# 2021 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Bitci Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich) was the eleventh round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the fifth round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 15 August 2021.

## Background

Yamaha suspended and withdrew Maverick Viñales from the entry list of the Grand Prix prior to the weekend for an “unexplained irregular operation of the motorcycle” after Round 10 in Styria.

## 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 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | 1:23.197 | 1:22.643 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:22.677 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.063 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.120 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.227 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.320 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.378 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.423 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:23.365 | 1:23.499 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.568 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.738 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.990 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1:23.470 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:23.535 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:23.790 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:23.825 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:23.834 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:23.939 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 1:24.405 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 1:24.509 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
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## Race
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 28 | 40:43.928 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 28 | +12.991 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +14.570 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 28 | +15.623 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 28 | +17.831 | 17 | 11 |
| 6 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 28 | +17.952 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 28 | +19.650 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 28 | +20.150 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 73 | Álex Márquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 28 | +20.692 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 28 | +21.270 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 28 | +28.144 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 28 | +28.193 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 28 | +28.603 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 28 | +33.642 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +38.459 | 5 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +43.384 | 11 | |
| 17 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 28 | +55.950 | 20 | |
| Ret | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 22 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 18 | Accident Damage | 4 | |
| Ret | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 6 | Lost Fairing | 15 | |
| Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:24.451 (lap 12) |||||||||
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Kalex | 25 | 37:19.890 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 25 | +0.845 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 25 | +2.747 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 25 | +4.412 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 25 | +8.850 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 25 | +8.782 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 25 | +13.657 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Arón Canet | Boscoscuro | 25 | +16.499 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 25 | +17.108 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 25 | +19.588 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 25 | +21.283 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Kalex | 25 | +21.703 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 25 | +21.866 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 25 | +27.146 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 25 | +29.128 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 25 | +33.058 | 21 | |
| 17 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 25 | +38.235 | 26 | |
| 18 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | NTS | 25 | +38.357 | 24 | |
| 19 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 25 | +38.643 | 27 | |
| 20 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 25 | +44.344 | 25 | |
| 21 | 29 | Taiga Hada | Kalex | 25 | +46.490 | 30 | |
| 22 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 25 | +47.560 | 18 | |
| 23 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 25 | +1:05.584 | 11 | |
| 24 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 25 | +1:09.436 | 17 | |
| Ret | 5 | Yari Montella | Boscoscuro | 15 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 13 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 70 | Barry Baltus | NTS | 10 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 5 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 75 | Albert Arenas | Boscoscuro | 1 | Master Cylinder | 19 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Boscoscuro | 0 | Collision | 14 | |
| DNS | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | MV Agusta | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Lorenzo Baldassarri was declared unfit to compete due to effects of a hand injury suffered at the German GP.

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Sergio García | Gas Gas | 23 | 37:10.345 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 23 | +0.027 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 23 | +0.346 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 23 | +0.394 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 23 | +0.462 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | KTM | 23 | +0.794 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 23 | +1.331 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | 23 | +1.440 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Honda | 23 | +2.399 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 23 | +6.135 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 23 | +6.602 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Filip Salač | KTM | 23 | +14.716 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 23 | +14.920 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 23 | +21.668 | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Honda | 23 | +21.976 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 23 | +22.147 | 15 | |
| 17 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 23 | +22.161 | 22 | |
| 18 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 23 | +22.198 | 19 | |
| 19 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 23 | +22.363 | 11 | |
| 20 | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 23 | +24.454 | 26 | |
| 21 | 38 | David Salvador | Honda | 23 | +24.706 | 18 | |
| 22 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 23 | +25.129 | 23 | |
| 23 | 22 | Elia Bartolini | KTM | 23 | +34.520 | 25 | |
| Ret | 31 | Adrián Fernández | Husqvarna | 11 | Engine | 21 | |
| Ret | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 5 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andrea Migno | Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
| DNS | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Ryusei Yamanaka suffered a broken humerus in a collision with Gabriel Rodrigo during practice and withdrew from the event.

### MotoE

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | 5 | 8:06.619 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 51 | Eric Granado | 5 | +0.839 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | 5 | +1.145 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | 5 | +1.163 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 78 | Hikari Okubo | 5 | +1.892 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | 5 | +2.371 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 40 | Jordi Torres | 5 | +2.424 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Matteo Ferrari | 5 | +4.805 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Kevin Zannoni | 5 | +5.199 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | 5 | +5.510 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Andrea Mantovani | 5 | +7.068 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 71 | Miquel Pons | 5 | +8.296 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Corentin Perolari | 5 | +11.430 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 80 | Jasper Iwema | 5 | +12.233 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | 5 | +14.950 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | André Pires | 5 | +15.561 | 18 | |
| 17 | 6 | María Herrera | 5 | +20.214 | 14 | |
| 18 | 18 | Xavi Cardelús | 5 | +1:24.945 | 6 | |
| 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 | Fabio Quartararo | 181 |
| 2 | 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | 134 |
| | 3 | Joan Mir | 134 |
| 2 | 4 | Johann Zarco | 132 |
| | 5 | Jack Miller | 105 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ducati | 212 |
| 1 | 2 | Yamaha | 209 |
| | 3 | KTM | 152 |
| | 4 | Suzuki | 138 |
| | 5 | Honda | 104 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 276 |
| | 2 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 239 |
| | 3 | Pramac Racing | 200 |
| 1 | 4 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | 183 |
| 1 | 5 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 178 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Remy Gardner | 206 |
| | 2 | Raúl Fernández | 187 |
| | 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | 159 |
| | 4 | Sam Lowes | 114 |
| 1 | 5 | Arón Canet | 83 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 275 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 109 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 10 |
| 4 | NTS | 10 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 393 |
| | 2 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 201 |
| | 3 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 196 |
| 3 | 4 | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | 115 |
| | 5 | Aspar Team Moto2 | 106 |

### Moto3

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Pedro Acosta | 196 |
| 2 | Sergio García | 155 |
| 3 | Romano Fenati | 107 |
| 4 | Dennis Foggia | 102 |
| 5 | Jaume Masiá | 95 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | KTM | 235 |
| 2 | Honda | 204 |
| 3 | Gas Gas | 167 |
| 4 | Husqvarna | 111 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 291 |
| | 2 | Santander Consumer GasGas | 201 |
| | 3 | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 135 |
| 1 | 4 | Leopard Racing | 132 |
| 1 | 5 | Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | 123 |

### MotoE

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Alessandro Zaccone | 80 |
| 1 | 2 | Eric Granado | 73 |
| 1 | 3 | Jordi Torres | 72 |
| | 4 | Dominique Aegerter | 69 |
| 4 | 5 | Lukas Tulovic | 53 |