Notes[edit]
- ^ a b
Jorge Lorenzo participated in two Friday practice sessions during the 18th round before being replaced by Michele Pirro. - ^ a b
Franco Morbidelli participated in Friday's first practice session for Round 9 before being replaced by Stefan Bradl. - Night race
- Commercial rights holder Dorna Sports does not refer to Buriram International Circuit by its commercial name, which includes Chang Beer ThaiBev, due to restrictions on alcohol advertising in France and Qatar.
- Márquez received a 3rd grid penalty for an infraction during qualifying [65], but retains pole position despite starting the race from 4th position. [66] Maverick Viñales started the race from the first grid slot.
- All races at Silverstone were canceled due to persistent heavy rain and unsafe track conditions. [67]
- Márquez received a 6-place penalty for driving violations during qualifying, but retains pole position despite starting the race in 7th place. Johann Zarco started the race from the first grid slot. [68]
MotoGP
Marc Marquez won his fifth MotoGP title.
The Spanish driver won the 2021 Motegi Grand Prix, taking his eighth victory of the season, while his main rival Andrea Dovizioso went lowside on the penultimate lap. Márquez, who started from the second row, spent most of the race following Andrea Dovizioso. Three laps before the finish, the Spaniard overtook the Italian and seized the initiative in the race. Andrea was not going to give up and hung on Mark's rear wheel. Unfortunately, the fight ended with the fall of the Ducati rider.
Marc Marquez finished with a comfortable 1.5 second lead over Cal Crutchlow, with Alex Rins on the Suzuki taking the final podium place.
Results:
- Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 42m 36.438s
- Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 42m 38.011s
- Alex Rins ESP Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 42m 38.158s
- Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 42m 42.851s
- Alvaro Bautista ESP Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 42m 43.357s
- Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 42m 44.462s
- Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 42m 49.768s
- Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V) 42m 52.020s
- Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 42m 57.022s
- Hafizh Syahrin MAL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 43m 1.423s
- Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0.0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 43m 2.369s
- Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 43m 3.313s
- Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 43m 3.507s
- Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 43m 8.988s
- Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* 43m 14.156s
- Xavier Simeon ESP Reale Avintia (GP17)* 43m 16.021s
- Jordi Torres SPA Reale Avintia (GP16) 43m 16.277s
- Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 43m 19.136s
- Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 43m 26.381s
- Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0.0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 43m 29.145s
- Sylvain Guintoli FRA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 43m 38.286s
- Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) DNF
- Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) DNF
- Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) DNF
- Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) DNF
Overall standings:
- = Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 296 points
- = Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 194 points (-102)
- = Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 185 points (-111)
- = Maverick Viñales SPA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 155 points (-141)
- ^1 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 148 points (-148)
- ^2 Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 133 points (-163)
- = Danilo Petrucci ITA Pramac Ducati (GP18) 133 points (-163)
- ˅3 Jorge Lorenzo SPA Ducati Team (GP18) 130 points (-166)
- ^1 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 118 points (-178)
- ˅1 Andrea Iannone ITA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 113 points (-183)
- = Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 95 points (-201)
- ^1 Alvaro Bautista SPA Angel Nieto Team (GP17) 83 points (-213)
- ˅1 Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) 74 points (-222)
- ^1 Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0.0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 38 points (-258)
- ˅1 Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP17) 35 points (-261)
- ^1 Pol Espargaro SPA Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 35 points (-261)
- ^1 Hafizh Syahrin MAL Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1)* 34 points (-262)
- ˅2 Aleix Espargaro SPA Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 32 points (-264)
- = Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 23 points (-273)
- = Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* 19 points (-277)
- = Scott Redding GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 12 points (-284)
- = Mika Kallio FIN Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 6 points (-290)
- = Karel Abraham CZE Angel Nieto Team (GP16) 5 points (-291)
- NA Katsuyuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1) 2 points (-294)
- ˅1 Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Team (GP18) 1 points (-295)
