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| Race 10 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 8 August 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Michelin Grand Prix of Styria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Styrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Michelin Grand Prix of Styria) was the tenth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on 8 August 2021.
On 14 May 2021, Dorna announced the cancellation of the Finnish Grand Prix (originally scheduled as the tenth round of the championship on 11 July) for a second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 situation in the country. On the same day Dorna announced that a second race at the Red Bull Ring, named the Styrian Grand Prix, which was originally scheduled to be a one-off race in 2020, would replace it on the calendar on 8 August, one week before the Austrian Grand Prix. [1]
| Fastest session lap |
| Pos. | No. | Biker | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | Row | ||
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| Q1 [2] | Q2 [3] | |||||||
| 1 | 89 |  Jorge Martín | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:22.994 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | 63 |  Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.038 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 20 |  Fabio Quartararo | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.075 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 43 |  Jack Miller | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.300 | 4 | 2 | |
| 5 | 36 | Joan Mir | Suzuki | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.322 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Ducati | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.376 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.448 | 7 | 3 | |
| 8 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.489 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Yamaha | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.508 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | Honda | Qualified in Q2 | 1:23.536 | 10 | 4 | |
| 11 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Honda | 1:23.547 | 1:23.841 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 88 |  Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 1:23.552 | 1:23.944 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suzuki | 1:23.585 | N/A | 13 | 5 | |
| 14 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | KTM | 1:23.730 | N/A | 14 | ||
| 15 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Honda | 1:23.971 | N/A | 15 | ||
| 16 | 33 |  Brad Binder | KTM | 1:24.050 | N/A | 16 | 6 | |
| 17 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1:24.097 | N/A | 17 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Luca Marini | Ducati | 1:24.115 | N/A | 18 | ||
| 19 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 1:24.141 | N/A | 19 | 7 | |
| 20 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Ducati | 1:24.245 | N/A | 20 | ||
| 21 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 1:24.405 | N/A | 21 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | KTM | 1:24.465 | N/A | 22 | 8 | |
| 23 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 1:24.513 | N/A | 23 | ||
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||||
The race, scheduled to be run for 28 laps, was red-flagged on lap 3 due to an accident involving Dani Pedrosa and Lorenzo Savadori. The race was later restarted over 27 laps with the original starting grid. Savadori wasn't able to join the restart. [4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 89 | Jorge Martín | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | 38:07.879 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +1.548 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +9.632 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 33 | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +12.771 | 16 | 13 |
| 5 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 27 | +12.923 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +13.031 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +14.839 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +17.953 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 73 | Álex Márquez | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 27 | +19.059 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +19.389 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 63 | Francesco Bagnaia | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 27 | +21.667 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Enea Bastianini | Avintia Esponsorama | Ducati | 27 | +25.267 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 27 | +26.282 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Luca Marini | Sky VR46 Avintia | Ducati | 27 | +27.492 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +31.076 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +31.150 | 15 | |
| 17 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Petronas Yamaha SRT | Yamaha | 27 | +40.408 | 23 | |
| 18 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Tech3 KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +48.114 | 22 | |
| NC | 12 | Maverick Viñales | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +1:03.149 [lower-alpha 2] | 9 | |
| Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati | 18 | Accident Damage | 4 | |
| Ret | 88 | Miguel Oliveira | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 14 | Tyre | 12 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 4 | Mechanical | 7 | |
| DNS | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | Did not restart | 21 | ||
| Fastest lap: Joan Mir (Suzuki) – 1:24.209 (lap 7) | ||||||||
| Sources: [5] [6] [7] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 23 | 39:45.869 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio García | Gas Gas | 23 | +14.431 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 23 | +15.410 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | KTM | 23 | +15.510 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 23 | +18.847 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Honda | 23 | +20.534 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | 23 | +30.080 | 19 | 9 |
| 8 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 23 | +30.174 | 20 | 8 |
| 9 | 73 |  Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 23 | +30.245 | 22 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Adrián Fernández | Husqvarna | 23 | +36.355 | 25 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 |  Filip Salač | KTM | 23 | +36.437 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 23 | +36.659 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 23 | +36.665 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 28 | Izan Guevara | Gas Gas | 23 | +37.514 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 23 | +37.918 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 23 | +47.645 | 21 | |
| 17 | 16 | Andrea Migno | Honda | 23 | +52.877 | 15 | |
| 18 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 23 | +53.006 | 9 | |
| 19 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 23 | +55.944 | 16 | |
| 20 | 2 |  Gabriel Rodrigo | Honda | 23 | +1:06.540 | 10 | |
| 21 | 53 |  Deniz Öncü | KTM | 23 | +1:12.291 | 1 | |
| 22 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 23 | +1:22.638 | 6 | |
| 23 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 23 | +1:31.488 | 12 | |
| Ret | 38 | David Salvador | Honda | 14 | Accident Damage | 24 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Andi Farid Izdihar | Honda | 12 | Accident | 26 | |
| DNS | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | Did not start | 18 | ||
| DNS | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 43 | Xavier Artigas | Honda | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round. [8] [9] [10]
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