# 2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Grand Prix de France) was the fifth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the second round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 16 May 2021.

## 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 | 1:32.600 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:32.681 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:32.704 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:32.766 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:32.877 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.037 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.120 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.150 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.391 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | Qualified in Q2 | 1:33.867 | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1:42.550 | 1:34.258 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:43.352 | 1:34.265 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 1:43.418 | N/A | 13 | 5 |
| 14 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | 1:43.422 | N/A | 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1:43.523 | N/A | 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | 1:43.530 | N/A | 16 | 6 |
| 17 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 1:43.857 | N/A | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:44.324 | N/A | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:45.146 | N/A | 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Ducati | 1:45.590 | N/A | 20 | 7 |
| 21 | 33 | Brad Binder | KTM | 1:45.911 | N/A | 21 | 7 |
| 22 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:46.123 | N/A | 22 | 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 | 27 | 47:25.473 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +3.970 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +14.468 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 27 | +16.172 | 16 | 13 |
| 5 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +21.430 | 17 | 11 |
| 6 | 73 | Álex Márquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 27 | +23.509 | 19 | 10 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 27 | +30.164 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +35.221 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +40.432 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +40.577 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 27 | +42.198 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 27 | +52.408 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +59.377 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 27 | +1:02.224 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +1:09.651 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 23 | +4 laps | 4 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 17 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 15 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 12 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 12 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 11 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 4 | Accident | 14 | |
| Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:33.048 (lap 2) |||||||||
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### Moto2

Yari Montella was replaced by Alonso López after the Friday practice sessions due to injury.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Raúl Fernández | Kalex | 25 | 40:46.101 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 25 | +1.490 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 25 | +4.599 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 25 | +7.503 | 19 | 13 |
| 5 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 25 | +11.887 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 25 | +27.829 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 25 | +27.975 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Kalex | 25 | +28.112 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 25 | +28.204 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Boscoscuro | 25 | +28.432 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 25 | +29.316 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 25 | +28.749 | 26 | 4 |
| 13 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Kalex | 25 | +31.605 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Boscoscuro | 25 | +32.080 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | NTS | 25 | +32.571 | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | 70 | Barry Baltus | NTS | 25 | +33.309 | 29 | |
| 17 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | MV Agusta | 25 | +39.036 | 13 | |
| 18 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 25 | +41.069 | 25 | |
| 19 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 25 | +45.599 | 28 | |
| 20 | 10 | Tommaso Marcon | MV Agusta | 25 | +1:19.160 | 30 | |
| Ret | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 20 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 14 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 40 | Héctor Garzó | Kalex | 6 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 3 | Collision | 12 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 3 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 2 | Alonso López | Boscoscuro | 2 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 44 | Arón Canet | Boscoscuro | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
| DSQ | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 25 | (+28.989) | 20 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Sergio García | Gas Gas | 22 | 42:21.172 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 12 | Filip Salač | Honda | 22 | +2.349 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 22 | +5.589 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 22 | +7.158 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 22 | +14.882 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 31 | Adrián Fernández | Husqvarna | 22 | +27.279 | 26 | 10 |
| 7 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | Honda | 22 | +27.408 | 27 | 9 |
| 8 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 22 | +29.880 | 21 | 8 |
| 9 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 22 | +35.098 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 22 | +36.616 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Andrea Migno | Honda | 22 | +42.347 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | 22 | +42.739 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Jason Dupasquier | KTM | 22 | +42.756 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | 22 | +50.891 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Honda | 22 | +52.753 | 28 | 1 |
| 16 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 22 | +53.054 | 22 | |
| 17 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 22 | +53.568 | 11 | |
| 18 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 22 | +1:18.995 | 18 | |
| 19 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 22 | +1:19.103 | 25 | |
| 20 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Honda | 22 | +1:54.124 | 16 | |
| 21 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 21 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| 22 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 18 | +4 laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 14 | Steering Damper | 20 | |
| Ret | 32 | Takuma Matsuyama | Honda | 3 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 2 | Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 2 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 5 | Jaume Masiá | KTM | 1 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 1 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 1 | Accident Damage | 6 | |
| DNS | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT ||||||||
* Yuki Kunii suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.

### MotoE

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 51 | Eric Granado | 7 | 12:23.012 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 27 | Mattia Casadei | 7 | +0.306 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | 61 | Alessandro Zaccone | 7 | +0.253 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | 7 | +0.532 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 40 | Jordi Torres | 7 | +0.640 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | 7 | +0.900 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | Lukas Tulovic | 7 | +1.045 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Matteo Ferrari | 7 | +1.751 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 19 | Corentin Perolari | 7 | +4.727 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | María Herrera | 7 | +4.999 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Kevin Zannoni | 7 | +15.509 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | André Pires | 7 | +29.350 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 18 | Xavi Cardelús | 7 | +29.485 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | 80 | Jasper Iwema | 7 | +37.419 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | 7 | +1:06.915 | 8 | 1 |
| Ret | 78 | Hikari Okubo | 2 | Collision | 10 | |
| DNS | 71 | Miquel Pons | 0 | Did not start | 2 | |
| DNS | 9 | Andrea Mantovani | 0 | Did not start | 7 | |
| 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 | Fabio Quartararo | 80 |
| 1 | 2 | Francesco Bagnaia | 79 |
| 2 | 3 | Johann Zarco | 68 |
| 2 | 4 | Jack Miller | 64 |
| 2 | 5 | Maverick Viñales | 56 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ducati | 110 |
| 1 | 2 | Yamaha | 107 |
| | 3 | Suzuki | 53 |
| 1 | 4 | Honda | 43 |
| 1 | 5 | KTM | 38 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Ducati Lenovo Team | 143 |
| 1 | 2 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | 136 |
| 1 | 3 | Pramac Racing | 86 |
| 1 | 4 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 72 |
| | 5 | Repsol Honda Team | 48 |

### Moto2

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Remy Gardner | 89 |
| 1 | 2 | Raúl Fernández | 88 |
| 1 | 3 | Marco Bezzecchi | 72 |
| 2 | 4 | Sam Lowes | 66 |
| | 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | 60 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Kalex | 125 |
| 2 | Boscoscuro | 42 |
| 3 | MV Agusta | 10 |
| 4 | NTS | 1 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 177 |
| | 2 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 89 |
| | 3 | Sky Racing Team VR46 | 85 |
| | 4 | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 65 |
| 3 | 5 | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 48 |

### Moto3

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Pedro Acosta | 103 |
| 7 | 2 | Sergio García | 49 |
| | 3 | Andrea Migno | 47 |
| | 4 | Romano Fenati | 46 |
| 3 | 5 | Niccolò Antonelli | 44 |
| | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| | 1 | KTM | 116 |
| | 2 | Honda | 92 |
| 1 | 3 | Gas Gas | 61 |
| 1 | 4 | Husqvarna | 50 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| | 1 | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 142 |
| 1 | 2 | Rivacold Snipers Team | 77 |
| 1 | 3 | Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team | 75 |
| 2 | 4 | Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 | 58 |
| 2 | 5 | Sterilgarda Max Racing Team | 56 |

### MotoE

| | Pos. | Rider | Points |
| | 1 | Alessandro Zaccone | 41 |
| 2 | 2 | Mattia Casadei | 33 |
| 1 | 3 | Dominique Aegerter | 33 |
| 9 | 4 | Eric Granado | 28 |
| 2 | 5 | Jordi Torres | 27 |