2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix

2021 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the; 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 May 2021
Official name	Shark Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit; Le Mans, France
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.185 km (2.600 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Fabio Quartararo
Time	1:32.600
Fastest lap
Rider	Fabio Quartararo
Time	1:33.048 on lap 2
Podium
First	Jack Miller
Second	Johann Zarco
Third	Fabio Quartararo
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Raúl Fernández
Time	1:50.135
Fastest lap
Rider	Remy Gardner
Time	1:36.893 on lap 18
Podium
First	Raúl Fernández
Second	Remy Gardner
Third	Marco Bezzecchi
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Migno
Time	1:47.407
Fastest lap
Rider	Riccardo Rossi
Time	1:50.822 on lap 22
Podium
First	Sergio García
Second	Filip Salač
Third	Riccardo Rossi
MotoE
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eric Granado
Time	2:00.315
Fastest lap
Rider	Matteo Ferrari
Time	1:43.951 on lap 7
Podium
First	Eric Granado
Second	Mattia Casadei
Third	Alessandro Zaccone

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		Final grid	Row
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Q1^[1]	Q2^[2]	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
3	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:32.704	3
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
6	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:33.037	6
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
9	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:33.391	9
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
12	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:43.352	1:34.265	12
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:43.418	N/A	13	5
14	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:43.422	N/A	14
15	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:43.523	N/A	15
16	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:43.530	N/A	16	6
17	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:43.857	N/A	17
18	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:44.324	N/A	18
19	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:45.146	N/A	19	7
20	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati	1:45.590	N/A	20
21	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:45.911	N/A	21
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)
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Moto2

Yari Montella was replaced by Alonso López after the Friday practice sessions due to injury.^[6]

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^[a]	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	25	+28.749	26^[b]	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)^[c]	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^[b]	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^[a]	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^[d]	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.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	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

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	Ducati	110
1	2	Yamaha	107
	3	Suzuki	53
1	4	Honda	43
1	5	KTM	38

Teams' Championship standings

	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

Riders' Championship standings

	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

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Kalex	125
2	Boscoscuro	42
3	MV Agusta	10
4	NTS	1

Teams' Championship standings

	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

Riders' Championship standings

	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

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	KTM	116
	2	Honda	92
1	3	Gas Gas	61
1	4	Husqvarna	50

Teams' Championship standings

	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

Notes

^ ^a ^b 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
^ ^a ^b 6-place grid penalty.
^ Disqualified for a technical infringement.^[7]
^ 3-place grid penalty.

References

^ "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "2021 French MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
^ "2021 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
^ OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
^ "Moto2 France: perfect timing brings Fernandez first pole". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ GPone (16 May 2021). "Moto2, LAST HOUR – Dalla Porta disqualified for being one kilo underweight". GPone.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16.
^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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[1p-7] 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[6g-8] 6-place grid penalty.

[10] Disqualified for a technical infringement.^[7]

[11] 3-place grid penalty.

[1] "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[2] "SHARK GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

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

[4] "2021 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE MotoGP RAC Classification". motogp.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[5] OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

[6] "Moto2 France: perfect timing brings Fernandez first pole". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[9] GPone (16 May 2021). "Moto2, LAST HOUR – Dalla Porta disqualified for being one kilo underweight". GPone.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-16.

[12] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[13] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[14] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[15] "MotoE Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

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