# 2021 Algarve motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 Algarve motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio Brembo do Algarve) was the seventeenth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 7 November 2021.
In the MotoGP class, Ducati secured its second consecutive Constructors' Championship.
In the Moto3 class, Pedro Acosta won the Riders' Championship after main title rival Dennis Foggia crashed on the last lap after being hit by Darryn Binder. Acosta became the first rookie rider to win a World Championship since Loris Capirossi who won the 125cc championship in 1990. Acosta is also the second youngest rider ever to win a world championship, just one day older than Capirossi.

## 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 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:38.725 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:38.829 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:38.893 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:38.916 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | 1:39.130 | 1:38.918 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.058 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.131 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.191 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.321 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:39.171 | 1:39.387 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.649 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:39.828 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:39.283 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:39.389 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 1:39.595 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:39.604 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:39.624 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 1:39.738 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:39.859 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 1:39.907 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | 1:39.918 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | 1:40.009 | N/A | 22 | 8 |
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## Race
### MotoGP

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged after 23 full laps due to an accident involving Iker Lecuona and Miguel Oliveira.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 23 | 38:17.720 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 23 | +2.478 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 23 | +6.402 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 73 | Álex Márquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 23 | +6.453 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 23 | +7.882 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | +9.573 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 23 | +10.144 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 23 | +10.742 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 23 | +13.840 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 23 | +14.487 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 23 | +20.912 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 23 | +22.450 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 23 | +22.752 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 23 | +26.207 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | +26.284 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 23 | +26.828 | 18 | |
| 17 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 23 | +27.863 | 9 | |
| Ret | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 22 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 22 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 0 | Accident | 15 | |
| Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:39.467 (lap 5) |||||||||
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 23 | 39:36.275 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Kalex | 23 | +3.014 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 23 | +3.899 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Arón Canet | Boscoscuro | 23 | +7.616 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 23 | +7.621 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 23 | +10.021 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Boscoscuro | 23 | +10.908 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 23 | +11.586 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 23 | +13.121 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 23 | +13.286 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Kalex | 23 | +14.614 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 23 | +25.538 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 23 | +26.511 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 23 | +27.225 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 23 | +28.345 | 29 | 1 |
| 16 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 23 | +28.412 | 28 | |
| 17 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 23 | +32.282 | 21 | |
| 18 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | NTS | 23 | +35.387 | 16 | |
| 19 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 23 | +39.184 | 24 | |
| 20 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 23 | +43.803 | 23 | |
| 21 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 23 | +43.432 | 25 | |
| 22 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 23 | +43.491 | 27 | |
| 23 | 70 | Barry Baltus | NTS | 23 | +45.847 | 26 | |
| 24 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 23 | +54.350 | 22 | |
| 25 | 74 | Piotr Biesiekirski | Kalex | 23 | +1:08.619 | 31 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | MV Agusta | 14 | Tyre Vibration | 30 | |
| Ret | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 10 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 9 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 75 | Albert Arenas | Boscoscuro | 1 | Accident | 18 | |
| DSQ | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 0 | Black flag | 19 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 21 | 38:04.339 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | 16 | Andrea Migno | Honda | 21 | +0.354 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 21 | +0.880 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 21 | +1.768 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | 21 | +1.839 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 21 | +1.874 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 21 | +1.972 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | Honda | 21 | +2.333 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 21 | +3.423 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Filip Salač | KTM | 21 | +6.591 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 31 | Adrián Fernández | Husqvarna | 21 | +6.940 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 21 | +9.392 | 26 | 4 |
| 13 | 96 | Daniel Holgado | KTM | 21 | +9.930 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 66 | Joel Kelso | KTM | 21 | +9.996 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 67 | Alberto Surra | Honda | 21 | +10.416 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 21 | +11.650 | 22 | |
| 17 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 21 | +11.695 | 23 | |
| 18 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 21 | +11.736 | 20 | |
| 19 | 5 | Jaume Masià | KTM | 21 | +13.616 | 5 | |
| 20 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 21 | +30.001 | 17 | |
| 21 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | 21 | +30.183 | 24 | |
| 22 | 19 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Honda | 21 | +30.249 | 25 | |
| NC | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 13 | +8 laps | 27 | |
| Ret | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 20 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sergio García | Gas Gas | 20 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
| DSQ | 40 | Darryn Binder | Honda | 21 | +1.086 | 7 | |
| DNS | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Gabriel Rodrigo withdrew from the event after Friday practice due to persistent shoulder pain.

## 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 | 267 |
| | 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | 227 |
| | 3 | Joan Mir | 195 |
| 1 | 4 | Jack Miller | 165 |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | 163 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 332 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 298 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 227 |
| 4 | Honda | 211 |
| 5 | KTM | 196 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 392 |
| 1 | 2 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 364 |
| | 3 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 294 |
| 1 | 4 | Pramac Racing | 258 |
| 1 | 5 | Repsol Honda Team | 250 |

### Moto2

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Remy Gardner | 305 |
| 2 | Raúl Fernández | 282 |
| 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | 214 |
| 4 | Sam Lowes | 181 |
| 5 | Augusto Fernández | 158 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 425 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 188 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 19 |
| 4 | NTS | 10 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 587 |
| 2 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 339 |
| 3 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 290 |
| 4 | QuieroCorredor Aspar Team | 181 |
| 5 | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | 157 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Pedro Acosta | 259 |
| | 2 | Dennis Foggia | 213 |
| | 3 | Sergio García | 168 |
| 1 | 4 | Romano Fenati | 156 |
| 1 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | 155 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | KTM | 353 |
| 2 | Honda | 335 |
| 3 | Gas Gas | 246 |
| 4 | Husqvarna | 162 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 414 |
| 2 | MuchoNeumatico GasGas Aspar Team | 284 |
| 3 | Leopard Racing | 260 |
| 4 | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 211 |
| 5 | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | 201 |