# 2021 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Red Bull de España) was the fourth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the first round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 2 May 2021.

## MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After winning the Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo leads the rider standings with 61 points, 15 more than Francesco Bagnaia. Maverick Viñales is third with 41 points, followed by Johann Zarco and Joan Mir, respectively on 40 and 38 points.
In the constructors' standings, Yamaha has full points with 75 points, followed by Ducati with 60 points and Suzuki with 42 points. Aprilia, KTM and Honda are enclosed in 5 points (25, 22 and 20).
In the team championship standings, Monster Energy Yamaha is first with 102 points, followed by Team Suzuki Ecstar, Ducati Lenovo Team and Pramac Racing respectively 41, 42 and 45 points behind. Aprilia Racing Team Gresini is fifth with 27 points.

## Qualifying
### MotoGP

* Fastest session lap
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Final grid | Row |
| 1 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:36.755 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | 1:36.916 | 1:36.812 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:36.860 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:36.960 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.008 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.054 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.070 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.085 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.124 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.154 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:37.350 | 1:37.467 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:37.502 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Honda | 1:37.407 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 1:37.489 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:37.675 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:37.746 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:37.915 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:37.925 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 1:38.065 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:38.069 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:38.139 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1:38.325 | N/A | 22 | 8 |
| 23 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1:38.641 | N/A | 23 | 8 |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS ||||||||

## Race
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 25 | 41:05.602 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 25 | +1.912 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 25 | +2.516 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 25 | +3.206 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +4.256 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +5.164 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | +5.651 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +7.161 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +10.494 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +11.776 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 25 | +14.766 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda HRC | Honda | 25 | +17.243 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | +18.907 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 25 | +20.095 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 25 | +20.922 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 25 | +22.731 | 17 | |
| 17 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 25 | +23.277 | 21 | |
| 18 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +30.314 | 23 | |
| 19 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +37.912 | 22 | |
| 20 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +38.234 | 9 | |
| Ret | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 11 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 11 | Accident Damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
| Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:37.770 (lap 8) |||||||||
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Kalex | 23 | 39:07.396 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 23 | +1.722 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 23 | +2.229 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 23 | +3.019 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Kalex | 23 | +8.571 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 23 | +12.181 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 23 | +12.313 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 23 | +12.523 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Arón Canet | Boscoscuro | 23 | +14.407 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 23 | +17.152 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 23 | +18.071 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Boscoscuro | 23 | +18.720 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 23 | +25.775 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 23 | +27.326 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | MV Agusta | 23 | +25.896 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 23 | +31.359 | 22 | |
| 17 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | NTS | 23 | +35.845 | 27 | |
| 18 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 23 | +36.433 | 28 | |
| 19 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 23 | +38.197 | 25 | |
| 20 | 5 | Yari Montella | Boscoscuro | 23 | +39.789 | 26 | |
| 21 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 23 | +40.083 | 23 | |
| 22 | 32 | Taiga Hada | NTS | 23 | +1:02.980 | 29 | |
| 23 | 10 | Tommaso Marcon | MV Agusta | 23 | +1:20.544 | 30 | |
| Ret | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 22 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 13 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 75 | Albert Arenas | Boscoscuro | 11 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 5 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| DNS | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Jake Dixon suffered a concussion in a crash during warm-up session and was declared unfit to start the race.

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 22 | 39:22.266 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 22 | +0.417 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 22 | +0.527 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 16 | Andrea Migno | Honda | 22 | +0.548 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 22 | +0.971 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 22 | +0.997 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 50 | Jason Dupasquier | KTM | 22 | +1.043 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 22 | +1.144 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | Honda | 22 | +1.383 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | 22 | +1.596 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | 22 | +3.986 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Filip Salač | Honda | 22 | +4.389 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio García | Gas Gas | 22 | +5.191 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 22 | +7.204 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 22 | +8.194 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 22 | +12.822 | 26 | |
| 17 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 22 | +12.869 | 24 | |
| 18 | 19 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Honda | 22 | +12.990 | 20 | |
| 19 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 22 | +17.318 | 27 | |
| 20 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 22 | +18.162 | 10 | |
| 21 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | KTM | 22 | +19.439 | 15 | |
| 22 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Honda | 22 | +25.337 | 7 | |
| 23 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 22 | +32.323 | 28 | |
| 24 | 31 | Adrián Fernández | Husqvarna | 22 | +46.228 | 22 | |
| Ret | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 19 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 12 | Accident Damage | 1 | |
| Ret | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 4 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT ||||||||

### MotoE

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | 8 | 14:33.776 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | 8 | +0.419 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 40 | Jordi Torres | 8 | +0.614 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 27 | Mattia Casadei | 8 | +4.273 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 71 | Miquel Pons | 8 | +6.105 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Matteo Ferrari | 8 | +6.704 | 18 | 10 |
| 7 | 78 | Hikari Okubo | 8 | +8.574 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 9 | Andrea Mantovani | 8 | +10.734 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | María Herrera | 8 | +11.322 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | 8 | +11.438 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 80 | Jasper Iwema | 8 | +27.858 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | André Pires | 8 | +28.027 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 51 | Eric Granado | 8 | +55.429 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Kevin Zannoni | 7 | +1 lap | 16 | 2 |
| Ret | 18 | Xavi Cardelús | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | 1 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 19 | Corentin Perolari | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT |||||||
* All bikes manufactured by Energica.

## Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

### MotoGP

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | 66 |
| 1 | 2 | Fabio Quartararo | 64 |
| | 3 | Maverick Viñales | 50 |
| 1 | 4 | Joan Mir | 49 |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | 48 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | Yamaha | 91 |
| | 2 | Ducati | 85 |
| | 3 | Suzuki | 53 |
| | 4 | Aprilia | 35 |
| 1 | 5 | Honda | 33 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 114 |
| 1 | 2 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 105 |
| 1 | 3 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 72 |
| | 4 | Pramac Racing | 65 |
| 1 | 5 | Repsol Honda Team | 40 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Remy Gardner | 69 |
| 1 | 2 | Sam Lowes | 66 |
| 1 | 3 | Raúl Fernández | 63 |
| | 4 | Marco Bezzecchi | 56 |
| | 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | 52 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 100 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 36 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 3 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 132 |
| | 2 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 89 |
| | 3 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 69 |
| 2 | 4 | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 52 |
| 1 | 5 | Italtrans Racing Team | 37 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Pedro Acosta | 95 |
| 2 | 2 | Niccolò Antonelli | 44 |
| 2 | 3 | Andrea Migno | 42 |
| 6 | 4 | Romano Fenati | 40 |
| 3 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | 39 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | KTM | 100 |
| | 2 | Honda | 72 |
| 1 | 3 | Husqvarna | 40 |
| 1 | 4 | Gas Gas | 36 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 134 |
| | 2 | Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 | 58 |
| 2 | 3 | Rivacold Snipers Team | 52 |
| 1 | 4 | Solunion GasGas Aspar | 48 |
| 1 | 5 | CarXpert Prüstel GP | 46 |

### MotoE

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Alessandro Zaccone | 25 |
| 2 | Dominique Aegerter | 20 |
| 3 | Jordi Torres | 16 |
| 4 | Mattia Casadei | 13 |
| 5 | Miquel Pons | 11 |