2021 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

2021 Grand Prix of the Americas
Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the; 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	October 3, 2021
Official name	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Location	Circuit of the Americas ; Austin, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.513 km (3.426 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia
Time	2:02.781
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	2:04.368 on lap 7
Podium
First	Marc Márquez
Second	Fabio Quartararo
Third	Francesco Bagnaia
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Raúl Fernández
Time	2:08.979
Fastest lap
Rider	Raúl Fernández
Time	2:09.794 on lap 2
Podium
First	Raúl Fernández
Second	Fabio Di Giannantonio
Third	Marco Bezzecchi
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jaume Masià
Time	2:15.986
Fastest lap
Rider	Tatsuki Suzuki
Time	2:16.172 on lap 7
Podium
First	Izan Guevara
Second	Dennis Foggia
Third	John McPhee

Last updated June 30, 2025

The 2021 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas (officially known as the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas) was the fifteenth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on October 3, 2021.

The race weekend was notable for its Moto3 race, with the race being red-flagged twice due to two separate incidents, involving Filip Salač, Deniz Öncü, Andrea Migno, Jeremy Alcoba and Pedro Acosta. The final results have been taken into account after seven completed laps. Unlike Salač, the other riders were classified despite of the red flag.

As a consequence, Öncü was banned from the next two rounds as he was deemed responsible for causing the second red flag from race direction. However, Izan Guevara took his first victory on Grand Prix motorcycling level.

Background

The event returned after a one-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally scheduled for 18 April, but was postponed on 22 January along with the Argentine Grand Prix due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was replaced by the Portuguese Grand Prix.^[1] On 23 June, the event was rescheduled for 3 October following the cancellation of the Japanese Grand Prix.^[2]

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Q1^[3]	Q2^[4]	Final grid	Row
1	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:02.781	1	1
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	2:03.129	2
3	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:03.209	3
4	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:03.278	4	2
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:03.292	5
6	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:03.379	6
7	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	2:03.453	7	3
8	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	2:03.540	2:03.528	8
9	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	2:03.410	2:03.546	9
10	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	2:03.720	10	4
11	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	2:03.781	11
12	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	Qualified in Q2	2:03.875	12
13	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	2:03.872	N/A	13	5
14	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	2:04.044	N/A	14
15	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	2:04.100	N/A	15
16	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	2:04.118	N/A	16	6
17	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	2:04.324	N/A	17
18	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	2:04.392	N/A	18
19	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	2:04.419	N/A	19	7
20	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	2:04.699	N/A	20
21	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	2:04.829	N/A	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	41:41.435	3	25
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+4.679	2	20
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+8.547	1	16
4	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+11.098	7	13
5	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	20	+11.752	4	11
6	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	20	+13.269	16	10
7	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	20	+14.722	10	9
8^[a]	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	20	+13.406	8	8
9	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+15.832	11	7
10	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+20.265	12	6
11	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+23.055	18	5
12	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	20	+24.743	15	4
13	04	Andrea Dovizioso	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	20	+25.307	14	3
14	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	20	+26.853	9	2
15	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	20	+28.055	20	1
16	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+30.989	17
17	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	20	+35.251	5
18	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	20	+42.239	21
19	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	20	+49.854	13
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	8	Accident	19
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	5	Accident Damage	6
Fastest lap: Marc Márquez (Honda) – 2:04.368 (lap 7)
Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	18	39:10.521	1	25
2	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	18	+1.734	3	20
3	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	18	+3.100	4	16
4	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	18	+4.061	6	13
5	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	18	+5.381	5	11
6	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	18	+7.577	7	10
7	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	18	+11.087	8	9
8	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	18	+14.949	12	8
9	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	18	+16.051	11	7
10	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	18	+18.278	13	6
11	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	18	+20.679	14	5
12	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	18	+22.738	17	4
13	24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	18	+22.913	18	3
14	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	18	+23.247	15	2
15^[b]	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	18	+23.108	23	1
16	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	18	+27.006	21
17	70	Barry Baltus	NTS	18	+28.086	24
18	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	18	+32.719	26
19	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	18	+37.542	22
20	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	18	+39.658	27
21	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	18	+40.685	25
22	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	18	+47.168	29
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	14	Accident	10
Ret	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	13	Electronics	19
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	11	Accident	9
Ret	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	10	Handling	20
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	9	Misfire	16
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	5	Accident	2
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	2	Accident	28
DNS	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Nicolò Bulega was declared unfit to compete due to a leg bruise suffered in crash during free practice.

