2021 British motorcycle Grand Prix

2021 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 18 races in the; 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 August 2021
Official name	Monster Energy British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit; Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.900 km (3.666 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pol Espargaró
Time	1:58.889
Fastest lap
Rider	Fabio Quartararo
Time	2:00.098 on lap 6
Podium
First	Fabio Quartararo
Second	Álex Rins
Third	Aleix Espargaró
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Bezzecchi
Time	2:03.988
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Navarro
Time	2:04.312 on lap 17
Podium
First	Remy Gardner
Second	Marco Bezzecchi
Third	Jorge Navarro
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Romano Fenati
Time	2:11.325
Fastest lap
Rider	Izan Guevara
Time	2:11.347 on lap 3
Podium
First	Romano Fenati
Second	Niccolò Antonelli
Third	Dennis Foggia

The 2021 British Grand Prix (officially known as the Monster Energy British Grand Prix) was the twelfth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 29 August 2021.

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Q1^[1]	Q2^[2]	Final grid	Row
1	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:58.889	1	1
2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:58.911	2
3	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:58.925	3
4	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:59.074	4	2
5	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:59.086	5
6	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:59.273	6
7	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:59.368	7	3
8	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:59.531	8
9	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:59.288	1:59.579	9
10	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:59.509	1:59.639	10	4
11	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:59.763	11
12	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:59.977	12
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:59.553	N/A	13	5
14	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:59.764	N/A	14
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:59.881	N/A	15
16	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:59.997	N/A	16	6
17	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	2:00.117	N/A	17
18	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	2:00.131	N/A	18
19	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	2:00.217	N/A	19	7
20	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	2:00.391	N/A	20
21	96	Jake Dixon	Yamaha	2:00.869	N/A	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	40:20.579	3	25
2	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+2.663	10	20
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	20	+4.105	6	16
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+4.254	7	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+8.462	1	11
6	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+12.189	12	10
7	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+13.560	18	9
8	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	20	+14.044	17	8
9	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+16.226	11	7
10	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+16.287	16	6
11	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+16.339	9	5
12	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	20	+17.696	13	4
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	20	+18.285	15	3
14	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+20.913	2	2
15	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	20	+21.018	14	1
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+22.022	20
17	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+23.232	19
18	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	20	+29.758	8
19	96	Jake Dixon	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	20	+50.845	21
Ret	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	1	Collision Damage	4
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0	Collision	5
DNS	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia		Did not start
Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 2:00.098 (lap 6)
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Lorenzo Savadori withdrew from the event due to effects of injury suffered at the Styrian Grand Prix.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	18	37:31.642	4	25
2	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	18	+0.481	1	20
3	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	18	+1.930	2	16
4	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	18	+2.284	3	13
5	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	18	+6.952	6	11
6	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	18	+7.059	7	10
7	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	18	+10.706	8	9
8	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	18	+12.842	9	8
9	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	18	+12.877	14	7
10	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	18	+14.344	10	6
11	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	18	+20.112	17	5
12	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	18	+22.371	23	4
13	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	18	+22.525	15	3
14	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	18	+23.672	11	2
15	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	18	+24.116	13	1
16	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	18	+26.847	16
17	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	18	+26.996	18
18	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	18	+27.206	22
19	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	18	+27.414	21
20	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	18	+32.368	27
21	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	18	+38.614	26
22	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	18	+39.074	24
23	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	18	+39.117	28
Ret	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	14	Accident	5
Ret	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	13	Accident	19
Ret	77	Adam Norrodin	Kalex	12	Arm Pump	29
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	9	Accident	12
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	5	Accident	20
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	3	Handling	25
DNS	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Lorenzo Dalla Porta withdrew from the event due to a shoulder injury.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	17	37:26.974	1	25
2	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	17	+1.679	5	20
3	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	17	+2.107	8	16
4	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	17	+2.154	11	13
5	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	17	+7.475	13	11
6	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	17	+7.541	10	10
7	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	17	+7.559	16	9
8	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	17	+14.523	9	8
9	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	17	+14.541	3	7
10	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	17	+20.503	14	6
11	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	17	+21.898	22	5
12^[a]	17	John McPhee	Honda	17	+21.859	15	4
13	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	17	+22.028	17	3
14	12	Filip Salač	KTM	17	+22.107	6	2
15	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	17	+22.157	2	1
16	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	17	+22.444	24
17^[a]	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	17	+22.331	12
18	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	17	+22.580	25
19	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	17	+25.215	19
20	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	17	+27.518	21
21	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	17	+32.821	7
22	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	17	+33.015	18
23	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	17	+33.310	20
24	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	17	+52.820	23
25	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	17	+52.858	27
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	5	Mechanical	4
Ret	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	3	Accident	26
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[6]^[7]^[8]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Fabio Quartararo	206
1	2	Joan Mir	141
1	3	Johann Zarco	137
2	4	Francesco Bagnaia	136
	5	Jack Miller	118

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	Yamaha	234
1	2	Ducati	225
	3	KTM	162
	4	Suzuki	158
	5	Honda	115

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	301
	2	Ducati Lenovo Team	254
	3	Pramac Racing	205
1	4	Team Suzuki Ecstar	205
1	5	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	193

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Remy Gardner	231
2	Raúl Fernández	187
3	Marco Bezzecchi	179
4	Sam Lowes	127
5	Arón Canet	92

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Kalex	300
2	Boscoscuro	125
3	MV Agusta	10
4	NTS	10

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	418
2	Sky Racing Team VR46	225
3	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	219
4	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	122
5	Kipin Energy Aspar Team	115

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Pedro Acosta	201
2	Sergio García	155
3	Romano Fenati	132
4	Dennis Foggia	118
5	Jaume Masiá	105

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	KTM	255
2	Honda	220
3	Gas Gas	180
4	Husqvarna	136

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	306
	2	Valresa GasGas Aspar Team	214
1	3	Leopard Racing	148
1	4	Sterilgarda Max Racing Team	148
2	5	Petronas Sprinta Racing	148

Notes

^ ^a ^b 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

References

^ "MONSTER ENERGY BRITISH GRAND PRIX MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "MONSTER ENERGY BRITISH GRAND PRIX MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "2021 British MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
^ "Monster Energy British Grand Prix". MotoGP. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
^ OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 20 August 2021.

Previous race: 2021 Austrian Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2021 season	Next race: 2021 Aragon Grand Prix
Previous race: 2019 British Grand Prix	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 2022 British Grand Prix

[1p-6] 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[1] "MONSTER ENERGY BRITISH GRAND PRIX MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[2] "MONSTER ENERGY BRITISH GRAND PRIX MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[3] "2021 British MotoGP | Motorsport Database".

[4] "Monster Energy British Grand Prix". MotoGP. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

[5] OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

[7] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[8] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[9] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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