinta Racing 216

Notes

1. 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
2. 3-second penalty for irresponsible riding.