Moto3

The race, scheduled to be run for 17 laps, was red-flagged after 7 full laps due to an accident involving Filip Salač. The race was later restarted over 5 laps but red-flagged again due to an accident involving multiple riders. The race was not restarted, final results were determined by the first part and full points were awarded.^[8]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	7	15:57.747	4	25
2	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	7	+0.385	2	20
3	17	John McPhee	Honda	7	+0.499	10	16
4	5	Jaume Masià	KTM	7	+0.706	1	13
5	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	7	+1.266	9	11
6	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	7	+1.271	3	10
7	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	7	+1.391	17	9
8	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	7	+1.543	15	8
9	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	7	+1.820	6	7
10	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	7	+2.480	8	6
11	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	7	+2.683	12	5
12	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	7	+3.257	11	4
13	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	7	+3.492	14	3
14	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	7	+3.652	5	2
15	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	7	+6.086	13	1
16	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	7	+8.944	16
17	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	7	+9.529	21
18	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	7	+9.977	19
19	67	Alberto Surra	Honda	7	+10.130	18
20	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	7	+10.536	20
21	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	7	+14.107	22
22	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	7	+14.228	23
23	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	7	+14.637	26
24	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	7	+14.794	25
25	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	7	+14.968	24
Ret	12	Filip Salač	KTM	6	Accident	7
DNS	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Sergio García suffered from kidney hematoma following a crash during free practice and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[9]^[10]^[11]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Fabio Quartararo	254
	2	Francesco Bagnaia	202
	3	Joan Mir	175
1	4	Jack Miller	149
1	5	Johann Zarco	141

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	291
2	Yamaha	282
3	Suzuki	197
4	KTM	185
5	Honda	173

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
1	1	Ducati Lenovo Team	351
1	2	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	349
	3	Team Suzuki Ecstar	256
	4	Pramac Racing	227
	5	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	223

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Remy Gardner	271
	2	Raúl Fernández	262
	3	Marco Bezzecchi	206
	4	Sam Lowes	140
1	5	Augusto Fernández	131

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Kalex	375
2	Boscoscuro	159
3	MV Agusta	19
4	NTS	10

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	533
	2	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	271
	3	Sky Racing Team VR46	259
1	4	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	150
1	5	Inde Aspar Team	147

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Pedro Acosta	218
2	Dennis Foggia	188
3	Sergio García	168
4	Romano Fenati	138
5	Jaume Masiá	135

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	KTM	308
2	Honda	290
3	Gas Gas	231
4	Husqvarna	144

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	353
2	Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team	269
3	Leopard Racing	220
4	Petronas Sprinta Racing	198
5	Red Bull KTM Tech3	180

Notes

↑ 1-position penalty for irresponsible riding.
↑ 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

References

↑ "2021 MotoGP provisional calendar updated". MotoGP.com. Dorna. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
↑ "2021 MotoGP provisional calendar updated". MotoGP.com. Dorna. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
↑ "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
↑ "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
↑ "2021 Americas MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
↑ Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas
↑ OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT
↑ "Austin Moto3: Guevara declared winner as huge crash ends race early". motorsport.com . Motorsport Network. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
↑ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
↑ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
↑ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

External links

"MotoGP Official Website" . Retrieved September 24, 2021.

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[5] 1-position penalty for irresponsible riding.

[9] 1-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[:1-1] "2021 MotoGP provisional calendar updated". MotoGP.com. Dorna. January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.

[:2-2] "2021 MotoGP provisional calendar updated". MotoGP.com. Dorna. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[3] "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[4] "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2021" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[6] "2021 Americas MotoGP | Motorsport Database".

[7] Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas

[8] OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

[10] "Austin Moto3: Guevara declared winner as huge crash ends race early". motorsport.com . Motorsport Network. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[11] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[12] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[13] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. October 3, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

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2021 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

Contents

Background

Qualifying

MotoGP

Race

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Notes

References

External links